Quiz on chronology and sources

Organise lengths of time from shortest to longest:

Year, Hour, Day, Decade, Minute, Week, Month, Century, Second, Millennium

Answer explanation

second, minute, hour, day, week, month, year, decade, century, millennium

Reorder these events in the correct chronological order:

8th century CE, 25 BCE, 2011 CE, 400 BCE, 200 CE

(a)  

Photographs, stamps, paintings, sketches, drawings, posters are known as which type of sources?

(a)  

What are these types of sources known as?

Interviews, myths and legends, radio recordings, songs

• Oral

• Artefacts

• Written

• Pictorial

What are these types of sources known as?

Jewellery, statues and monuments, bones and fossils, tools

(a)  

Newspapers, documents, diaries and letters, books and magazines are examples of ________________ sources.

• oral

• artefacts

• written

• pictorial

SCENARIO 1:

Andrew is interested in finding out how the earliest human beings, the cavemen, lived. He wants to know how they hunted for big animals and whether they had a religion. What sources may he be able to find? You can pick more than 1 source.

• oral

• pictorial

• artefacts

• written

SCENARIO 2:

Amy is curious about the fishermen living in Singapore when Raffles first arrived. She wants to know what they felt about the arrival of the British and how Singapore was like at that point in time. What sources may she be able to find? You may choose more than 1.

• Pictorial

• Oral

• Written

• Artefact

SCENARIO 3: Becky's grandparents moved from China to Singapore in 1920. She is interested in her family history and how her grandparents' lives were like when they first arrived in Singapore. Her grandmother is still alive. What sources may she be able to find?

• Pictorial

• Artefact

• Oral

• Written

SCENARIO 4:

Imagine this is the future. Ejjzah is a student in the year 2100. Her history project requires her to find out about the education system in Singapore in 2021. What sources may she be able to find to help her in her project? You may choose more than 1.

• Oral

• Written

• Pictorial

• Artefact