History

Question 1

1Radiocarbon dating is used to

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A. find the age of once-living material B. map rivers C. read old languages D. measure rainfall

Question 2

2Museums help in the study of history by

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A. conducting elections B. teaching sports C. selling food D. preserving artefacts and documents

Question 3

3Corroboration in history means

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A. inventing evidence B. ignoring dates C. checking a source against other independent evidence D. accepting one source

Question 4

4Information passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation is

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A. archaeology B. archival record C. a newspaper D. oral tradition

Question 5

5Dendrochronology dates timber by

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A. radioactive decay B. pottery styles C. counting tree rings D. oral tradition

Question 6

6Studying history helps a nation to

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A. ignore culture B. forget its past C. learn from past mistakes and achievements D. avoid change

Question 7

7The study of past human life through objects dug from the ground is

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A. archaeology B. anthropology only C. geology D. astronomy

Question 8

8Chronology in history means

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A. drawing maps B. counting people C. studying rocks D. arranging events in the order they happened

Question 9

9A primary source of history is

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A. a film made today B. a modern textbook C. an original document or artefact from the time D. an encyclopaedia

Question 10

10A secondary source is

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A. an ancient tool B. a later account based on primary sources C. an eyewitness diary D. a cave painting