KS3 history skills - the study of archaeology

History Quiz - History Skills 01 (Questions)

Learn how historians use skills like change and continuity to organise the past, spot patterns between periods and explain why some things alter while others remain familiar.

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Fascinating Fact:

Change and continuity help historians describe what has altered over time and what has stayed broadly the same.

In KS3 History, you develop skills such as using sources, understanding cause and consequence, and judging change and continuity. These tools help you build clear explanations and balanced arguments about past events.

Key Terms

Evidence: Information from sources that historians use to investigate and explain the past.
Interpretation: A particular view or explanation of past events, often created long after they happened.
Significance: How important an event, person or change is judged to be in history.

Frequently Asked Questions (Click to see answers)

What are the main history skills in KS3?

Key KS3 history skills include using evidence, explaining causes and consequences, judging change and continuity, understanding significance and organising events in clear chronological order.

How do historians decide if something is historically significant?

Historians judge significance by asking how many people were affected, how long the impact lasted, how deeply it changed lives and whether it still matters today.

Why do different historians have different interpretations?

Different historians may use different sources, ask new questions or write at different times, so they can reach contrasting but well-supported interpretations of the same events.

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Which word means any phase in history?

[ ]	Antiquity
[ ]	Event
[ ]	Period
[ ]	Spell

The facts to back up an idea are called what?

[ ]	Correspondence
[ ]	Eminence
[ ]	Evidence
[ ]	Provenance

Evidence that is one-sided or unfair is said to be .......

[ ]	Ballasted
[ ]	Biased
[ ]	Doctored
[ ]	Fixed

What means 'looking at something from another person's viewpoint'?

[ ]	Empathy
[ ]	Empiricism
[ ]	Entropy
[ ]	Telepathy

What is chronology?

[ ]	A collection of historical writings
[ ]	Digging up ancient objects
[ ]	Events before 1066
[ ]	The correct order of events over time

Historians use which phrase for the link between what makes events happen and their results?

[ ]	Cause and aftermath
[ ]	Cause and consequence
[ ]	Lead up and outcome
[ ]	Trigger and truth

What is the best definition of a historical source?

[ ]	Documents that are extremely old
[ ]	Solidified ketchup found among Viking remains
[ ]	Something providing useful evidence about the past
[ ]	Things that have been written down

The term 'primary source' means what?

[ ]	From the time being studied
[ ]	The least important source
[ ]	Written by a young child
[ ]	Written sources only

Another word for a primary source is ....... what?

[ ]	Contemplative
[ ]	Contemporary
[ ]	Contiguous
[ ]	Contrary

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Using historical outcomes to draw conclusions about an event is…?

[ ]	Backsight
[ ]	Hindsight
[ ]	Longsight
[ ]	Oversight

History Quiz - History Skills 01 (Answers)

Which word means any phase in history?

[ ]	Antiquity
[ ]	Event
[x]	Period
[ ]	Spell

e.g. the Tudor period

The facts to back up an idea are called what?

[ ]	Correspondence
[ ]	Eminence
[x]	Evidence
[ ]	Provenance

Not all evidence is factual. An important history skill is to decide whether a piece of evidence is subjective (based on someone's opinion) or if it genuinely happened

Evidence that is one-sided or unfair is said to be .......

[ ]	Ballasted
[x]	Biased
[ ]	Doctored
[ ]	Fixed

Evidence written by someone in the court of a ruler would be more likely to be biased in favour of the ruler. That could make someone who was really very ruthless and unpleasant appear to be a kind and generous person

What means 'looking at something from another person's viewpoint'?

[x]	Empathy
[ ]	Empiricism
[ ]	Entropy
[ ]	Telepathy

A person who can look at something from the viewpoint of other people is less likely to jump to the wrong conclusion

What is chronology?

[ ]	A collection of historical writings
[ ]	Digging up ancient objects
[ ]	Events before 1066
[x]	The correct order of events over time

Historical events are usually put into chronological order

Historians use which phrase for the link between what makes events happen and their results?

[ ]	Cause and aftermath
[x]	Cause and consequence
[ ]	Lead up and outcome
[ ]	Trigger and truth

Also called cause and effect

What is the best definition of a historical source?

[ ]	Documents that are extremely old
[ ]	Solidified ketchup found among Viking remains
[x]	Something providing useful evidence about the past
[ ]	Things that have been written down

Sources can be books, pictures, skeletons, pieces of pottery etc

The term 'primary source' means what?

[x]	From the time being studied
[ ]	The least important source
[ ]	Written by a young child
[ ]	Written sources only

Even primary sources are not always reliable