The Work of a Historian Questions:
2015 Q.3 Short Questions (1 Question):
(i) What is a secondary source? Give an example.
Explanation:
Example:
2015 Q.4 People in History:
A. Write about the folllowing:
(i) An archaeologist at work. (20)
2014 Q.3 Short Questions (1 Question):
(i) From your study of history, explain what a primary source is. Give one example. (2)
2013 Q1 Picture Question 1
PICTURE A:
Source:
Question
PICTURE A
Picture A shows archivists working with documents.
(i) Give one piece of evidence from the picture to show that great care is taken to protect the documents. (1)
(ii) Mention two types of primary source documents which you might expect to find in an archive. (2)
(iii) In relation to the study of history explain the term chronology. (2)
2013 Q.3 Short Questions (1 Question)
(i) Name two instruments which an archaeologist would use to excavate a site. (2)
2012 Q.1 Pictures Question 1
Source:
1. PICTURES
PICTURE A.1 PICTURE A.2
Questions:
(ii) Give one piece of evidence to show that highly-skilled craftsmen made these objects. (2)
(iii) Apart from displaying objects, mention one purpose of a museum. (2)
2011 Q.3 Short Questions (2 Questions):
(i) Explain one of the following terms used by historians: Propaganda/ Archive/ Bias. (2)
(ii) Give one method used by archaeologists to locate sites for excavation. (2)
2010 Q.3 Short Questions (1 Question)
(ii) Archaeologists sometimes describe the earliest Irish people as hunter-gatherers. What is meant by that term? (2)