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    Historians use sources like artifacts, images, and written documents from the past to learn about history and act as detectives. There are two types of sources: primary sources that come directly from the time period being studied, and secondary sources that are created later. Primary sources include artifacts, images, and written documents. Historians compare multiple sources to get an accurate understanding of the past. Studying history helps us understand the modern world and potentially see into the future.

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    Historians use sources like artifacts, images, and written documents from the past to learn about history and act as detectives. There are two types of sources: primary sources that come directly from the time period being studied, and secondary sources that are created later. Primary sources include artifacts, images, and written documents. Historians compare multiple sources to get an accurate understanding of the past. Studying history helps us understand the modern world and potentially see into the future.

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    Historians use sources like artifacts, images, and written documents from the past to learn about history and act as detectives. There are two types of sources: primary sources that come directly from the time period being studied, and secondary sources that are created later. Primary sources include artifacts, images, and written documents. Historians compare multiple sources to get an accurate understanding of the past. Studying history helps us understand the modern world and potentially see into the future.

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    Class 6 History

    Chapter 1 (Historians are detectives)

    SHORT QUESTIONS:

    1) What is the dictionary definition of 'history'?


    A dictionary definition of ‘history’ explains that history is: 'the knowledge of past events'.
    2) What do historians mean when they talk about a 'source'?
    The 'clues' historians use are called 'sources’. There are two kinds of sources which give historians
    clues about the past. These sources are Primary sources and Secondary sources.
    3) What is a Primary sources?
    The things which come from the time that the historian is studying known as Primary sources.
    4) How many types of primary sources are there?
    There are three types of primary sources:
     Artefacts:
    Many of the best primary sources are 'artefacts'. Artefacts are objects made by people in
    the past, such as jewellery, statues, pottery or buildings.
     Images:
    Image sources can take many different forms. Examples include paintings or drawing, cave
    paintings, relief carvings and photographs.
     Written sources:
    A written sources can be anything from a shopping list to a tombstone. Written sources are
    very important to historians because they can provide a great deal of information about the
    lives of people.
    5) What is secondary sources?
    The things which come from a later time. For example, a textbook about the ancient Romans etc.
    6) What is an archeologist?
    An archeologist is a historians who looks for sources which have been buried for many centuries in
    ancient graves, towns and cities.
    7) How do historians make sure they get an accurate picture of the past?
    To get an accurate picture of the past, historians need to carefully check the information in a source
    by comparing it with other sources.
    8) AD stands for?
    AD stands for 'Anno Domini' which means 'In the Year of Our Lord'.
    9) BC stands for?
    BC stands for 'Before Christ’s. All the years before the birth of Jesus Christ are 'BC' years.
    10) Pakistan has a great variety of different landscapes. Name them?
    Mountains, Ice-fields, valleys, pasturelands, fertile plains, coastal areas, deserts, and delta swamps.
    11) Why do we study history?
    We study history because:
     History helps us to understand the modern world.
     History can show us the future.
    FILL IN THE BLANKS.
    a) The Karakoram mountains lie to the north of the Indus Valley.
    b) Maps can be important sources for historians.
    c) In the Islamic calendar, years are counted from Prophet Muhammad migration from Makkah to
    Medina (hijrat).
    d) In the Christian calendar, the starting date is taken to be the year in which Jesus Christ was born.
    e) Roald Amundsen the first person to reach the South Pole, which he did in 1912.

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