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A place, person, text or object that tells us about the past is called a what?Read the answer and worked solution →Why are historical sources compared to jigsaw pieces?Read the answer and worked solution →Two sources give contradictory facts. What must historians do?Read the answer and worked solution →Which experts study ancient inscriptions?Read the answer and worked solution →Which source is used for recent history of the last few centuries?Read the answer and worked solution →Recent history usually covers about how much time?Read the answer and worked solution →Early humans who got food only from the wild were called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Early human groups lived in temporary camps, rock shelters or what?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did early humans live in bands or groups?Read the answer and worked solution →What is true of the languages early human bands spoke?Read the answer and worked solution →Which tools did early humans make by improving stone?Read the answer and worked solution →Which source shows early life in hundreds of caves around the world?Read the answer and worked solution →Which material did early humans use for pendants?Read the answer and worked solution →Why did early farming groups settle near rivers?Read the answer and worked solution →When did the last Ice Age end?Read the answer and worked solution →In growing early communities, who looked after people's well-being?Read the answer and worked solution →How were lands used in early farming communities?Read the answer and worked solution →Which metal did early communities use first?Read the answer and worked solution →Early villages mostly exchanged food, clothing and what else?Read the answer and worked solution →A hamlet is a what?Read the answer and worked solution →Scenes of early life show fixed gender roles. What is true of them?Read the answer and worked solution →E.H. Carr called history an unending dialogue between which two?Read the answer and worked solution →CE and BCE correspond exactly to which older labels?Read the answer and worked solution →Who devised numbering years from Jesus's birth around the year 525?Read the answer and worked solution →Who introduced counting years before year 1 backwards, with no year zero?Read the answer and worked solution →Who issued the order that introduced the Gregorian calendar in 1582?Read the answer and worked solution →The Gregorian calendar replaced which older calendar?Read the answer and worked solution →Hunting and gathering made up what share of human history?Read the answer and worked solution →A hunter-gatherer community usually had about how many people?Read the answer and worked solution →Compared with farmers, hunter-gatherers were typically what?Read the answer and worked solution →

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A place, person, text or object that tells us about the past is called a what?

  1. Historical era
  2. Historical unit
  3. Historical source
  4. Historical marker
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Correct answer: C. Historical source

1. Recall the idea: What Are the Sources of History?. 2. The source says: "A place, person, text or an object from which we gather". 3. Historical source is correct. Era means a distinct period of time; the other terms are not used for sources of history. _Source: NCERT Class 6 Exploring Society: India and Beyond, Ch 4 Timeline and Sources of History, "What Are the Sources of History?"_

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Why are historical sources compared to jigsaw pieces?

  1. Each adds a part; some are missing
  2. Each gives a complete account
  3. Each must be a written text
  4. Each fits every other source
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Correct answer: A. Each adds a part; some are missing

1. Recall the idea: What Are the Sources of History?. 2. The source says: "quite a few pieces of the puzzle may remain missing!". 3. Each adds a part; some are missing is correct. Sources fit together to rebuild events, but some pieces may be missing or may not match. _Source: NCERT Class 6 Exploring Society: India and Beyond, Ch 4 Timeline and Sources of History, "What Are the Sources of History?"_

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Two sources give contradictory facts. What must historians do?

  1. Discard both completely
  2. Always accept the older one
  3. Decide which one to trust more
  4. Always accept the longer one
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Correct answer: C. Decide which one to trust more

1. Recall the idea: What Are the Sources of History?. 2. The source says: "they need to decide which source they can trust more". 3. Decide which one to trust more is correct. They weigh the sources; age or length alone does not decide. _Source: NCERT Class 6 Exploring Society: India and Beyond, Ch 4 Timeline and Sources of History, "What Are the Sources of History?"_

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