Year 7 Ancient History Practice Exam Questions And Answers Solved.

History - correct answer the study of the past Primary source - correct answer A document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study. Secondary source - correct answer a document or written work created after an event Archaeology - correct answer the study of human history and prehistory through the excavation of sites and the analysis of artifacts and other physical remains. Palaeontology - correct answer study of lifeforms before humans, fossils or animal bones Timeline - correct answer A chart that lets the reader see important events in order. BCE - correct answer Before Common Era (same as BC) CE - correct answer Common Era Prehistory - correct answer the period of time before written records Ancient History - correct answer Period of time from about 3000 BCE to 476 CE Medieval History - correct answer 500 CE to 1500 CE Modern History - correct answer 1500 CE to present Millennium - correct answer a period of 1000 years Chronology - correct answer Arranging events or dates in the order they occurred Oral History - correct answer History recorded with no writing, (stories passed down from generation to generation) First Ancient Civilization - correct answer Ancient Egypt Last Ancient Civilization to Fall - correct answer Ancient Rome Only Surviving Ancient Civilization - correct answer Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders