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History Essay Key Words & Phrases Quiz

This quiz is for learning words and phrases which may be useful when writing history essays in general. These terms are: Anachronism Anthropology Artefact Bias Biography Charter Chronicle Culture Domino Effect Historiography Manuscript Philology Propaganda Provenance Reference Revisionism Secondary Source Tertiary Source To that end Having said that All things considered
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All things considered
Synonym phrases of this: taking everything into account, all in all, by and large, for the most part
Chronicle
An account or description of a period of time in chronological order
Manuscript
A hand-written document
Bias
A one-sided view of something
Biography
A history of someone’s life written by another person
Domino Effect
When an event causes another chain of events to happen
Having said that
Synonym phrases of this: in spite of that, nevertheless
Provenance
The history of an item or artefact’s location and ownership
Anachronism
Something that is placed in the wrong time period
Reference
A collection of facts and information with no analysis, opinion or conclusions
Secondary Source
A piece of evidence created later than the event being examined
Anthropology
The study of humans and their behaviour over time
Propaganda
Information that is used to persuade people to believe a certain set of facts or values
To that end
Synonym phrases of this: for that reason, wherefore, for that purpose
Artefact
An object that has survived from the past
Historiography
A study of the methods used by historians
Philology
The study of language
Revisionism
A review of historical thinking in the light of new evidence
Culture
The values shared by a society
Charter
A legal grant of property or title
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