Recap questions for Page 23

Name:Mike Yap(38) Class:1E3 Date:14-7-09



1.What are primary and secondary sources
-Primary sources are Written evidence,pictorial evidence,Oral evidence and artefacts.Whilst Secondary sources are records of people who did not direct participate in or witness the events they described,examples:newspaper,history books and websites.


2.How does historians make sure that their resources are reliable?
-The evidence must be credible,consistent and can be corrobated.(The 3c's)


3.Why and when is it neccesary for historians to revise their interpretations of past events?
-To make sure they did not make any mistakes.And it can pass through the 3's to make it a fact.Hence they will need to revise their interpretations.