Revision 

 
1.    What is history?  
 
2.    My kinship is people who are ______________  
 
 
3.    In which year did Marian Academy opened for the first time?  
 
4.    A bibliography is the ____________  
 
 
5.    Secondary sources provide _______________________  
 
6.    Primary sources provide _________________________  
 
 
7.    List some primary sources.  
 
8.    List some secondary sources.  
 
 
9.    What is a legacy?  
 
10.     What role do students play in their education? 

stin Xavier

Grade 7-1

History

12th November,2021

Revision

1) What is history?

History is the study of past.

2) My kinship is people who are related to me based on blood ties or unions such as
marriage or adoption.

3) In which year did Marian Academy open for the first time?

In 1998, Marian Academy had opened for the first time.

4) A bibliography is the list of the sources (usually secondary sources) that you
consult when you are doing research.

5) Secondary sources provide information that was compiled after an event took
place.

6) Primary sources provide direct or first-hand evidence about an event, object person
or work of art.

7) List some primary sources.

Some primary sources are:

1) Autobiographies

2) Artefact e.g., fossils

3) Photographs

4) Audio recordings

5) Letters

6) Official documents e.g., birth certificates

7) Government documents e.g., proclamations, reports or bills

8) List some secondary sources.

Some Secondary sources are:

1) Textbooks

2) Reference books such as atlases

3) Articles from newspapers

4) History books

9) What is a legacy?

A legacy is something handed down to future generations, or received from an

ancestor or predecessor.

10) What role do students play in their education?

The role students play in their in their education is to study their work and learn what
is being taught to them by their teachers.
Kristin Xavier

Grade 7-1

History

12th November,2021

Revision

1) What is history?

History is the study of past.

2) My kinship is people who are related to me based on blood ties or unions such as
marriage or adoption.

3) In which year did Marian Academy open for the first time?

In 1998, Marian Academy had opened for the first time.

4) A bibliography is the list of the sources (usually secondary sources) that you
consult when you are doing research.

5) Secondary sources provide information that was compiled after an event took
place.

6) Primary sources provide direct or first-hand evidence about an event, object person
or work of art.

7) List some primary sources.

Some primary sources are:

1) Autobiographies

2) Artefact e.g., fossils

3) Photographs

4) Audio recordings
5) Letters

6) Official documents e.g., birth certificates

7) Government documents e.g., proclamations, reports or bills

8) List some secondary sources.

Some Secondary sources are:

1) Textbooks

2) Reference books such as atlases

3) Articles from newspapers

4) History books

9) What is a legacy?

A legacy is something handed down to future generations, or received from an

ancestor or predecessor.

10) What role do students play in their education?

The role students play in their in their education is to study their work and learn what
is being taught to them by their teachers.
Revision for history  
 
1.  Modern looking men were known as ___________  
 
2. What are artefacts?  
 
 
3. Who is an archaeologist?  
 
4. ‘Man’ were __________ before they settled down. 
 
  
5. What caused ‘Man’ to settle down?  
 
6. Why was the period in history called the Stone Age?  
 
 
7. Name the three Stone Age periods.  
 
8. Name the three professions of the Amerindians. 
 
 
9. Which did the Amerindians called their spiritual foods?  Corn, squash and beans
 
10. What is subsistence agriculture?  

Modern looking men were known as Homo Sapiens

2) What are artefacts?

An artefact is a man-made object, such as pieces of art or tools, that is of particular

cultural, historical or archaeological interest.

3) Who is an archaeologist?

An archaeologist is a scientist who studies human history by digging up human

remains and artifacts.

4) ‘Man’ were nomadic before they settled down.

5) What caused ‘Man’ to settle down?

Food cultivation or agriculture caused ‘Man' to settle down. Food cultivation, or
agriculture, is the beginning of all human progress. When men are hunters, they
cannot settle in one place. They must follow the animals for food. But once man
began to plant seeds, he had found he had wait on them to mature, and so he settled in
one place.

5) Why was the period in history called the Stone Age?

The period in history was called the Stone Age because during that period the early
humans used tools and weapons made out of stone.

6) Name the three Stone Age periods.

Three Stone Age periods are:

1)Paleolithic Period (Called the Old Stone Age)

2) Neolithic Period (Called the New Stone Age)

3) Mesolithic Period (Called the Middle Stone Age)

7) Name the three professions of the Amerindians.

Three professions of the Amerindians are:

1)Hunters (hunting for food e.g., animal meat) The Amerindians hunted using
weapons such as the bow and arrow or using snares and traps. They hunted deer,
ducks, rabbits and other animals.

2)farmers (agriculture) The Amerindians cultivated and developed many plants that
are very important in the world today. Some of them are white and sweet potatoes,
corn, beans, tobacco, chocolate, peanuts, cotton, rubber and gum. Plants were also
used for dyes, medicines, soap, clothes, shelters and baskets.

3) fishermen (fishing) In the coastal areas or near large lakes, tribes would specialize
in fishing. They often used spears or nets to catch fish.

8) Which did the Amerindians called their spiritual foods?

The Amerindian’s spiritual foods were corn, bean and squash.

9) What is subsistence agriculture?

Subsistence agriculture is the practice of growing crops and raising livestock
sufficient only for one's own use. But we can also say that Subsistence farming is a
form of production in which nearly all crops or livestock are raised to sustain the farm
family, and rarely producing surpluses to sell for cash or store for later use.