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UK Class 8
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Subject:
History
History
Q1.
Why is it difficult for historians to establish exactly what happened in the past?
Answer:
Historical evidence can be incomplete, biased, contradictory or open to different interpretations. Historians therefore compare sources and evaluate their reliability.
History
Q2.
What makes a historical source useful?
Answer:
A source may be useful because of the information it contains, the circumstances in which it was produced, its author's viewpoint and how closely it relates to the question being investigated.
History
Q3.
Why might two historical sources give different accounts of the same event?
Answer:
The sources may have been created by people with different experiences, purposes, beliefs, information or perspectives.
History
Q4.
What is historical interpretation?
Answer:
Historical interpretation is an explanation or judgement about the past based on evidence and the historian's analysis of that evidence.