EXERCISES
SUMMATIVE
ASSESSMENT
1. Answer the following questions in brief.
a. What is meant by colonisation?
b. Discuss primary and secondary source materials of history of modern period with
the help of examples.
C. What kind of documents are available at the national archives?
d. What is the importance of dates in history?
Answers
Answer:
1) Colonization, or colonisation refers to large-scale population movements where the migrants maintain strong links with their or their ancestors' former country, gaining significant privileges over other inhabitants of the territory by such links.
2) Primary sources of History- Information derived from hands on experience and excavated evidences/artefacts; like Archaeology. Secondary sources of history- Published and unpublished historical information. Like History books, governmental documents, encyclopedia and so on.
3) National Archives Museum. Declaration of Independence. Constitution of the United States. Bill of Rights.
4) Dates are important, as they note when certain events happened. This is very important because history is recorded chronologically. It helps to know that one event happened before another event so that one can examine the relationship between events. Dates also serve to mark periods in history.
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