Flashcards and recall.

Try this with Ancient History

1. Write one prompt per card. Use definitions, explanations or examples from your current topic.
2. Answer aloud before turning the card. Split a card if it asks for several unrelated facts.
3. Set aside missed cards and revisit them in a later session.

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Recall topics

• What is a primary source?
• What is a secondary source?
• Define an artefact in historical terms.
• What is epigraphy?
• Define historiography.
• What is a context statement?
• Define reliability in source analysis.
• What is usefulness in historical inquiry?
• Define bias in historical sources.
• What is perspective in historical analysis?
• Describe the structure of the Contextual Study in Unit 3.
• Describe the structure of the Depth Study in Unit 3.
• Describe the structure of the Concluding Study in Unit 3.
• What are the major ancient periods in the QCAA syllabus? (Name three examples with dates.)
• Define the Hellenistic Period and its key dates.
• What defines the Roman Republic period? Name its chronology and major features.
• Define the Roman Imperial Period and its key characteristics.
• What does 'comprehend' mean in QCAA Ancient History IA1 cognitive verbs?
• What does 'analyse' mean in QCAA Ancient History IA1 cognitive verbs?
• What does 'evaluate' mean in QCAA Ancient History IA1 cognitive verbs?
• What does 'synthesise' mean in QCAA Ancient History IA1 cognitive verbs?
• What does 'communicate' mean in QCAA Ancient History IA1 cognitive verbs?
• Complete this source-analysis sentence starter: 'This source is useful in understanding [topic] because...'
• Complete this source-analysis sentence starter: 'The reliability of this source is limited because...'
• Complete this source-analysis sentence starter: 'This source reflects the perspective of...'
• Complete this extended-response sentence starter: 'To understand [historical issue], we must examine the context of...'
• Complete this extended-response sentence starter: 'Historians debate [topic] based on their interpretation of...'
• Complete this extended-response sentence starter for change/continuity: 'Across [period], there was significant change in [aspect], evident in...'
• What structure should an extended-response IA1 answer follow for a 5-mark question?
• How should you conclude an IA1 extended-response answer?
• Julius Caesar chronology 100-44 BCE
• Cleopatra VII chronology 69-30 BCE
• Suetonius Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus
• Plutarch Chaeronea Greek biographer
• Cassius Dio Cocceianus Roman historian
• Appian Alexandria military historian
• Caesar's Commentarii firsthand accounts
• Cicero's Letters private correspondence
• Horace Quintus Horatius Flaccus poet
• Propertius Sextus elegiac poet