8.2 SkillBuilder activity USING HISTORICAL SOURCES 1. Study SOURCE2 in this lesson. Make notes on anything interesting you notice or would like to know about it. 2. Answer the following questions. a. Suggest when these enormous sculptures might have been created. b. Describe what you think they depict. 3. Propose three other historical questions you could ask about the source to learn more.
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REMEMBER AND UNDERSTAND 1. The Khmer Empire was dominant in Cambodia from about _____ to _____ CE. 2. Which of the following is not an important source of information regarding South-East Asian societies? A. European contacts B. Written inscriptions C. Archaeological sites D. Australian records E. Chinese records 3. Determine whether the following is True or False. The only written primary sources from most South-East Asian societies during this period are inscriptions on materials such as stone pillars and gold foil. 4. Explain why we should be careful about trusting stories in legends. 5. Identify what kinds of evidence can be found at the archaeological site at Angkor. ANALYSE AND APPLY 6. Look again at SOURCE1 . a. Describe the details of this relief sculpture. b. Describe how the Khmer soldiers are dressed and armed. c. Who or of what rank do you think the figure on the elephant could most likely be? Justify your response. d. Identify what role you think elephants could have played in such wars. e. Explain what attitude to war is conveyed in this sculpture. 7. Identify what kinds of craft or skills would have been needed to create SOURCES1 , 2 and 3 . 8. Explain how a society would have to be organised to enable it to create works such as those shown in SOURCES1 , 2 and 3 . 9. Identify what kind of commodity Khmer society would have needed to produce a surplus of to enable vast numbers of people to work creating SOURCES1 , 2 and 3 . EVALUATE AND COMMUNICATE 10. Based on the sources in this lesson, propose three questions you could ask to investigate what changed in Cambodia between the rise and fall of the Khmer Empire. Answers and sample responses for this topic are available online.
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