US History 1.1 Historical Thinking and Skills

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What is the term for 'the quality of being believable or trustworthy'?

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credibility

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What is the term for 'a preference, opinion or attitude that favors one way of thinking or feeling over another'?

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bias

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What is the term for 'a generalized belief about a group of people'?

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stereotype

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What is the term for 'records of events as they are first described, usually by witnesses or by people who were involved in the event'?

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primary source

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What is the term for 'an analysis or a restatement of primary sources written after the events have taken place by people who were not present at the events'?

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secondary source

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What is the term for 'provides an interpretation of the past by telling the reader the manner in which historical evidence is significant in some larger context'?

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thesis

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What is the term for 'used by historians to support a thesis; generated from artifacts, documents, eyewitness accounts, historical sites, photographs and other sources'?

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evidence

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What is the term for 'give reasons and evidence'?

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support

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What is the term for 'successfully argue against or prove to be false'?

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refute

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What is the term for 'a relationship between two events in which one brings about the other'?

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causation