Unit 1: Quiz 1 Role of Historians

Ancient cave paintings discovered in France are an example of what type of historical source?

• fossilized remains

• historical data

• primary sources

• secondary sources

Your library has a brand-new book about life 2,000 years ago. What kind of source is this?

• Secondary Source

• Primary Source

• Reliable Source

• Antique Source

Which of the following is a resource historians have used to learn about the people and lands of Ancient England?

• The Bible

• The Encyclopedia

• The Domesday Book

• An English Textbook

After a historian has examined all of the available information, they make a final judgment about what happened. This is called?

• a hypothesis

• a historical guess

• a historic question

• a conclusion

You are reading letters from a Confederate soldier after he was injured and lost a battle with Union soldiers. He describes the northern soldiers as being cruel and evil. What is this likely an example of?

• bias

• dishonesty

• racism

• folklore

You watched a show on the History Channel about how humans built a civilization in Mesopotamia. This is an example of:

• a primary source

• an unreliable source

• a secondary source

• an eyewitness source

Why is it important to identify bias in a historical account?

• Bias usually makes it more accurate because the witness feels so strongly about it.

• It is not important, everyone has some bias.

• Bias can make evidence inaccurate since it is influenced by the witness's emotions.

• Bias is helpful to make a story more entertaining when a historian tells it.

A historian discovered a hole drilled into granite on an Egyptian pyramid. There is also a painting showing people using a machine to drill. What type of historical evidence source is this?

• primary

• secondary

• antique

• artistic

Sometimes, two historians will come up with different stories to explain the same historical event. What concept explains how they could have different conclusions about the same event?

• historical ignorance

• historical interpretations

• historical fiction

• historical inaccuracies

Which of the following would be considered a primary source for studying Ancient Rome?

• A textbook summary of Roman history

• A recent novel set in Ancient Rome

• A Roman coin from the first century

• A modern documentary about Roman emperors