Thinking Like a Historian

Thinking Like a Historian

9th - 12th Grade

11 Qs

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Thinking Like a Historian

Thinking Like a Historian

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is Prehistory?

The time period before humans farmed and raised animals
The history of the earth before humans
The period of time before there were written records
The period of time before there were written records
The period of time also known as "ancient" history

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Most of the information we know about prehistory comes from where

archaeology
anthropology
historians
the History Channel

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Prehistorical "periods" or divisions of time are best represented by

Carbon-14 dating
paintings and pottery that have survived
radioactivity found in organic material
soil layers that stack up and bury older civilizations

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Archaeologists can measure the disappearance of radioactivity in organic material through a process called 

working hypothesis
soil layer excavation
Carbon-14 dating

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Carbon-14 dating can effectively

help date an entire soil layer
help find lonely singles a soul-mate
help date inorganic material not found within unique soil layers

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Objects found within soil layers and results of Carbon-14 dating would be considered what to a historian?

a hypothesis
evidence
reasoned guesses
prehistory

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Something that the evidence alone proves beyond a reasonable doubt

supposition
inference
fact

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