Ch 1 What Do Historians Do?

Ch 1 What Do Historians Do?

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10 Qs

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Ch 1 What Do Historians Do?

Ch 1 What Do Historians Do?

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

To learn the answers to the historical questions, historians look for _____________

textbooks

evidence

secondary sources

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Historians use the evidence they read in historical sources to ____________what happened in the past.

Gregorian

artifacts

interpret

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

_______________ sources are firsthand pieces of evidence. They were written or created by the people who saw or experienced an event.

primary

secondary

evidence

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Primary sources include letters, diaries, or government records. Literature or ______________ from a particular time and place is also a primary source.

prehistory

textbooks

artwork

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Primary sources help historians learn what people were ______

thinking while the events took place.

doing after the event took place

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Secondary sources are created after an event. They are created by people who were ___________________________

unable to remember what happened

part of the historical event

not part of the historical event

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 1 pt

Examples of secondary sources are biographies, encyclopedias, history books, and ______________

interviews

textbooks

artwork

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