Primary and Secondary Sources Quiz

A document or other record of past events created by someone who was present during the events or the time period in which they occurred.

• Secondary Source
• Primary Source

A classmate giving a report about Cleopatra. The classmate giving the report is a

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

A photograph is an example of a

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

—My grandmother found a diary written by a daughter of a Civil War soldier dated from 1863-1865. She talked about what the war was like in New Orleans.  Is that a primary document?

• Yes
• No

— I went to the library and found a newspaper written in 2005 about the first Louisiana Indian tribes.  Is that newspaper a primary document?

• Yes
• No

A journal written by Sequoyah describing how he created the Cherokee alphabet.

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

A webpage talking about how life may have been in ancient Greece.

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

A biography about Abraham Lincoln

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

A map drawn by Christopher Columbus is a

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

This source tells you about an event and is from or created during that time period. 

• Primary 
• Secondary