Historian's Toolkit Quiz

Letters, diaries, and official records are examples of:

• Primary sources

• secondary sources

Biographies, history books, and textbooks are examples of:

• Primary sources

• Secondary sources

Why do we study history?

• to learn from our past mistakes

• to learn about how people lived and what was important to them

• to understand how cultures change over time

• all of the above

What is the modern term for the era after the birth of Jesus Christ?

• Before Christ (B.C.)

• Before Common Era (B.C.E.)

• Common Era (C.E.)

• Anno Domini (A.D.)

What is the modern term for the years before the birth of Jesus Christ?

• Anno Domini (A.D.)

• Before Common Era (B.C.E)

• Common Era (C.E.)

• Before Christ (B.C.)

A personal attitude or perspective of a certain event is called?

• Bias

• Point of View

• Credibility

• Multiplie Persepectives

Choose the answer that shows an example of bias.

• Hiring a man over a more-qualified woman

• having a different point of view as another person that participated in the same event

• a witness to a disaster talks about what they saw based on what they were doing and where they were standing

Checking another source to help support a primary or secondary source during the research process is called?

• point of view

• credibility

• bias

• multiple perspectives

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

Which event occurred first?

• 2000 BCE
• 1000 BCE
• 1000 CE
• 2000 CE