Chapter 1 Test Small Group

What is the role of a historian?

• To memorize specific details about the past.

• To investigate events that occurred in the past to better understand them.

Why is it important to examine multiple primary and secondary sources when investigating an event?

• It is important to study multiple points of view so that you have a better picture of what really happened.

• It is important because without both types of sources the truth would never come out.

Concerned with academic learning or research

• conclusion

• scholarly

• plagiarize

Firsthand evidence of an event in history

• Primary source

• Secondary source

An unreasoned, emotional judgement about people and events

• point of view

• conclusion

• bias

Qualifications or something that gives confidence

• scholarly

• credentials

• evidence

A final decision reached by reasoning

• scholarly

• credentials

• conclusion

Work created after an event

• Choose another answer

• Choose another answer

• Choose another answer

• Secondary source

To present someones work as your own without giving that person credit

• Plagiarize

• bias

• evidence

Address of an online resource

• URL

• .gov

• .edu

• .org