Chapter 1 Timelines and historical thinking

Why are timelines important?

• They are fun to read and learn from.

• They help us understand events in history in the order they happened.

A timeline could be used to

• keep track of world events

• organize your weekly schedule

• plan a vacation

• all of the above

What is the interval on this timeline?

• 5

• 10

• 15

• 20

Historians use primary and secondary sources to learn about the past.

• True

• False

Written at the time of the event

• primary source
• secondary source

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

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

An artifact, document, diary, manuscript, or other source of information created at the time of study is a .... 

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source  

A History textbook is an example of a

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

Is this American Indian artifact a primary or secondary source?

• primary source

• secondary source

Which of the following is NOT a question a historian asks when examining a primary source?

• What is it?

• Do I like it?

• When was it made?

• Who made it?

• Why was it made?