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Social Studies

8th Grade

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Primary and Secondary Sources
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following defines the concept of "primary source"?

Second-hand information summarizing an event

First-hand information on the historic event

Argumentative articles or sources of past historic events

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which of the following defines the concept of "secondary source"?

Information created by the people involved in the historic event

Summaries of several historic sources

First-hand information from the moment of the event by the people who lived such event

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT a primary source?

Audio of a live interview

Textbook

Letters from a journal

Chronicles

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which of the following is NOT an example of a secondary source?

Textbook

Biographies

Documentary

Personal Journal of a historic figure

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which type of source is shown in the image? (picture of the civil war)

primary

Secondary

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which type of source is shown in the image? (map of the indies)

Primary

Secondary

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Which type of source is shown in the image? (letter of Columbus)

Primary

Secondary

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