Researching History

The letters at the end of an Internet address that indicate it is a government web site are

• .gov

• .edu

• .org

• .URL

An example of a reference book is

• a diary

• a letter

• a government document

• an encyclopedia

Plagiarism is

• a poorly written footnote

• copying the work of another person

• a misquote in an article

• the study of poor writing

The best way to avoid plagiarism is to

• use only authorized Internet sources for your research

• properly use quotations from an article

• copy only from encyclopedias

• include a reference to the author

A reliable resource for researching a historical topic will most likely be nonfiction

• True

• False

The first step in researching history is to

• draw a conclusion

• find a primary source

• choose a topic

• read and encyclopedia

The author of an Internet article is not an important detail to notice when you evaluate a source.

• True

• False

Which of the following is most likely a trustworthy source?

• a blog about life in medieval Japan

• a web site called " Medieval Japan fans"

• an academic journal article about medieval japan

• a novel that takes a place in medieval Japan

A web site with the ending .org is more likely to contain biased information than a web site with the ending .gov

• True

• False

The values of today's society should be used to evaluate historical events.

• True

• False