Social Studies Skills Quiz

An account of an event created by someone who took part in or witnessed the event.

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Contextualization

• Bias

Example of a primary source

• Textbook

• Photograph

• Wikipedia

An account about a person or event gathered by someone who did not take part in or witness the event

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source

• Bias

• Sourcing

Example of secondary source

• photograph

• diary

• textbook

Asking the who, what, when, where and why of a source’s creation

• Primary Source

• Bias

• Sourcing

Whether or not a source can be trusted

• Reliability

• Purpose

• Contextualization

The reason why a source is created

• Primary Source

• Corroboration

• Purpose

Which one of the following is NOT an example of a source's purpose.

• Inform

• Bias

• Persuade

• Entertain

Which example of a source's purpose is the most reliable?

• Inform

• Persuade

• Entertain

Prejudice (pre-judging) in favor of or against a thing, person or idea in a way that is unfair

• Sourcing

• Bias

• Corroboration