Unit 0 Assessment

Which type of economic system is people making and growing their own food and is based around family customs and tradition?

• Traditional

• Command

• Market

• Mixed

Why are historians interested in studying past events?

• to find better ways to control the climate

• to improve the ability to travel into outer space

• to increase crop production in order to feed more people

• to understand how people solved problems that they faced

What is history?

Historians are interested in how people lived their daily lives. How and where did they work, fight, trade, farm, and worship? What did they do in their free time? What games did they play? In other words, historians study the past to understand people’s culture. Historians also examine how past cultures interacted with their natural surroundings to create cultural landscapes. Examples of cultural landscapes include farms, battlefields, and religious sites.

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___________study where groups worshiped, settled, and fought each other in order to understand how people lived in certain cultures.

• Geologists

• Historians

• Politicians

• Mathematicians

Why do people study history?

• to understand cultural similarities and differences

• to figure out the distances between cities or regions

• to know the types of rocks that are located in an area

• to discover which plants and animals are native to a place

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Knowing Yourself

History is just as important for groups as it is for individuals. What would happen if countries had no record of their past? People would know nothing about how their governments came into being. They would not remember their nation’s great triumphs or tragedies. History teaches us about the experiences we have been through as a people. It shapes our identity and teaches us the values that we share. By studying and preserving our history, we pass down our culture and heritage to future generations.

Knowing Your World

History also promotes good decision-making skills. A famous, often repeated saying warns us that those who forget their past are doomed to repeat it. This means that people who ignore the results of past decisions often make the same mistakes over and over again. In addition, history provides models of human character. When we read about historical figures, from famous leaders to ordinary citizens, we are often inspired. Their bravery, humility, and wisdom speak to us.

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The history of a(n) _________ is a collection of stories about people who share common experiences and have a common culture.

• Company

• Household

• Invention

• Nation

Which of the following is an example of a primary source?

• biography

• encyclopedia

• personal diary

• history textbook

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Sources of Information

Secondary sources include history textbooks, journal articles, biographies, and encyclopedias. The textbook you are reading right now is a secondary source. The historians who wrote it did not take part in the events and conflicts described. Instead, they gathered information about these events and conflicts from different sources. Historians organize and interpret information from both primary and secondary sources.Writers of secondary sources don’t always agree about the past. Historians form different opinions about the primary sources they study. As a result, historians may not interpret past events in the same way.

Sources of Change

Writers are influenced by major issues of their day, and their writings reflect these concerns. As historians review and reanalyze information, their interpretations can and do change.

For example, one writer may say that a king was a brilliant military leader. Another may say that the king’s armies won their battles only because they had better weapons than their enemies did. Sometimes new evidence leads to new conclusions. Often, viewpoints expressed in sources change over time.

Pick the best answer choice to complete the sentence correctly.

People use secondary sources, such as_____________, to understand the significance of many historical events that may influence each other.

• Letters

• Artifacts

• Journal Articles

• Legal Documents

What should you do when you contextualize sources?

• Determine when and where the document was created within the history of the topic.

• Determine which document is more reliable.

• Determine the language(words, phrases, images, symbols) that is used in the document.

• Determine the author of the document

The questions "Who wrote this?" and "When was it written?" are examples of...

• Contextualization

• Corroboration

• Close Reading

• Sourcing

When analyzing sources, what should you read first?

• Source information

• Context information

• Content information

• Corroborate information