History, Archaeology and Sources

What is the BEST definition for the word "prehistoric"?

• In the time of cavemen.

• In the time of dinosaurs.

• Any culture/time not introduced to writing.

• During the last ice age.

What would be an example of a primary source?

• A textbook

• a Civil War soldier's diary

• A dictionary

• Wikipedia

What might be problematic with certain primary sources?

• They're too old.

• They are not eyewitness accounts of an event.

• They don't reveal anything about past cultures/times.

• They may be biased.

Check all of the answers that are examples of Secondary Sources.

• Textbooks

• Diary of Ann Frank

• Encyclopedias

• Biographies

• Autobiographies

The time, place and culture that form the setting of an event is called its

• Historical Context

• Historical Identity

• Enduring Issue

• Absolute Location

What answer BEST fits this image?

• A secondary source

• A fossil

• Bias

• An artifact

What term BEST describes/relates to the images shown on the globe?

• Cultures

• Secondary Sources

• Artifacts

• Primary Sources

___________ is the study of artifacts left by early people in order to learn about their culture.

• History

• Archaeology

• Geography

• Economics

Check ALL answers that are TRUE about oral history

• It uses artifacts to learn about the past.

• It relies on written word/primary sources to determine the past.

• It is spoken stories passed down for many generations.

• It can be unreliable because the stories may change over time.

Two people having different thoughts about the same topic is known as....

• Perspective/point of view

• Economics

• Archaeology

• Civics