Chapter 1 Introduction to History

If you didn't know what economic means, what clues in this passage could help you discover it?

• systems, currencies, businesses

• artifacts, roman, chinese

• artifacts, archaeologists, period

• clues, articles, time

What clues might help you guess the meaning of navigate in this passage?

• wrecks, roman, Mediterranean

• found, thought, suggests

• academics, merchants, previous

• sailed, boats, coast, waters

In which century were you born? What is another name for that?

• 18th Century, the 1700s

• 19th Century, the 1800s

• 20th Century, the 1900s

• 21st Century, the 2000s

Put the following dates in chronological order: AD 2000, the third century, 44 BC, the 1600s, CE 1200, 3100 BC

• 3100 BC, 1215 CE, 44 BC, the 1600s, AD 2000

• 3100 BC, 44 BC, the third century, CE 1215, the 1600s, AD 2000

• 44 BC, 3100 BC, CE 1215, AD 2000

• 44 BC, CE 1215, 1600, 3100 BC, AD 2000

What are the main tools of the historian?

• fossils

• man-made objects

• written works

• artifacts

How does a primary source differ from a secondary source?

• Primary= the source is the first in line. Secondary= the source is the second in line.

• Primary= the witness is a child. Secondary= the witness is a teenager

• Primary= information gathered. Secondary= participated or witnessed

• Primary= participated or witnessed. Secondary= information gathered

Which of the following is a question a history scholar might study?

• What makes a poem beautiful?

• What caused the collapse of an empire?

• What is clay made of?

• How do different plant species change over time?

Which of the following are NOT examples of tools that historians might use?

• speeches and letters

• remains of plants and animals

• works of art and legal codes

• remains of ancient cities and peace treaties

Archaeologists study

• written records.

• secondary sources.

• legends and stories

• objects that people leave behind

What do the stories of Ghengis Khan and King Arthur have in common?

• They are opinions.

• They are legends.

• They are primary sources.

• They are artifacts.