Ancient Civilizations Intro Quiz

How does the Gregorian Calendar label events that happened after the birth of Jesus?

• B.C.E.

• A.D.

• A.B.

• B.C.

An anthropologist is a historian who studies

• fossils found in sea beds

• artifacts found in the ground

• the history of human culture

• animal behavior

A historian looks for first hand evidence. This is known as

• the internet

• a secondary source

• a primary resource

A work of scholarly history can be identified by

• an exciting writing style

• a biased point of view

• an article that has no research

• is accuracy and lack of bias (it is mostly fact, not opinion)

What is one way to avoid plagiarism?

• never use the internet for research

• always give credit to someone else for their ideas

• read a source three times

• only research at the library

True or False: A historian who studies paleontology will study fossils.

• True

• False

True or False: An artifact is made by people.

• True

• False

True or False: the suffix '-ology' means a person who studies something

• True

• False

Primary and secondary sources are the similar because they both...

• contain pictures

• they are both used for research

• they are both made by people

A primary source is....

• something made after an event took place

• an article

• something made or created at the time of the event