History Standard Test Review

Which of the following dates are in the correct chronological order?

• 1827, 1819, 1802

• 1819, 1802, 1789

• 1802, 1827, 1819

• 1789, 1802, 1819

Timelines include significant _____________ within a time period.

• events

• people

• artifacts

• documents

How many years are there in a decade?

• hundred years

• one year

• ten years

• hundred years

Centuries represent which unit of time?

• One hundred years

• Fifty years

• Ten years

• One year

What does it mean to put events in chronological order?

• It starts with the oldest event and goes forward in time.

• It starts with the most recent event and moves backward.

• Events can be in any order.

• It begins in the middle and goes in both directions.

Descriptions of an event told by someone who did not experience it firsthand is known as a ___________.

• secondary source

• primary source

• secondhand source

• natural source

A group of people who live in the same area under the same government is ___________.

• timeline

• community

• primary source

• secondary source