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IB History of the Americas Intro

Authored by Eylene Betancourt

Social Studies

11th - 12th Grade

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IB History of the Americas Intro
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What is considered a primary source?

A historian's ideas of an event.

Source of information that was created after the time of the study.

A mathematics question.

A source of information that was created at the time of study.

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 5 pts

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a secondary source? 

Interprets and analyzes primary sources
One or more steps removed from the event 
May have pictures, quotes, or graphics of primary sources in them
Created during an experience or time period with inside view of a particular event

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Why is it called the Cold War?

Because Soviet Union used its deadly winters to its advantage

Because it took place in the Soviet Union

There was no direct fighting, instead it was a competition for power and influence

Because the US froze Soviet Union's financial assessts

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What is an Alliance?

An agreement in which two countries pay one another money

A union or association formed for mutual benefit between countries, organizations, or people.

A term that refers to two or more countries that are enemies and in conflict with one another.

5.

FILL IN THE BLANKS QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

The world’s first atomic bombing occured in Nagasaki and (a)   Japan.

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Which of the following is a formal withdrawal of states or regions from a nation?

Civil War

Secession

Emancipation

Sherman's March

Answer explanation

"The secession of South Carolina was followed by the secession of six more states—Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas–and the threat of secession by four more—Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. These eleven states eventually formed the Confederate States of America."

Source: Library of Congress

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

2 mins • 5 pts

Court case that created "Separate-but-equal" doctrine.

Sweatt v. Painter
Brown v. Board of Education
Plessy v. Ferguson
Mendez v. Kirby ISD

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