CH 1 - What Does a Historian Do - Vocab & Quiz

This is concerned with academic learning or research.

• plagiarize

• credentials

• scholarly

• paleontology

Firsthand evidence of an event in history

• bias

• primary source

• secondary source

• conclusion

An unreasoned, emotional judgement about people and events.

• bias

• scholarly

• second source

• evidence

Qualifications or something that gives confidence.

• bias

• plagiarize

• artifact

• credentials

A final decision reached by reasoning.

• plagiarize

• conclusion

• fossil

• species

Work created after an event.

• secondary source

• primary source

• credentials

• conclusion

To present someone's work as your own without giving that person credit.

• secondary source

• primary source

• plagiarize

• artifact

Address of an online resource.

• .gov

• URL

• .edu

• .org

Address of a government Web site.

• .gov

• URL

• .edu

• .org

Webb address of an educational institution.

• .gov

• URL

• .edu

• .org