Chapter 1 Review What does a Historian Do

Apply the concepts you have learned and choose the answer that best describes the role of an anthropologist.

• Paleontologists study fossils and offer interpretations of past places and people while anthropologists do not.

• Anthropologists rely primarily on fossils as evidence for their conclusions.

• Anthropologists may use both fossils and artifacts as evidence of how culture changes.

• Anthropologists use mostly secondary sources.

Which of the following demonstrates how historians draw conclusions?

• Read a primary and a secondary source, evaluate both sources for bias, and make an inference.

• Study secondary sources compare them to primary sources and use reasoning to make a decision.

• Evaluate primary sources for bias, make inferences, and use secondary sources to support inferences.

• Find primary and secondary sources, choose a historical interpretation, and make a decision based on the interpretation.

"Encountering powerful commitments to vanished ideas and ideals, like those that built the pyramids, puts our personal commitment to our own ideals into a new perspective, perhaps bitter-sweet." excerpt form from “Why Study History?” by William H. McNeil

Identify the words from the selection that indicate bias.

• “personal commitment”

• “bitter-sweet”

• “fears and hopes”

• “shared humanity”

A historian could use a painting like the one above as

• an example of biased evidence.

• an example of fossilized remains.

• a primary source.

• a secondary source.

Which step in the research process, if not followed properly, could result in plagiarism?

• recognizing Web site URLs

• deciding which questions to answer during research

• including names of sources for direct quotes

• the order of the note cards to create an outline

When evaluating secondary sources, a historian may encounter different points of view about a person, place, or event. Which approach will result in a balanced report?

• Consider each viewpoint, eliminate biased information, but include different points of view as long as there is evidence to back-up each interpretation.

• Include all points of view even if the evidence is weak so the report has a broad focus.

• Evaluate all information carefully but choose the one point of view that you like the most.

• Narrow the focus of the report by choosing the most recent point of view.

A decade is a period of time that lasts

• 10 years

• 20 years

• 100 years

• 1,000 years

The calendar that we use today is called the

• Julian

• Gregorian

• Lunar

• Egyptian

Which is an example of an artifact?

• a book about ancient history

• a map of an archaeological dig

• a description of an extinct species

• a piece of pottery from a culture long ago

The study of objects to learn about the past is called

• anthropology

• archaeology

• historiography

• secondary sources