Be a Historian

What two imaginary lines divide the earth into hemispheres?

• North and South Poles

• Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn

• Latitude and longitude

• Equator and Prime Meridian

Which of these is a type of map?

• Political

• Physical

• Special-purpose

• All of these are types of maps

What do maps include to help you understand them?

• symbols

• lines

• keys

• All are correct

What challenge to mapmakers face when creating a flat map?

• showing correct colors

• writing labels

• making an accurate key

• distortion of the earth's surface

How do historians uncover points of view and bias?

• Ideas that are shared or emphasized

• Ideas that are left out

• Using multiple documents or writings

• All are correct

What sort of words would show a historian that a source is biased?

• The language that it written in

• The information in the document

• The source includes evidence

• Emotional words like ignorant and stupid

How do historians order dates on a time line?

• By the importance of the event

• In chronological order, using B.C.E. and C.E.

• Alphabetical order

• Randomly

In what order are events on a time line written?

• Earliest events begin on right, later events to the left

• Earliest events in the middle, later events to the left and right

• Earliest events on far left, later events to the right

• All are correct

What should you know about a source on a website before using it?

• Who wrote the information

• If the information is true

• Is the author an expert

• All are correct

What are primary sources?

• First-hand pieces of evidence from people who saw or experienced an event

• Written accounts by a teacher

• Evidence created by the government

• Unreliable pieces of evidence