unit 1 review

Which of the following are a primary source?

• A newspaper article written in 2021 describing how covid 19 has changed the world

• A clay pot found in ancient ruins

• A book on the life of Lincoln created in 2012

Which of the following are secondary sources

• A letter from George Washington to Thomas Jefferson

• An ancient stone building discovered in the rainforest

• A book written by a historian in 2015 discussing Chinas history from 25-200.

• A history textbook.

What is a claim?

• An statement supported by evidence

• someone's statement of ownership of an item or place

• proof that something is true

• the reason someone did something

What does a question mean when it asks who is the audience?

• when the document was created

• What the document is talking about

• Us today

• The person or people the source is created for

Historical context is

• A primary source

• The evidence of an event

• When and why something happened

what is historical context?

• who the document is created for

• evidence of a claim

• events that lead to another event

• an argument

What does it mean to infer

• to make a educated guess based on evidence

• to make an argument

• an event that leads to another event

• evidence

when we compare evidence we are __________

• figuring out why a document was made

• making an argument

• corroborating

• inferring

why do we check to see if documents are reliable?

• to see if the information given can be trusted

• to use the document as it is a first hand account of what happened

• to use the document as it is a second hand account of what happened

• to check when a document was made