Claim Testers Practice

Which claim tester best describes the following:

All textbooks are written by historians so they must be true.

• Intuition

• Logic

• Authority

• Evidence

Which claim tester best describes the following:

Teachers wouldn’t teach us things that aren’t factual.

• Intuition

• Logic

• Authority

• Evidence

Which claim tester best describes the following:

Things that are happening right now will be history in 50 years and we know they are true because we have pictures and proof of what is happening.

• Intuition

• Logic

• Authority

• Evidence

Which claim tester best describes the following:

We have historical records from the invention of writing over 5,000 years ago today — put it all together and we have one history.

• Intuition

• Logic

• Authority

• Evidence

Which claim tester best describes the following:

This feels right because history is objective: It tells of things that happen without bias or emotion.

• Intuition

• Logic

• Authority

• Evidence

Which claim tester best describes the following:

It seems strange to learn an untrue story in school.

• Intuition

• Logic

• Authority

• Evidence

Which claim tester best describes the following:

My instinct tells me that there is obviously one true history.

• Intuition

• Logic

• Authority

• Evidence

Which claim tester best describes the following:

If I were to tell my own story it would be true — seems like all history must be true.

• Intuition

• Logic

• Authority

• Evidence

Which claim tester best describes the following:

I never read or hear things in history like “4 out of 5 historians agree” or “99% of historians believe,” which means they all must agree.

• Intuition

• Logic

• Authority

• Evidence

Which claim tester best describes the following:

We have primary sources (such as pictures, diaries, and newspaper articles), so it must be true.

• Intuition

• Logic

• Authority

• Evidence