Module 1 Test Review

people who study the rocks of the Earth

• geologists

• writers

• archaeologists

• historians

people who comment on important current issues

• geologists

• writers

• archaeologists

• historians

people who interpret the past based on what objects people have left behind

• geologists

• writers

• archaeologists

• historians

people who study how people lived their daily lives, often through oral or written stories

• geologists

• writers

• archaeologists

• historians

Read the following words spoken by the ancient Greek historian Polybius. “. . . the knowledge gained from the study of true history is the best of all educations for practical life. For it is history, and history alone, which . . . will mature our judgment and prepare us to take right views. . . .” —Polybius, The Histories, Book 1 Which saying best agrees with Polybius’s opinion about history?

• “History is written by the conquerors.”

• “Those who forget their history are doomed to repeat it.”

• “We are not the makers of history. We are made by history.”

• “History isn’t about dates and places and wars. It’s about the people who fill the spaces between them.”

Which statement describes the importance of secondary sources to historians?

• A secondary source provides an account of an event by a person who witnessed it.

• A secondary source provides the reader with the original wording of a legal document.

• A secondary source allows the reader to understand different viewpoints of the same event.

• A secondary source allows a person to actually hear the voice of a person who lived long ago.

patterns of population

• Physical Systems

• Human Systems

• Environment and Society

• World in Spatial Terms

processes that shape the earth

• Physical Systems

• Human Systems

• Environment and Society

• World in Spatial Terms

how the earth is affected by the activities of people

• Physical Systems

• Human Systems

• Environment and Society

• World in Spatial Terms

locations of people, places, and environments on the earth

• Physical Systems

• Human Systems

• Environment and Society

• World in Spatial Terms