A History of the World Ch.1 L.2

A well-researched article about a historical topic might be published in ______.

• 1. a scholarly journal

      

• 1. a newspaper

      

• 1. an encyclopedia

      

• 1. a textbook

An example of a secondary source is ______.

• 1. a diary

      

• 1. a letter

      

• 1. a government document

      

• 1. an encyclopedia

An example of a primary source is a ______.

• history book

• textbook

   

• diary entry

• biography

A secondary source is a firsthand piece of evidence written by someone who was present during the event.

• True

• False

A historian uses information from primary sources to draw conclusions.

• True

• False

A secondary source is a good place to find new evidence about a historical topic.

• True

• False

When you make an inference, you ______.

• read many opinions about a subject

   

•  read only primary sources about an event

   

•  rely on your own experiences in your life

   

• use trustworthy sources to make a judgment about an event

A primary source is more likely to be written from a biased point of view than a secondary source.

• True

• False

The reason that historians may interpret the same event differently is because some historians are more experienced than others.

• True

• False

Anything made by humans is called _____?

• Fossil

• Biography

• Artifact

• Letters