Chapter 1 lessons 1-3 Test

historians examine the ____ that something happened and the ____ of those events.

• People, events

• Past, understand

• Causes, effects

The study of people and events of the past is ___

• Archaeology

• Anthropology

• Paleontology

• Historian

Learning about the past can help us understand our place in the human story

• True

• False

The past does not help us learn about what is happening now, or what will happen in the future

• True

• False

AD means

• Anno Domini

• After death

• All of the above

Historians look for____to learn the answers to historical questions

• Primary source

• Evidence

• Secondary source

Amelia drew a drawing 20 years later, her children copied her drawing, is Amelia’s drawing a primary source or secondary source?

• Primary source

• Secondary source

Historians, interpret information from_______to draw conclusions, and make inferences

• Primary sources

• Secondary sources

• Textbooks

• Drawings

Historians draw conclusions based on facts and evidence they find in primary and secondary sources

• True

• False

Historians may interpret the same facts in different ways and draw different______

• Primary sources

• Conclusions

• Secondary sources

• Results