What Does a Historian Do?

Ten decades grouped together is called a millennium.

• True

• False

Letters, diaries, and government records are examples of secondary sources.

• True

• False

A historian needs to evaluate a primary source to decide if it has a trustworthy point of view.

• True

• False

A decision reached after examination of evidence.

• Artifact

• Archaeology

• Conclusion

• Scholarly

Historians who study the same historical topic will come to the same conclusion about the event.

• True

• False

The study of objects to learn about past human life.

• Artifact

• Archaeology

• Conclusion

• Scholarly

An object made by people.

• Artifact

• Archaeology

• Conclusion

• Scholarly

Concerned with academic learning or research.

• Artifact

• Archaeology

• Conclusion

• Scholarly

The study of human culture and how it develops over time.

• Artifact

• Anthropology

• Archaeology

• Scholarly

. a decision reached after examination of evidence

• Anthropology

• Archaeology

• Paleontology

• Comotology