6.2 Quiz: Learning About The Past

1. You can learn about the past by talking to people, ___________ and looking at art objects.

• A. playing
• B. watching cartoons
• C. reading books

2. A ____________ source is material that was written or made by someone who saw an event happen.

• A. secondary
• B. primary
• C. third

3.What is an example of a primary source?

• A. A Globe
• B. An Encyclopedia
• C. A Journal

4. A ________ source is written by someone who didn't see an event happen.

• A. secondary
• B. first
• C. primary

5. A _____________ is a book about another person's life.

• A. biography
• B. poe
• C. colony

6. People who read and write about history are called __________.

• A. geologists
• B. historians
• C. scientists

7. _____________ contain sources called artifacts.

• A. Schools
• B. Museums
• C. Hotels

8.What sources did historians use to learn and write about people and events of long ago?

• A. Primary Sources
• B. Secondary Sources
• C. Both Primary and Secondary Sources

9. When we talk about the present, we use the words today and ________.

• A. tomorrow
• B. yesterday
• C. now

10. A ________can have both primary and secondary sources.

• A. bus
• B. field
• C.library