Social Studies Skills Quiz

Artifact

• a statement

• favoring one side

• an object made by human beings

• a written record of past events

Bias

• a statement

• something that proves (or disproves) the claim

• a way someone views a situation (point of view)

• favoring one side

Corroborate

• to compare different pieces of evidence (to cross check)

• examining what is happening during a time period and its circumstances

• a written record of past events

• first hand (eyewitness) account of historical events as they are unfolding

Primary Source

• a written record of past events

• first hand (eyewitness) account of historical events as they are unfolding

• second hand account of historical events

• links the evidence to the claim. explains how your evidence is proof of your claim

Secondary Source

• First hand (eyewitness) account of historical events as they are unfolding

• Favoring one side

• Second hand account of historical events

• an object made by human beings

Analyze

• A written record of past events

• A way someone views a situation (point of view)

• Links evidence to the claim. explains how your evidence is proof of your claim

• To examine something carefully to determine its most important elements

Claim

• A statement

• To compare different pieces of evidence (cross check)

• Second hand account of historical events

• A way someone views a situation (point of view)

Perspective

• Favoring one side

• A statement

• A way someone views a situation (point of view)

• Something that proves (or disproves) the claim

Evidence

• A statement

• Something that proves (or disproves) the claim

• First hand (eyewitness) account of historical events as they are unfolding

• An object made by human beings

Reasoning

• To compare different pieces of evidence (cross check)

• An object made by human beings

• A statement

• Links the evidence to the claim. explains how your evidence is proof of your claim