World History Education Quiz

How can history help us make decisions about the future?

• By providing data on past events

• By predicting weather patterns

• By explaining the laws of physics

• By detailing the structure of DNA

How many decades are in a century?

• 10

• 100

• 1000

• 50

Which of the following is NOT something that timelines can show?

• Passage of time

• Order of events

• Amount of time between events

• Future predictions

What are primary sources?

• Firsthand pieces of evidence

• Secondhand pieces of evidence

• Fictional stories

• Imaginary events

Who creates primary sources?

• People who saw or experienced an event

• People who heard about an event

• People who read about an event

• People who imagined an event

What type of information do secondary sources contain?

• Background information

• Firsthand information

• Imaginary information

• Fictional information

What is a point of view?

• A specific fact about an event

• A general attitude about people or life

• A detailed description of a place

• A historical date

What can sometimes be biased?

• Historical dates

• Point of views

• Geographical locations

• Scientific facts

Why must historians look at all points of view?

• To ignore the facts

• To be able to make an inference

• To avoid drawing conclusions

• To use only primary sources

What must people be sure to avoid when writing about history?

• Using too many sources

• Plagiarism

• Writing too much

• Using difficult words