Ch 1 - What Does a Historian Do?

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

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

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

• True

• False

Ten decades grouped together is called a millennium.

• True

• False

Why didn’t this cave painting include a written description of what was happening?

• The artist didn't like ELA.

• It was drawn before people learned to use written language.

• Because it was in a cave, it was too dark to do any extensive writing.

• The dyes used for the pictures were not suited to writing.

A reliable source

• may contain some biased information.

• is written from a trustworthy point of view.

• is usually a secondary source.

• only comes from .com websites.

An example of a secondary source would be

• a ship’s manifest.

• an explorer’s journal.

• the biography of a President

• an arrowhead found at a dig site.

To learn the answers to historical questions, historians

• look for evidence.

• only view secondary sources

• make guesses about what they think might have happened.

When studying history, you should

• base your conclusions on other historians’ opinions.

• take into account how people view events in present times, not past.

• draw conclusions based on evidence, not modern values.

• use modern ideas to evaluate the historical event.

The study of history can help us make decisions about the future because

• People and events from the past are no different than those in the present and future.

• Mr. Glass said so

• People who study history are usually smart and are more likely to make better decisions.

• We can learn valuable things from the past that will help us make future decisions.