Chapter 2, Primary and Secondary Source Vocabulary Review

A record or an event that is created after the event by someone who was not there.

• secondary source

• artifact

• primary source

• perspective

The way a person views or interprets events or issues; point of view.

• fact

• memoir

• perspective

• primary source

A collection of memories that someone writes about his or her own life.

• memoir

• opinion

• biography

• eyewitness

A thing that is known or proved to be true.

• secondary source

• autobiography

• memoir

• fact

A person who has personally seen something happen and can give a firsthand description of it.

• perspective

• biography

• eyewitness

• opinion

An account of a person’s life written by that person.

• primary source

• perspective

• memoir

• autobiography

An object made or used by humans long ago.

• artifact

• perspective

• memoir

• biography

An original record of a past event, usually created by someone who actually saw or participated in the event.

• eyewitness

• primary source

• fact

• memoir

An account of a person’s life written by another person.

• fact

• eyewitness

• opinion

• biography

A person’s belief or judgement about something.

• primary source

• opinion

• autobiography

• artifact