Primary and Secondary Source of Information Quiz

A biography about Abraham Lincoln

• A.Primary Source      

• B.Secondary Source     

A television show explaining about Neil Armstrong and his walk on the moon. The TV show is

• A.Primary Source

• B.Secondary Source

An autobiography is a

• A.Primary Source

• B.Secondary Source

A document or other record of past events created by someone who was present during the events or the time period in which they occurred.

• A.Primary Source

• D.Secondary Source

Which of the following is NOT a primary source document for McDonald's?

• A.Annual Financial Statement     

• B.B. Interview with the CEO

• C. Newspaper article about a McDonald’s food poisoning in California

• D. Legal documents from a case involving McDonald’s

My boss asked for a primary source of customer feedback on a new product. I showed him some of our customers' tweets. Are they primary sources?

• A.Yes

• B.No

Check all below which are primary sources.

• Diary

• Photograph

• Magazine article

• Encyclopedia article

• Museum artifact

Yesterday, I read a book about Ancient Greece. I enjoyed learning about the people very much. I had to make a report, so I wrote my research paper on what happened to this ancient civilization. Is my report considered a primary document?

• A.Yes

• B.No

My great grandfather sang a song on an old recorder. The museum has the audio tape of his singing. On the tape he says the year is 1935 and then he sings his old French song. Is that audio recording a primary document?

• A.Yes

• B.No

Which of the following is a secondary source?

• A. A textbook chapter on World War II and its famous battles

• B. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech

• C. A photograph of an immigrant family arriving at Ellis Island

• D. A journal kept by a soldier during the American Revolution