Rapid Fire Revision: MCQs

What is History?

• Different types of sources

• The study of the future

• The study of the past based on evidence

• Oral sources

What is prehistory?

• The history of people before writing was invented

• The history of people after the death of Jesus

• People from outside of Europe

• Someone who studies the past

What is a primary source?

• Something that is factual

• A source written or created after the time being studied

• A source written or created at the time being studied

• Someone you can prove

What is a secondary source?

• A source written or created at the time being studied

• Something that can be fact checked

• A source written or created after the time being studied

• A written source

Select an example of a primary source.

• Gladiator - movie

• I am Malala -autobiography

• Michael Collins - biography

• Irish History Podcast

Select an example of a secondary source.

• Original newspapers

• Dunkirk - movie

• Interview with someone who witnessed an event you are studying

• Diary of Anne Frank

Define 'written sources'.

• Only sources written by hand

• Sources that contain pictures and drawings

• Sources that are handwritten or typed

• Only sources that are typed

What is a manuscript?

• Handwritten book

• Typed book

• Book of maps

• Another name for a diary

What is an autobiography?

• The story someone writes about their own life

• The story someone writes about someone else's life

• A true story

• Something objective

What is a census?

• Decline in population

• Increase in population

• Survey carried out ever 15 years

• Population count