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What is the role of a historian?

• To memorize specific details about the past.
• To investigate events that occurred in the past to better understand them.
• To know which direction N, S, E, and W are on a map. 
• To use secondary sources to figure out what happened in the past. 

Why is it important to examine multiple primary and secondary sources when investigating an event?

• It is important to study multiple points of view so that you have a better picture of what really happened. 
• It is important because without both types of sources the truth would never come out.
• It is important because people always lie.
• It is important because examining facts requires knowing people's opinions. 

Why is it important to investigate the reliability (how reliable or truthful something is) of a source or group of sources?

• When a historian is studying an event, they must know that the sources they are using are valid because otherwise their entire investigation could be compromised. 
• Studying stories about the past requires a historian to look at multiple sources, and those sources must be credible and reliable or else the historian may be misinformed about what really happened. 
• If a historian does not use valid or reliable sources to study the past, their conclusions or findings about an event could be biased.
• All of these answers are reasons why using valid sources is important. 

What feature does every timeline have? 

• All timelines show events in chronological order.
• All timelines go from up to down.
• All timelines go from left to right. 
• All timelines have pictures. 

I was watching ESPN and one of the reporters said he had heard good reviews about a new sports movie. When he talks about the movie, what is he?

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

When I was at summer camp a few years ago, I found an arrowhead; I did research and found out it has been made by the Cherokee Indians. What is my arrowhead?

• Primary Source
• Secondary Source

The first historical era, is called the __________________?

• middle ages

• prehistoric age

• modern age

• dark age

In the Gregorian calendar, events are dated either before or after the birth of ___________________?

• Pope Gregory

• Julius Caesar

• Jesus

• George Washington

A group of 100 years is known as a(n)?

• century

• decade

• era

• millennium

The Gregorian calendar

• lost one day every 128 years

• is also known as the Hebrew Calendar

• is still in use today

• was developed by Julius Caesar