Unit 1: Quiz 1 - What does a historian do?

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The following is a witness statement from a survivor of a Mongol attack during the Battle of Bagdad. "The Mongols swept through the city like hungry falcons... or like raging wolves attacking sheep, with loose reins and shameless faces, murdering and spreading fear..." What should a good historian be able to sense in this source?

• bias
• racism
• empathy
• what the mongols were feeling

Cave paintings from prehistoric eras would be considered

• fossilized remains.
• historical data.
• primary sources.
• secondary sources.

Primary sources

• are usually unreliable since the writers were probably biased.
• were written or created by the people who saw or experienced the event.
• can only be found in the reference sections of large libraries.
• include biographies, encyclopedias, or history books.

What was the original purpose of the Domesday Book, created in A.D. 1086?

• explained the discovery of the sculptures of warriors found in China.
• allowed King George to identify rebels living in his kingdom at that time.
• revealed the names of Englishmen belonging to a secret society.
• contained information about the people and lands of England to help the king tax them accurately.

An example of a secondary source would be

• the biography of a famous general.
• a hand-drawn map by an explorer.
• the election records from a presidential race in 1860.
• a letter written from the battlefield to a soldier’s wife.

something that provides information to help a historian figure out what happened.

• bias
• conclusion
• evidence
• primary source
• secondary source

a soldier's diary

• bias
• conclusion
• evidence
• primary source
• secondary source