Civics Skills Vocabulary

Fill in the blank: An _______ is an object or tool made by people that tells us about the past.

• artifact

• animal

• plant

• machine

Fill in the blank: A _______ is something written that provides information and evidence.

• document

• book

• note

• letter

Fill in the blank: _______ are documents, artifacts and objects FROM the time being studied.

• primary sources

• secondary sources

• tertiary sources

• digital sources

Fill in the blank: _______ are things that tell us about the past that were created AFTER the time being studied.

• historical sources

• primary sources

• artifacts

• eyewitness accounts

Fill in the blank: _______ refers to the circumstances or setting in which something happens.

• context

• content

• concept

• condition

Fill in the blank: To _______ is to study or determine the nature and relationship of the parts of something.

• analyze

• ignore

• destroy

• confuse

Fill in the blank: To _______ is to explain or tell the meaning of something in understandable terms.

• define

• confuse

• misinterpret

• obfuscate

Fill in the blank: An _______ is a conclusion reached after interpreting evidence.

• inference

• guess

• assumption

• hypothesis

Fill in the blank: A _______ is reasoned judgments or decisions based on evidence.

• A conclusion is reasoned judgments or decisions based on evidence.

• A guess is reasoned judgments or decisions based on evidence.

• A hypothesis is reasoned judgments or decisions based on evidence.

• An assumption is reasoned judgments or decisions based on evidence.

A document created about an event, but not experienced by the person themselves is a...

• Primary Source

• Secondary Source