What Do Historians Do?
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Social Studies
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6th Grade
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Hard
Patricia White
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the study of fossils?
Paleontology
Fossilogy
Anthropology
Archaeology
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Archaeology is the study of
shells at the ocean
Fossils
Objects to learn about the past
Rocks and Minerals
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The study of human culture and how it develops over time is:
Paleontology
Archaeology
Geology
Anthropology
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
An example of a secondary source is:
journal
text book
diary
letter
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
A historian evaluates a primary source to decide
if he or she likes the pictures
If it is well written
whether to give it as a gift
If it has a trustworthy point of view
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Why wouldn't a cave painting have any writing?
It was too dark in the cave to write any words
It was before there was a written language
The artist just wanted to paint
The dyes were only used for painting
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
When a historian looks at a primary source, he or she must
identify point of view
detect bias
determine how reliable the source is
all of the above
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