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What Do Historians Do?

Authored by Patricia White

Social Studies

6th Grade

What Do Historians Do?
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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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