What Do Historians Do?

What is the study of fossils?

• Paleontology

• Fossilogy

• Anthropology

• Archaeology

Archaeology is the study of

• shells at the ocean

• Fossils

• Objects to learn about the past

• Rocks and Minerals

The study of human culture and how it develops over time is:

• Paleontology

• Archaeology

• Geology

• Anthropology

An example of a secondary source is:

• journal

• text book

• diary

• letter

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

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

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

To learn the answers to historical questions, historians

• interview individuals who know about significant historical periods

• seek out other historians with the same point of view.

• look for evidence.

• make guesses about what they think might have happened.

What is a decision reached after the examination of evidence called?

• conclusion

• artifact

• evidence

• scholar

Someone who is concerned with learning and academic research is considered

• ignorant

• scholarly

• uneducated

• amateur