Historical Thinking Vocabulary Practice

Fill in the blank: A Primary Source gives you __________________________ access to the information/event. It is a firsthand or eyewitness account.

• direct

• indirect

• limited

• secondary

Fill in the blank: A Secondary Source is created using ____________________________________________ ____. The people did not have direct knowledge of experience with the information or event. (___________________________________________ ___________________________________________ ________________).

• information from primary sources

• firsthand experiences

• personal observations

• original artifacts

Fill in the blank: Similarity means why two things are ____________________________.

• alike or similar

• different or unique

• opposite or contrary

• unrelated or separate

Why two things are _________________________________?

• different

• same

• together

• equal

A ________________________________ something happens.

• reason

• place

• person

• time

A ________________________________ of something happening.

• result or consequence

• beginning or start

• method or process

• location or place

____________________ the document was written for.

• The audience or person

• The title of the document

• The date it was written

• The main topic

A person’s ________________________________ or ________________________________ towards an issue.

• opinion or perspective

• height or weight

• age or gender

• location or address

The ____________________________ an author

• purpose or reason

• favorite color

• writing speed

• birthplace

_______________________________ a document.

• Sourcing

• Printing

• Editing

• Deleting