Unit 1: Thinking Like a Historian - Key Terms

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7th Grade
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LANA WHALEY
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for a person who studies and writes about the past using evidence?
Historian
Geographer
Biologist
Economist
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for carefully looking at information or evidence to understand it better?
Analyze
Ignore
Guess
Forget
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for checking who created a source, when, where, and why it was made?
Sourcing
Summarizing
Paraphrasing
Annotating
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for a point of view; the way someone sees or interprets an event?
Perspective
Prediction
Evidence
Summary
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for the background information that helps explain why something happened?
Context
Summary
Prediction
Opinion
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for comparing different sources to see if they agree on the same event?
Corroboration
Contradiction
Summarization
Exaggeration
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the term for a statement or idea that someone says is true, often supported with evidence?
Claim
Prediction
Question
Opinion
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