Unit 1 | Summative | Foundations of History

What is world history?

• The study of ancient civilizations

• A record of events in a country

• An account of the past on a world scale

• A prediction of future world events based on the past

How does history make us better thinkers?

• By helping us quickly memorize historical dates and facts

• By training us to accept one version of the past without question

• By teaching us to investigate evidence, check sources, and consider different points of view

• By encouraging us to ignore different points of view

How does history teach us to avoid the errors of the past?

• It shows us how to change the past

• It show us that the past doesn't impact what happens today

• It teaches us what went wrong before so we can make better decisions now and later

• It encourages us to focus only on the present

What are the benefits of studying history?

• We are more likely to avoid mistakes of the past.

• We will have a greater understanding and more enjoyment of books, shows, and movies.

• We develop greater empathy for people whose lives are different from our own.

• All of the above.

How does history help us to develop empathy?

• By focusing on famous leaders and their actions

• By helping us judge people from the past by today’s standards

• By showing us how people lived and helping us understand their ideas, feelings and choices

• By teaching us to ignore past experiences that don’t match our own

According to this quotation, why should people study history?

• History teaches us to avoid mistakes of the past.

• History helps us become better thinkers.

• History makes us better informed.

• History helps us develop empathy.

What is the role of historians in studying the past?

• To memorize dates and events

• To create fictional stories about history

• To act as detectives, looking for clues to connect events

• To only focus on primary sources

What is the first step in a historian’s work?

• Creating a timeline

• Writing a book

• Collecting artifacts

• Starting with a question or problem

What is bias in historical sources?

• A method of organizing historical events

• A distortion that shows only one side of a story

• A way to prove historical facts

• A type of historical evidence

When collecting evidence, historians should...

• focus only on information that supports their hypothesis.

• consider the points of view and biases of the people who created their sources.

• place more value on well-researched secondary sources than on primary sources.

• use sources that share their point of view and biases.