Historical Thinking Test

Which of the following is not considered a primary source?

• a biography

• diary entry

• a letter

• a photograph

Which of the following is not considered a secondary source?

• a textbook

• an interview

• an encyclopedia entry

A primary source is created by someone who

• was present at an event.

• heard about an event from a witness.

• made up an event from their imagination.

• read about an event.

Historical sources come from witness and from people who study the accounts of those witnesses.

• True

• False

Which of these events happened first?

• Stefania started working at Venmo.

• Stefania moved to Nashville.

• Stefania moved to Chicago.

• Stefania started working at Tesla.

How is the information in the timeline of Cousin Stefania organized?

• chronological

• most to least important

• random

Pilgrims arrived in New England how many years after Jamestown was founded?

• 43

• 15

• 25

• 13

Fill in the blank: The colony of Jamestown was founded in _______.

• 1607

• 1492

• 1620

• 1587

Based on the passage, what kind of source does it represent?

• secondary source

• primary source

Match the following terms with their correct definitions:

• hunter-gatherer

• people who hunt animals and gather plants for food

• nomads

• movement of people from one place to another

• migration

• people who move from place to place

• archeology

• the study of human societies and cultures

• anthropology

• the study of past societies through artifacts