Worksheets7 History Skills
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
BC stands for
a)
Birth of Christ
b)
Before Common
c)
Before Christmas
d)
Before Christ
2.
Anno Domini means
a)
Year of the lord
b)
After Death
c)
Domino Effect
d)
After Dominic
3.
What is on the left side of a timeline?
a)
BC dates
b)
AD dates
4.
What does circa mean?
a)
circle
b)
ancient
c)
about
d)
baby whale
5.
Definition of BCE
a)
Before Christ Era
b)
Before Common Era
c)
Birth Christ Era
d)
Before Christmas Evolved
6.
According to a standard timeline, how many years ago was Christ born?
a)
2000
b)
3500
c)
2012
d)
2017
7.
Which timeline is labeled correctly?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
8.
Which happened first, the building of the Pyramids or the development of hieroglyphic writing?
a)
Pyramids of Giza built
b)
Development of hieroglyphic writing
9.
Which event on this timeline happened FIRST?
a)
Last use of hieroglyphic writing
b)
Rosetta Stone is carved
c)
Settlers in Nile Valley
d)
Development of hieroglyphic writing
10.
Prehistory is history that took place before the development of
a)
television
b)
writing
c)
type writers
d)
stone tools
11.
Anything created by a once-living being is a...
a)
Artefact
b)
Fossil
12.
A primary source is one produced
a)
by word of mouth.
b)
during the same time as the event it describes.
c)
after the event by someone who studied the original source.
d)
before the event by someone who studied the original source
13.
A secondary source is one produced
a)
by word of mouth
b)
during the same time as the event it describes.
c)
after the event by someone who studied the original source.
d)
before the event by someone who studied the original source.
14.
A classmate is giving a report about Cleopatra. The classmate giving the report is a
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
15.
A drawing of a Roman coin made in 2003. The drawing is a
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
16.
A photograph is an example of a
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
17.
Which of these is NOT an example of a primary source?
a)
Original uniforms worn at a time in history
b)
Diaries written at the time of an event
c)
Film footage of a historical event
d)
A poem about World War II from your classmate
18.
What type of source is this? A chapter in your world history textbook about the Ancient Greeks
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
19.
What type of source is this? An original photograph from the 1941 attack at Pearl Harbor that you found in your grandparents photo album
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
20.
I know the difference between a primary and a secondary source.
a)
YES
b)
MAYBE
c)
NO
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