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Core Concepts

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which answer below is a Primary Source?

a)

Recent News article

b)

Blog

c)

Declaration of Independence

d)

Dictionary

2.

Which answer below is a Secondary Source?

a)

Drawing

b)

Photocopy of the Constitution

c)

Letter

d)

Atlas

3.
What type of source is this?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
4.
What type of source is this?
a)
Primary 
b)
Secondary
5.
What type of source is this?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
6.
A period of 100 years
a)
timeline
b)
decade
c)
century
7.
A period of ten years
a)
decade 
b)
timeline
c)
century
8.
Records of the past that have survived into the present
a)
geography
b)
primary source
c)
compass rose
9.
What is the role of a historian?
a)
To memorize specific details about the past.
b)
To investigate events that occurred in the past to better understand them.
c)
To know which direction N, S, E, and W are on a map. 
d)
To use secondary sources to figure out what happened in the past. 
10.
Why is it important to examine multiple primary and secondary sources when investigating an event?
a)
It is important to study multiple points of view so that you have a better picture of what really happened. 
b)
It is important because without both types of sources the truth would never come out.
c)
It is important because people always lie.
d)
It is important because examining facts requires knowing people's opinions. 
11.
Why is it important to investigate the reliability (how reliable or truthful something is) of a source or group of sources?
a)
When a historian is studying an event, they must know that the sources they are using are valid because otherwise their entire investigation could be compromised. 
b)
Studying stories about the past requires a historian to look at multiple sources, and those sources must be credible and reliable or else the historian may be misinformed about what really happened. 
c)
If a historian does not use valid or reliable sources to study the past, their conclusions or findings about an event could be biased.
d)
All of these answers are reasons why using valid sources is important. 
12.
What feature does every timeline have? 
a)
All timelines show events in chronological order.
b)
All timelines go from up to down.
c)
All timelines go from left to right. 
d)
All timelines have pictures. 
13.

Which of these activities would an archaeologist most likely do?

a)

make maps

b)

examine objects

c)

read old newspapers

d)

study Earth's features

14.

People who study the past are most like

a)

artists

b)

builders

c)

detectives

d)

teachers

15.

An object made or used by people in the past is called

a)

an artifact

b)

a document

c)

a ritual

d)

a theory

16.

Which of these is a human-made feature that a geographer might study?

a)

a cave

b)

a road

c)

a spear

d)

a volcano

17.

What unique challenge does the study of prehistoric history present?

a)

written records that cannot be read

b)

conflicting views in ancient diaries

c)

lack of evidence from the period

d)

huge amounts of artifacts to analyze

18.
A part or imprint of something that was once alive
a)
artifact
b)
fossil
c)
secondary source
d)
climate
19.
Which of these sources would an archaeologist likely find most interesting?
a)
letters
b)
diaries
c)
stone ax
d)
speeches
20.
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of studying history?
a)
learning about other cultures
b)
developing decision-making skills
c)
learning from other people's experiences
d)
getting better in math
21.

Geography is...

a)

The study of Earth and how we, the people who live there, interact with it.

b)

The study of Earth and its atmosphere.

c)

The study of rocks, minerals, and all physical attributes of Earth

22.

Hemisphere is ...

a)

The study of the earth and how we, the people who live there, interact with it.

b)

A region created when the Earth is divided in half.

c)

An imaginary line going across the center of the earth.

23.

Equator is ...

a)

An imaginary line going across the center of Earth that separates the eastern and western hemisphere.

b)

A region created when the Earth is divided in half.

c)

An imaginary line going across the center of Earth that separates the north and south hemisphere.

24.

Prime Meridian is ...

a)

An imaginary line going across the center of the earth that separates the eastern and western hemispheres.

b)

An imaginary line going across the center of the earth that separates the north and south hemispheres.

c)

An absolute location on the map.

25.
Movement is ...
a)
The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
b)
The way people and the environment affect each other.
c)
Where a place is on Earth.
26.

Regions are ...

a)

Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.

b)

An absolute location on Earth.

c)

The physical and human characteristics of a place.

27.
Human and Environment Interactions are ...
a)
The way people and the environment affect each other.
b)
Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
c)
The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
28.
Location is ...
a)
The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
b)
Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
c)
Where a place is on Earth.
29.
A place is...
a)
The physical and human characteristics of a place.
b)
The way people, goods and ideas travel from place to place.
c)
Areas of the world that have common physical, human or cultural characteristics.
30.

An example of an absolute location would be.........

a)

37.02 degrees N, 93.20 degrees W

b)

United States of America

c)

The South

31.

An example of relative location would be............

a)

37.02 degrees N, 96.2 degrees W

b)

10 miles south of Springfield on HWY 65

c)

Paris, France

32.
Which characteristics would you expect to find in a physical region?
a)
Landforms and Climate
b)
Animal Life and Language
c)
Plant Life and Religion
d)
Culture and Topography
33.

A person that studies fossils is a(n)

a)

archaeologist

b)

paleontologist

c)

geologist

d)

anthropologist

34.

A person that studies landforms, climates, soil, and natural disasters is a(n)

a)

archaeologist

b)

paleontologist

c)

geologist

d)

anthropologist

35.

A person that studies customs, relationships, and behaviors is a(n)

a)

archaeologist

b)

paleontologist

c)

geologist

d)

anthropologist

36.

A person that looks at ancient artifacts to determine how the people of the past lived is a(n)

a)

archaeologist

b)

paleontologist

c)

geologist

d)

antrhopologist

37.

The time before written records is called

a)

history

b)

prehistory

c)

prewriting

d)

civilization

38.

What notations do we currently use to determine time periods in history?

a)

BC and AD

b)

BC and ADE

c)

0 and AD

d)

BCE and CE

39.

Year zero is a real thing.

a)

True - it is the year that prehistory turned to history.

b)

True - it is the year that we created the calendar.

c)

False - there is no year zero. It jumps from -1 BCE to 1 CE

d)

False - there is no year zero but there is a year that we are missing from our timelines

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