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Thinking Like A Historian

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Geography is...

a)

the study of maps.

b)

the study of maps & globes.

c)

the study of other countries.

d)

the study of the earth & its physical features.

2.

MR. HeLP is an acronym that stands for...

a)

Movement, Religion, Humans, Location, and Place

b)

Movement, Region Humans/Environment Interaction, Location and Place

c)

Movement, Region, Environment, Lists, Places

d)

Movement, Region, Human Interaction, Longitude, and Points

3.

To answer the question, "Where is it?", there are TWO types of locations;

a)

Exact & Relative

b)

Precise & Rounded

c)

Absolute & Relative

d)

Absolute & Relation

4.

Absolute location can be described as...

a)

the exact spot of a place on the earth's surface

b)

where a place is compared with one or more other places

5.

Relative location can be described as...

a)

the exact spot of a place on the earth's surface

b)

where a place is compared with one or more other places

6.

The theme of PLACE describes...

a)

where it is located on the earth.

b)

how people move in and out of an area.

c)

the characteristics that give an area its own special/unique quality.

7.

A PHYSICAL characteristic of a place...

a)

describes something NATURAL that occurs there and that doesn't appear anywhere else. (Niagara Falls, Grand Canyon, etc.)

b)

describes something MAN-MADE that occurs there and that doesn't appear anywhere else. (Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, etc.)

8.

A HUMAN characteristic of a place...

a)

describes something NATURAL that occurs there and that doesn't appear anywhere else. (Niagara Falls, Grand Canyon, etc.)

b)

describes something MAN-MADE that occurs there and that doesn't appear anywhere else. (Eiffel Tower, Statue of Liberty, etc.)

9.

_______________ investigates how people have responded to their environment.

a)

PLACE

b)

MOVEMENT

c)

REGION

d)

HUMAN/ENVIRONMENT INTERACTION

10.

The _______________ of people, ideas, goods, and information throughout history has brought the world’s people closer together.

a)

PLACE

b)

LOCATION

c)

MOVEMENT

d)

REGION

11.

A _____________ is an area that is defined by common features (What makes it like another place?).

a)

LOCATION

b)

PLACE

c)

REGION

d)

MOVEMENT

12.

A FACT...

a)

can be proven or observed.

b)

is a personal belief or conclusion.

13.

AN OPINION...

a)

can be proven or observed.

b)

is a personal belief or conclusion.

14.

A ___________ is a one-sided, personal, and/or unexamined view.

a)

Evidence

b)

Clue

c)

Bias

d)

Historian

15.

What is the study of how people make choices from limited resources to meet needs + wants for goods/services?

a)

Geography

b)

History

c)

Economics

d)

Sociology

16.

The United States relies on other countries for resources it cannot produce. This is better known as...

a)

a market economy

b)

interdependence

c)

independence

d)

factors of production

17.

Items brought into the country are called...

a)

goods

b)

imports

c)

services

d)

exports

18.

Items that are sold to other countries are called

a)

goods

b)

imports

c)

services

d)

exports

19.

If a store is having a clearance sale on some items, there is probably a _____ of those items.

a)

shortage

b)

tariff

c)

tax

d)

surplus

20.

An unreasoned judgement about people and events, a one-sided unexamined view is known as...

a)

opinion

b)

fact

c)

bias

d)

truth

21.

Which of the following would be most relevant/useful when researching the Civil War?

a)

Textbook about the Civil War

b)

Movie about the Civil War

c)

Journal of a Civil War Soldier

d)

Diary of a woman from World War II era

22.

Which of the following is NOT a question historians ask when examining evidence?

a)

Who is the author and what do we know about them?

b)

Where and when was the source created?

c)

Why was the source written?

d)

How much money did they get paid to write the source?

23.

Why do historians have different interpretations of (sometimes the same) events?

a)

They don't have different interpretations.

b)

They always agree on every piece of evidence they find.

c)

They view events with their own values, experiences, and perspectives.

d)

All answer options are correct.

24.

What do you think happens when historians find new evidence?

a)

They develop new interpretations + theories from the new evidence.

b)

Nothing, they never trust new evidence.

c)

They don't trust primary sources.

d)

They only want to use secondary sources.

25.

Which of the following is NOT a primary source?

a)

Diary

b)

Essay written today about a historical event.

c)

Letter written (firsthand) in 1850.

d)

Newspaper written during the Trail of Tears about the event.

26.

Something that is a person's personal belief or conclusion; something that can be ARGUED...

a)

opinion

b)

fact

c)

theory based on evidence

d)

relative location

27.

Sources that are created long after an event by people who played no part in them is a...

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

c)

newspaper

d)

diary entry

28.

Words that may help you to detect BIAS in writing could be...

a)

Always

b)

Wonderful

c)

Never

d)

The greatest

e)

Impossible