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Primary and Secondary Sources

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A textbook chapter on the Civil War

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

2.

A biography of Abraham Lincoln

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

3.

A movie about the Revolutionary War

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

4.

A journal written by a civil war soldier

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

5.

A report written on Barack Obama

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

6.

A diary written by President Roosevelt

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

7.

Which of the following shows a primary source?

a)
b)
c)
8.

An autobiography written by Winston Churchill

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

9.

A play about World War II

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

10.

The Declaration of Independence

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

11.

A birth certificate of a famous World War I General

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

12.

A movie about Anne Frank

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

13.

An artifact (something made by humans) from Ancient Rome

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

14.

An audio recording of a famous speech by President Richard Nixon

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

15.

A magazine article about the events of September 11, 2001

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

16.

A YouTube video about the Native Americans that once lived in Ohio

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

17.

A letter written by George Washington

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

18.

A photo of a famous battle of the Vietnam War

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

19.

An interview with a famous world leader in 1960

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

20.

A first-hand account of a story

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

21.

All biographies are considered to be

a)

primary sources

b)

secondary sources

22.

A sarcophagus (a stone coffin) of a person who lived in Ancient Egypt

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

23.

Information given about a past event or series of events. Uses primary and secondary sources to create

a)

historical book

b)

secondary source

c)

textbook

d)

historical narrative