WorksheetsPrimary & Secondary Sources
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 38mins
Information created after an event by someone who did not experience the event firsthand are called...
primary sources
secondary sources
Documents, images or artifacts that provide firsthand testimony or direct evidence are called...
secondary sources
primary sources
Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair is known as ...
bias
collectivity
point of view
judgment
"Currency" means...
the timeliness of information.
the amount of money the author earns for the source.
The importance of the information for your needs.
The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the content.
Does the information relate to your topic or answer your question? This questions connects to...
accuracy
relevance
authority
purpose
Authority is...
The timeliness of the information.
the importance of the information for your needs.
The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the content.
The trustworthiness of the source of the information.
Accuracy means...
The source of the information.
The trustworthiness of the source of the information.
The reliability, truthfulness, and correctness of the content.
The importance of the information for your needs.
Is the information to inform, teach, sell, entertain, or persuade? This question connects to...
accuracy
purpose
authority
currency
You are researching current medical breakthroughs for a class presentation. You have found a website that uses information from 2004. Is this website a good resource?
Yes, because a lot of important breakthroughs occurred in the early 2000s.
Yes, because if the website had more important information it would have automatically updated the website.
No, because you only ever want to use websites created in the last 3 years.
No, because it is not current enough for this topic.
When you determine the author's purpose, which one is most trustworthy?
An author trying to inform
An author trying to persuade
An author trying to sell something
An author trying to entertain
Why is it important to consider the author's bias?
The author might not give you all the facts
The author might not be qualified to write about the topic
The author might be making a joke
The author might be writing a blog post
How do you make sure that you are getting accurate information?
Only choose .org and .gov websites
Avoid all news websites, since they are sensational
Look at several sources on the same topic to make sure the information is the same
Which of the following most nearly means the same as objective?
Not alive, inanimate
Having strong beliefs
Trying to persuade
Not biased, truthful
Which argument most logically follows from Jefferson's expressed ideas in the Declaration of Independence?
The rights of men should be supported over those of women.
Monarchy is a bad form of government because rulers ar enot elected.
All forms of government destroy human rights and should be abandoned.
Any form of government that suppresses people's freedoms should be overthrown.
Which of the following is the central idea put forth in the Declaration of Independence?
The American people will fight to the death to protect themselves from attacks by Britain.
The American colonies are justified in rejecting British rule and setting up a new government.
The people of Great Britain should claim their own independence from the rule of the current king.
Americans who support the idea of independence from Great Britain greatly outnumber those who do not.
In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson accuses Britain of "quartering large bodies of armed troops among us." Which of the following best defines the word quartering as Jefferson uses it here?
providing board for extra charges
acting at fifteen minute intervals
housing in assigned dwellings
dividing into four equal parts
Which of the following statements from the Declaration of Independence makes the strongest emotional appeal to readers?
He has called together legislative bodies... for the sole purpose of fatiguing them into compliance with his measures.
He has dissolved representative houses repeatedly...
He has abdicated government here, be declaring us out of his protection...
He is at this time transporting large armies... to complete the works of death, desolation , and tyranny...
made
endeavored
endowed
inestimable
render
unjust uses of power
insurrections
usurpations
impel
rectitude
despotism
violent disturbances
democracy
absolute control or unlimited power; tyranny
violation of trust
insurrection
not lasting
obtaining from something
rebellion
consanguinity
Thomas Paine...
Wrote pamphlets the average American would understand.
Wrote in an elevated manner to please politicians.
Wrote essays supporting the British rule and the crown.
Wrote motivational speeches for General Washington's troops.
What year was "Common Sense" written?
1776
1775
1774
1777
·Common Sense was a pamphlet Thomas Paine published to distribute in the colonies to...
explain to Britain why they should end the quartering act
influence more people to join the independence movement.
to join the Loyalist party
abide by the Intolerable acts
Benjamin Franklin's highly popular collection of information, parables, and advice was called
Albany Plan of Union
French and Indian War
Treaty of Paris (1763)
Poor Richard's Almanack
