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Primary/Secondary Sources

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A firsthand account of an event that occurred. It can be in the forms of a photograph, diary, video recordings, documents, and speeches to name a few.

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

2.

A source of information that is not a first-hand account. Examples are text books, magazine articles, encyclopedias, and biographies.

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

3.

A biography of Theodore Roosevelt written in 2001

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

4.

Photographs of Civil War soldiers in their camp

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

5.

Letters written by Abraham Lincoln

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

6.

A documentary on PBS about WWII

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

7.

A newspaper article from 1912 about the sinking of the Titantic

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

8.

A speech given by Martin Luther King, Jr.

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

9.

A magazine article about the War of 1812

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

10.

An interview you had with a Vietnam War Veteran

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

11.

Benjamins Franklin's autobiography

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

12.

The History Channel explaining what life was like for a slave

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

13.

The movie Titantic

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

14.
a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

15.
a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

16.
a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

17.
a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

18.
a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

19.

Neil Armstrong giving an interview about being the first man to walk on the moon

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

20.

A classmate giving a report on Pompeii and Mt. Vesuvius

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

21.

BC

a)

Before Christ

b)

Common Era

c)

Anno Domini

d)

Before the Common Era

22.

CE

a)

Before Christ

b)

Anno Domini

c)

Common Era

d)

Before the Common Era

23.

AD

a)

Anno Domini - in the year of our Lord

b)

Common Era

c)

Before the Common Era

d)

Before Christ

24.

BCE

a)

Before Christ

b)

Common Era

c)

Anno Domini

d)

Before the Common Era

25.

Century

a)

1000 years

b)

10 years

c)

100 years

d)

10,000 years

26.

decade

a)

100 years

b)

1000 years

c)

10 years

d)

20 years

27.

millennium

a)

100 years

b)

1000 years

c)

10 years

d)

1500 years

28.

.c (circa)

a)

never

b)

always

c)

approximately or about

d)

sometimes

29.

What kind of source is the best to use when doing historical research?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

30.

If the person telling the information about history was present at the event, they are considered to be a....

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

31.

Which event happened first?

a)

Hieroglyphics emerged

b)

Thutmose II reigned

c)

Middle Kingdom ended

d)

Hatshepsut reigned

32.

Which event happened most recently?

a)

New Kingdom began

b)

Hieroglyphics emerged

c)

Thutmose II reigned

d)

Hatshepsut reigned

33.

How many years are between when hieroglyphics emerged and when the Middle Kingdom ended?

a)

2000

b)

1310

c)

4690

d)

300

34.

What happened in the year 539 BC?

a)

Cuneiform was invented

b)

Fall of Babylon

c)

City-states began

d)

Hammurabi's rule

35.

How many total years are represented on this timeline?

a)

539

b)

4500

c)

5039

d)

3961

36.

In what year did Nebuchadnezar's rule begin?

a)

539 BC

b)

605 BC

c)

1754 BC

d)

4500 BC