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Historical and Geographical Skills

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
first hand account about historical events
a)
historical events
b)
primary source
c)
multiple perspectives
d)
secondary source
2.
interpretation of events by people who were not present at the events they discuss
a)
secondary source
b)
primary source
c)
perspective
d)
historical events
3.
An artifact, document, diary, manuscript, or other source of information created at the time of study is a .... 
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source  
4.
Which document is a secondary source? 
a)
Research findings on video gaming's effects
b)
Population statistics from the U.S Census Bureau  
c)
An almanac 
d)
Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address  
5.
A marriage record is a...
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
6.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a secondary source? 
a)
Interprets and analyzes primary sources
b)
One or more steps removed from the event 
c)
May have pictures, quotes, or graphics of primary sources in them
d)
Created during an experience or time period with inside view of a particular event
7.
A map produced in 2016 showing what land European countries controlled in America in the 18th century would be considered a...
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
8.

The questions "Who wrote this?" "Where was it written?" "When was it written?" "What is the purpose of this document?" are examples of...

a)

Contextualization

b)

Corroboration

c)

Close Reading

d)

Sourcing

9.
A public opinion poll on what should be the next Mountain Dew flavor is an example of a...
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
10.
Which document is a secondary source?
a)
U.S Census Statistics
b)
An analysis of Julius Caesar
c)
Autobiography of Andi Dorfman
d)
An e-mail from your boss
11.
Someone's Twitter page is an example of a...
a)
Primary Source 
b)
Secondary Source
12.
Why should we study history? 
a)
Learn about our past (ancestors, culture, advancements, leaders)
b)
Learn from our mistakes
c)
Create a better future
d)
All of the options are correct.
13.

What is history?

a)

Study of the past

b)

A written document

c)

Present events

d)

Memorizing names, dates, and facts

14.

How does one study

history?

a)

Only reading a

textbook

b)

Looking at sources

c)

Memorizing names,

dates, and facts

d)

Watching videos

15.

Which theme of geography deals with the transportation of people, goods, and ideas?

a)

Human Environment

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Place

16.

Which theme of geography groups areas by common characteristics?

a)

Location

b)

Movement

c)

Place

d)

Region

17.

Which theme of geography discusses how people interact with the world?

a)

Human Environment

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Place

18.

Which theme of geography asks the question of where is it?

a)

Human Environment

b)

Location

c)

Movement

d)

Place

19.

Which theme of geography asks the question of what is it like?

a)

Location

b)

Movement

c)

Place

d)

Region

20.

Which Essential Element of Geography is almost identical to the Location Theme of Geography?

a)

Place and Region

b)

Physical Systems

c)

Uses of Geography

d)

World in Spatial Terms

21.

Which Essential Element of Geography puts combines two Themes of Geography?

a)

Environment and Society

b)

Human Systems

c)

Place and Region

d)

Physical Systems

22.

Which Essential Element of Geography involves natural disturbances like hurricanes?

a)

Human Systems

b)

Place and region

c)

Physical Systems

d)

Uses of Geography

23.

Which Essential Element of Geography discusses how people change the environment?

a)

Environment and Society

b)

Human Systems

c)

Place and Region

d)

Physical Systems

24.

Which Essential Element of Geography talks about a relationship?

a)

Environment and Society

b)

Human Systems

c)

Physical Systems

d)

Uses of Geography

25.

Which Essential Element of Geography answers the question why we study geography?

a)

Environment and Society

b)

Human Systems

c)

Physical Systems

d)

Uses of Geography

26.

Why use the five W's?

a)

To analyze sources

b)

To write stories

c)

To make movies

27.

What is a 2-D geographical tool?

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Globe

c)

Legend

d)

Map

28.

What is a spherical geographical tool?

a)

Compass Rose

b)

Globe

c)

Legend

d)

Map

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