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SOURCES OF HISTORY

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 33mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
A biography about Abraham Lincoln
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
2.
The Declaration of Independence
a)
Secondary Source
b)
Primary Source
3.
An autobiography is a
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
4.
A photograph is an example of a
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
5.
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
6.
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
7.
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
8.
What type of source is this? An original photograph from the 1941 attack at Pearl Harbor that you found in your grandparents photo album
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
9.
I found a letter to one of my friends in the locker room after school the other day.  I know it's private, but I want to read it!  What is the letter?
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
10.
At school we use textbooks to learn about the history of the United States.  When we use textbooks, what are we using?
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
11.
My mom has CDs of my grandparents telling stories about when they were kids.  We love to listen to these at family gatherings.  What are we listening to?
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
12.
I am writing an essay on George Washington for my U.S. History class.  I used articles from Wikipedia and another encyclopedia.  What am I using?
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
13.
Is this an example of a primary or secondary source?
a)
primary
b)
secondary
14.
I was watching ESPN and one of the reporters said he had heard good reviews about a new sports movie. When he talks about the movie, what is he?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
15.
I found a letter to one of my friends in the locker room after school the other day. I know it’s private, but I want to read it! What is the letter?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
16.
My friends and I found an old wedding dress in our attic. My father said it belonged to my grandmother. What is the dress?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
17.
At school we use textbooks to learn about the history of the United States. When we use textbooks, what are we using?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
18.
I like to read People magazine. I really like the articles written by others about Hollywood actors. When I read these stories, what am I reading?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
19.
My mom has CDs of my grandparents telling stories about when they were kids. We love to listen to these at family gatherings. What are we listening to?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
20.
When I am doing homework for U.S. Government and I read the commentaries by Supreme Court Justices on landmark cases, what am I reading?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
21.
I am writing an essay on George Washington for my U.S. History class. I used articles from Wikipedia and another encyclopedia. What am I using?
a)
Primary
b)
Secondary
22.
What is an artefact?
a)
An object made or altered by people
b)
any object from the past
c)
object on display in musuem
d)
a truth about the past
23.
What is a secondary source?
a)
A source created during the period the historian is investigating
b)
source from a secondary school textbook
c)
a reconstruction of the past by people living at a later time
d)
a visual source
24.
Secondary Sources are always more reliable than primary sources
a)
True
b)
False
25.
An eye witness to an event will always be the most reliable source
a)
False
b)
True
26.
What is the name of a person who digs up evidence?
a)
Palaeontologist
b)
Forensic Biologist
c)
Archaeologist
d)
Dendrochronologist
27.
History is important because?
a)
We can learn from past mistakes
b)
We can learn about other cultures
c)
We know what happened in the past
d)
All of the above
28.

What is an object made by people?

a)

fossil

b)

coral reef

c)

artifact

29.

What is a plant or animal remains that have been preserved from an earlier time?

a)

artifact

b)

fossil

c)

evidence

30.

A document or written work created after an event occurred is called

a)

secondary source

b)

primary source

31.

Primary source documents include all of the following EXCEPT --

a)

An autobiography

b)

Literature review

c)

Original research

d)

Manuscript material

32.

Secondary source documents include all of the following EXCEPT:

a)

A biography

b)

An analysis of original documents

c)

Sources created by someone who wasn't involved in the event and at a later time in history

d)

Original materials

33.

Are reference books a primary or secondary source?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

34.

Remains of people, animals and plants in the past which include bones and fossils tell us what existed and how they looked.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

35.

Clothes and jewellery tell us what they wore (fashion), the materials and dyes/ colours used.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

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