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SS Intro Quizizz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Define History:

a)

the study of government.

b)

the study of the Earth.

c)

the study of how people get their wants and needs.

d)

the study of the past through different perspectives/accounts.

2.

Define Economics:

a)

the study of government.

b)

the study of the Earth.

c)

the study of how people get their wants and needs.

d)

the study of the past through different perspectives/accounts.

3.

Define Civics:

a)

the study of government.

b)

the study of the Earth.

c)

the study of citizenship– your role, duties, and rights as an American citizen.

d)

the study of the past through different perspectives/accounts.

4.

Define Politics:

a)

the study of government.

b)

the study of the Earth.

c)

the study of how people get their wants and needs.

d)

the study of citizenship– your role, duties, and rights as an American citizen.

5.

Define Geography:

a)

the study of government.

b)

the study of the Earth.

c)

the study of how people get their wants and needs.

d)

the study of the past through different perspectives/accounts.

6.

This term means:

one-sided; unfair favoritism

a)

evaluate

b)

bias

c)

accuracy

d)

perspective

7.

A first-hand account of someone who experienced the event at the time it happened is a...

a)

Secondary Source

b)

Primary Source

8.

Which Historical Thinking skill is portrayed in the image?

a)

Sourcing

b)

Contextualization

c)

Corroboration

9.

Which Historical Thinking skill is portrayed in the image?

a)

Sourcing

b)

Contextualization

c)

Corroboration

10.

Multiple Accounts and Perspectives

a)

help us get an accurate picture of the past

b)

are original documents and objects created at the time of study.

c)

identify and answer questions about the origins of the source.

d)

locate events and sources in time and space.

11.

The questions "Who wrote this?" and "When was it written?" are examples of...

a)

Contextualization

b)

Corroboration

c)

Sourcing

12.

Sourcing...

a)

does not help us get an accurate picture of the past

b)

is original documents and objects created at the time of study.

c)

identifies and answers questions about the origins of the source.

d)

locates events and sources in time and space.

13.

Which statement shows bias?

a)

Johnny is in the 8th grade at Moravia Middle School

b)

My son, Johnny, couldn't have cheated on his test, he's always so sweet and honest.

c)

Johnny plays on the Blue Devils football team

d)

Johnny has blonde hair and blue eyes.

14.

Comparing two or more sources in order to see if evidence agrees or disagrees with each other is an example of...

a)

Sourcing

b)

Corroboration

c)

Contextualization

15.

Which historical thinking skill do the following questions most closely relate to:

Who created it? From what perspective or point of view? When was it written? Why was it written? Is it reliable?

a)

Contextualization

b)

Corroboration

c)

Sourcing

16.

The following questions represent which Historical Thinking skill?

When and where was the document created? What was different then? What was the same? How might the circumstances in which the document was created affect its content?

a)

Sourcing

b)

Contextualization

c)

Corroboration

17.

The following questions represent which Historical Thinking skill?

What do other documents say? Do the documents agree? If not, why? What are other possible documents? What documents are most reliable?

a)

Corroboration

b)

Close Reading

c)

Sourcing

18.

What is perspective?

a)

Someone who studies art.

b)

Facts about a topic.

c)

Someone's evidence on something.

d)

Someone's point of view on something.

19.

Context is like:

a)

the background or setting of an event.

b)

using multiple sources to confirm a story.

c)

a label or image of a group.

d)

an opinion of an event or source.

20.

A source is more reliable if:

a)

the source is not biased.

b)

the source was an eyewitness.

c)

other sources are similar.

d)

all of the above make a source more trustworthy.