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Why Study History?

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When you study history, you start to see patterns in human behavior.

a)

True

b)

False

2.

The skill of being able to identify and explain events or concepts throughout history is called this.

a)

Contextualization

b)

Developments & Processing

c)

Sourcing

d)

Corroboration

3.

To study history - you must start with this.

a)

A sentence

b)

A war

c)

A question

d)

A solution

4.

What is the information that can be used to prove your statement or to support a conclusion?

a)

Opinions

b)

Ideas

c)

Questions

d)

Evidence

5.

A document or other records of past events created by people who were present at that time are called this -

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

6.

This type of source was written after the time period by an expert or a historian.

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

7.

What's another way of saying that after researching your evidence, you've come to a conclusion? What is this conclusion called?

a)

Sourcing

b)

Opinion

c)

Evidence

d)

Inference

8.

What historical skills takes into account the author’s point of view, or way of looking at something may be shaped by many things, such as the person’s age, religion, job or political views.

a)

Contextualization

b)

Sourcing

c)

Corroboration

d)

Argumentation

9.

This term refers to anything that might change a person’s observations.

a)

Source

b)

Context

c)

Bias

d)

Artifact

10.

This term refers to information, especially of a biased or misleading nature, used to promote or publicize a particular political cause or point of view.

a)

Source

b)

Propaganda

c)

Context

d)

Evidence

11.

Comparing information from different sources is called ____________________.

a)

Analysis

b)

Corroboration

c)

Contextualization

d)

Close Reading

12.

Chronology refers to -

a)

Looking at events in context

b)

Asking questions about the source

c)

Sequencing events in time

d)

Close reading information

13.

History is still open to interpretation.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

This term refers to the setting of an event. Knowing the setting or the time and place help us understand how these factors shape its content.

a)

Source

b)

Argument

c)

Context

d)

Interpretation

15.

What does it mean to evaluate a source? Evaluate.

a)

get rid of the source

b)

to judge the quality of or assess the source

c)

don't ask questions about the source

d)

to summarize the main ideas

16.

Inquiry is -

a)

the act of discovery

b)

the act of asking a question

c)

the act of dancing

d)

the act of summarizing