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What is History?

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A science that tries to understand past events is called_________

a)

Physics

b)

Chemistry

c)

History

d)

Biology

2.
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
3.

What is an artifact?

a)

An object made by a person.

b)

Bones of living things.

c)

Plant remains.

d)

Facts about artwork.

4.

What is archaeology?

a)

Digging up artifacts to be studied

b)

The study of fossils to learn about past life.

c)

The study of volcanic islands.

d)

The study of calendars.

5.
What is the name of a person who digs up evidence?
a)
Palaeontologist
b)
Forensic Biologist
c)
Archaeologist
d)
Dendrochronologist
6.

What is paleontology?

a)

The study of fossils.

b)

The study of manmade objects.

c)

The study of pails and buckets.

d)

The study of artwork.

7.

What is a fossil?

a)

Plant or animal remains that have been preserved from an earlier time.

b)

Manmade objects.

c)

A shoe company.

d)

A type of African Violet plant.

8.

A person who studies the past is an:

a)

police officer

b)

store owner

c)

historian

9.

What is anthropology?

a)

The study of human culture and how it develops over time.

b)

The study of objects.

c)

The study of fossils.

d)

The study of pea pods.

10.

What does B.C. stand for?

a)

Before the birth of Jesus Christ

b)

Before CD players

c)

Before Cookie Monster

d)

After the birth of Jesus

11.

How do historians learn bout people who lived in the earliest historical eras?

a)

Look at artifacts.

b)

Read diaries of cavemen.

c)

Watch videos from Netflix.

d)

Eat chicken noodle soup.

12.

What is a Primary Source?

a)

Information from your Social Studies teacher

b)

Second hand information from a time period

c)

first hand/direct evidence from/during a time period or event

d)

Grades K-5

13.

What is a secondary source?

a)

A video of a car wreck

b)

Direct information from a time period

c)

where you go after you hit a double in baseball

d)

second hand/indirect evident about/after a time period or event

14.

What is bias?

a)

prejudice in favor of or against one thing or person compared with another

b)

another way to pronounce the name Dias

c)

a solid and fair opinion

d)

viewing everything as equal