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SS Chapter 1 Vocabulary

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word means a description of a picture, drawing, map, or graph?

a)

century

b)

caption

c)

decade

d)

glossary

2.

Which word means 100 years?

a)

decade

b)

caption

c)

century

d)

glossary

3.

Which word means 10 years?

a)

decade

b)

caption

c)

century

d)

glossary

4.

Which word means a list of key words found in a book?

a)

decade

b)

caption

c)

century

d)

glossary

5.

What is the definition of an index? (Found at the end of a book.)

a)

a list of topics, which include people, subjects, events, and places and the page numbers on which information about each topic can be found

b)

a plan for travel

c)

a picture of a person

d)

a line that shows when events in history happened in relation to one another

6.

What is the definition of an itinerary?

a)

a list of topics, which include people, subjects, events, and places and the page numbers on which information about each topic can be found

b)

a plan for travel

c)

a picture of a person

d)

a line that shows when events in history happened in relation to one another

7.

What is the definition of a portrait?

a)

a list of topics, which include people, subjects, events, and places and the page numbers on which information about each topic can be found

b)

a plan for travel

c)

a picture of a person

d)

a line that shows when events in history happened in relation to one another

8.

What is the definition of a point of view?

a)

a way of thinking about something

b)

a firsthand account or original object

c)

a secondhand account told by someone who heard about, read about, or studied an event or object

d)

to see something happen

9.

What is the definition of a timeline?

a)

a list of topics, which include people, subjects, events, and places and the page numbers on which information about each topic can be found

b)

a plan for travel

c)

a picture of a person

d)

a line that shows when events in history happened in relation to one another

10.

Which word means a table that lists the chapters and other major sections of a book and the page numbers on which they start? (Found at the beginning of a book.)

a)

decade

b)

caption

c)

century

d)

table of contents

11.

Which word means a written paper?

a)

artifact

b)

document

c)

evidence

d)

historian

12.

Which word means proof that something happened?

a)

artifact

b)

document

c)

evidence

d)

historian

13.

Which word means a person who studies history?

a)

artifact

b)

document

c)

evidence

d)

historian

14.

What is the definition of a primary source?

a)

a way of thinking about something

b)

a firsthand account or original object

c)

a secondhand account told by someone who heard about, read about, or studied an event or object

d)

to see something happen

15.

What is the definition of a secondary source?

a)

a way of thinking about something

b)

a firsthand account or original object

c)

a secondhand account told by someone who heard about, read about, or studied an event or object

d)

to see something happen

16.

What is the definition of a witness?

a)

a way of thinking about something

b)

a firsthand account or original object

c)

a secondhand account told by someone who heard about, read about, or studied an event or object

d)

to see something happen

17.

Which word means an object that people who lived in the past made or used and then left behind?

a)

artifact

b)

document

c)

evidence

d)

historian