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Social Studies Chapter 1

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is an artifact?

a)

a fossil

b)

the imprint of a plant from long ago

c)

A food made and eaten by people

d)

an object made by people

2.

When were cave paintings drawn?

a)

In the modern era

b)

Before people learned how to write

c)

Last October

d)

None of these

3.

Historians consider cave paintings as a primary source. .

a)

True

b)

False

4.

_________ is the study of human culture and how it develops over time.

a)

biology

b)

anthropology

c)

paleontology

d)

archaeology

5.

How many years is a decade?

a)

20 years

b)

10 years

c)

100 years

d)

150 years

6.

A primary source is a source that was created at the time an event happened

a)

True

b)

False

7.

1 century = _______ years

a)

1 000

b)

100

c)

10

d)

1

8.

1 millenium = _____ years

a)

1 000

b)

100

c)

10

d)

1

9.

Cave paintings showed us that _______ was important to people of that time.

a)

writing

b)

reading

c)

hunting

d)

baseball

10.

What is archaeology?

a)

the study of objects to learn about past human life

b)

the study of dinosaurs and fossils

c)

the study of human culture

d)

none of these

11.

When studying history, what should we use to draw conclusions?

a)

our own values

b)

evidence

c)

our opinions

d)

any website that has an answer

12.

A letter is a primary source.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

A textbook is a primary source.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

A secondary source is ________

a)

a tool or set of clothing worn by people from the time being studied.

b)

written by an eye witness

c)

better than a primary source

d)

a document or written work created after an event

15.

Choose all of the sources that are typically reliable

a)

website with a .edu ending

b)

website with a .gov ending

c)

website with a .com ending

d)

none of these

16.

Secondary sources offer different points of view

a)

True

b)

False

17.

When you are going to complete a history project, which of the following is the first step?

a)

collect reliable resources

b)

write the works cited section

c)

choose a topic

d)

start writing as soon as possible

18.

If John copies and pastes then submits his work, he ______.

a)

has plagiarized

b)

has finished his work

c)

will get a good grade

d)

none of these

19.

It is not important to avoid bias.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Studying history never helps us make decisions for the future.

a)

True

b)

False