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What is history?

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

History is the story of the (a)   .

2.

Historians are like...

a)

Politicians

b)

Doctors

c)

Detectives

d)

Lawyers

3.

What are the 2 types of evidence called?

a)

Primary and Secondary Sources

b)

Primary and Secondary Skills

c)

Primary and Secondary Artefacts

d)

Primary and Secondary Evidence

4.

When doing research, I should always consider the source and should ask myself if the information is fact or opinion.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

This is an example of a (a)   .

6.

To put dates or events into CHRONOLOGICAL order is to put them in order from...

a)

most recent to furtherest

b)

modern times to ancient times

c)

furtherest back in history to most recent

d)

today to the future

7.

If something happened in the year 536 BCE, which area would you see it on the timeline?

a)

Blue area

b)

Yellow area

8.

Which label would represent the year 2022 CE on the timeline?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

9.

Wars are usually a(n)...

a)

cause

b)

effect

10.

A source that is original, from the time period & a first hand account is a...

a)
Primary 
b)
Secondary 
11.

A source that was created later by someone who did not experience the events first-hand.

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

12.

Very important

a)

Significant

b)

Primary

c)

Perspective

d)

Bias

13.

When analyzing a source, historians first try and identify the 5Ws. They are: who, where, why, when and (a)   .

14.

This poster is an example of...

a)

news

b)

propaganda

c)

a declaration

d)

a treaty

15.

geography

a)

study of human cultures

b)

study of Earth and its people and places

c)

divides Earth into half spheres

d)

measuring line that tells you distances on a map

16.

Which event happened first in history chronologically?

a)

33 CE

b)

610 CE

c)

2000 BCE

d)

1500 CE

17.

True or False

Textbooks are a secondary source.

a)

True

b)

False

18.

Define a Primary Source.

a)

A Primary Source is created later in time by someone who did not witness the event.

b)

A Primary Source is more true than a secondary source.

c)

A Primary Source is found in a textbook.

d)

A Primary Source is first hand accounts of a topic from people who witnessed the event.

19.

True or False

History is the study of people and events of the past.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Why do people study history?

(Select all that apply)

a)

So that people stop making the same mistakes of the past

b)

To understand there are diverse backgrounds

c)

Because they are not interested

d)

For no reason