WorksheetsWhat is history?
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 8mins
History is the story of the (a) .
Historians are like...
Politicians
Doctors
Detectives
Lawyers
What are the 2 types of evidence called?
Primary and Secondary Sources
Primary and Secondary Skills
Primary and Secondary Artefacts
Primary and Secondary Evidence
When doing research, I should always consider the source and should ask myself if the information is fact or opinion.
true
false
This is an example of a (a) .
To put dates or events into CHRONOLOGICAL order is to put them in order from...
most recent to furtherest
modern times to ancient times
furtherest back in history to most recent
today to the future
If something happened in the year 536 BCE, which area would you see it on the timeline?
Blue area
Yellow area
Which label would represent the year 2022 CE on the timeline?
A
B
C
Wars are usually a(n)...
cause
effect
A source that is original, from the time period & a first hand account is a...
A source that was created later by someone who did not experience the events first-hand.
Primary
Secondary
Very important
Significant
Primary
Perspective
Bias
When analyzing a source, historians first try and identify the 5Ws. They are: who, where, why, when and (a) .
This poster is an example of...
news
propaganda
a declaration
a treaty
geography
study of human cultures
study of Earth and its people and places
divides Earth into half spheres
measuring line that tells you distances on a map
Which event happened first in history chronologically?
33 CE
610 CE
2000 BCE
1500 CE
True or False
Textbooks are a secondary source.
True
False
Define a Primary Source.
A Primary Source is created later in time by someone who did not witness the event.
A Primary Source is more true than a secondary source.
A Primary Source is found in a textbook.
A Primary Source is first hand accounts of a topic from people who witnessed the event.
True or False
History is the study of people and events of the past.
True
False
Why do people study history?
(Select all that apply)
So that people stop making the same mistakes of the past
To understand there are diverse backgrounds
Because they are not interested
For no reason
