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Unit 2 Historical Inquiry Review

Total questions: 34

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is a historian?

a)

a person who researches, studies, and writes about the past, and is considered an expert on it

b)

a person who studies human activity through the recovery and analysis of artifacts from today and the past

c)

a person who studies the history of life on Earth through the fossil record

d)

a person who studies the solid, liquid, and gaseous matter that constitutes Earth and other terrestrial planets

2.

What is archaeology?

a)

the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of artifacts

b)

the study of human societies and cultures and their development

c)

the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields

d)

the scientific study of the human mind and its functions

3.

What is an artifact?

a)

an object made by a human being

b)

something that is usual, typical, or standard

c)

the available body of facts or information that help determine if a belief is true

d)

the beliefs, customs, and art of a particular society, group, place, or time

4.

What is anthropology?

a)

the study of human activity through the recovery and analysis of artifacts

b)

the study of human societies and cultures and their development

c)

the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields

d)

the scientific study of the human mind and its functions

5.

What is culture?

a)

an object made by a human being

b)

something that is usual, typical, or standard

c)

the available body of facts or information that help determine if a belief is true

d)

the beliefs, customs, and art of a particular society, group, place, or time

6.

What is evidence?

a)

an object made by a human being

b)

something that is usual, typical, or standard

c)

the available body of facts or information that help determine if a belief is true

d)

the beliefs, customs, and art of a particular society, group, place, or time

7.

What is a primary source?

a)

an artifact, a document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, or other source that was created at the time of study

b)

created later by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events researched

c)

prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair

d)

an educated guess based on evidence & prior knowledge

8.

What is a secondary source?

a)

an artifact, a document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, or other source that was created at the time of study

b)

created later by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events researched

c)

prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair

d)

an educated guess based on evidence & prior knowledge

9.

What is a bias?

a)

an artifact, a document, diary, manuscript, autobiography, a recording, or other source that was created at the time of study

b)

created later by someone who did not experience first-hand or participate in the events researched

c)

prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a way considered to be unfair

d)

an educated guess based on evidence & prior knowledge

10.

What is an era?

a)

a period of history with a particular feature or characteristic

b)

a period of ten years

c)

a period of a thousand years

d)

a period of a hundred years

11.

What is a century?

a)

a period of history with a particular feature or characteristic

b)

a period of ten years

c)

a period of a thousand years

d)

a period of a hundred years

12.

What is a decade?

a)

a period of history with a particular feature or characteristic

b)

a period of ten years

c)

a period of a thousand years

d)

a period of a hundred years

13.

What is a millennium?

a)

a period of history with a particular feature or characteristic

b)

a period of ten years

c)

a period of a thousand years

d)

a period of a hundred years

14.

Position from which something or someone is observed

a)

Point of View

b)

Contextualize

c)

Frame of Reference

d)

Secondary

15.

a source that was not created at the time being studied, but instead uses sources that were created at that time as evidence to draw conclusions. Scholarly books and articles are examples.

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

16.

a source usually created at the time in question that provides firsthand evidence. Examples include newspaper articles, photographs, diary entries, interviews and financial records.

a)

primary source

b)

secondary source

17.

paleontology

a)

the study of the past

b)

objects made by people

c)

prehistoric times

d)

remains of plant and animal life

18.

fossils

a)

the study of the past

b)

objects made by people

c)

prehistoric times

d)

remains of plant and animal life

19.

anthropology

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

20.

Historians are like...

a)

Politicians

b)

Doctors

c)

Detectives

d)

Lawyers

21.

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

22.

An example of a PRIMARY SOURCE of evidence is a...

a)

an imaginative diary entry

b)

a diary you write about an event in history you have studied

c)

diary written at the time of the event

23.

An example of a SECONDARY SOURCE of evidence is...

a)

a painting created in 1914 to represent a famous battle in WW1

b)

a replica of the famous "Mona Lisa" painting by Leonardo da Vinci

c)

an original painting by Dutch artist Monet

24.

I wrote about my wedding in my diary. Is my diary a primary source, or a secondary source?

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

25.

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

a)
Primary 
b)
Secondary 
26.

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

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

27.

What is a decade?

a)

10 years

b)

100 years

c)

1,000 years

d)

10,000 years

28.

What is a century?

a)

10 years

b)

100 years

c)

1,000 years

d)

10,000 years

29.

What is a millennium?

a)

10 years

b)

100 years

c)

1,000 years

d)

50 years

30.

What does B.C.E. stand for?

a)

before the common era

b)

before the stone age

c)

before electricity

d)

before the plague

31.

What does C.E. stand for?

a)

Common Era

b)

Common problem

c)

Common history

d)

Common idea

32.

Match the following

a)

The Study of Prehistoric Times

1.

Paleontology

b)

The Study of Ancient and Modern human cultures

2.

Anthropology

c)

The Study of artifacts

3.

Archaeology

33.
What is an artefact?
a)
An object made or altered by people
b)
any object from the past
c)
object on display in musuem
d)
a truth about the past
34.
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