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Thinking Like A Historian (Pt 1)

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Source

a)

A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information

b)

To support with evidence

c)

Able to be believed : likely to be true or correct

d)

The situation in which something happens

2.

Context

a)

A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information

b)

To support with evidence

c)

Able to be believed : likely to be true or correct

d)

Background details necessary to understanding an event

3.

Corroborate

a)

A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information

b)

To support with evidence from multiple sources

c)

Able to be believed : likely to be true or correct

d)

The situation in which something happens

4.

Reliable

a)

A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information

b)

To support with evidence

c)

Able to be believed : likely to be true or correct

d)

The situation in which something happens

5.

Contextualization

a)

A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information

b)

The act of using details to place an event in its context

c)

Material which shows that something else exists or is true

d)

The situation in which something happens

6.

Evidence

a)

Material which shows that something else exists or is true

b)

Place in context, such as by giving the background or circumstances

c)

To support with evidence

d)

A book, article, person, or other resource consulted for information

7.

Perspective

a)

A person is in favor of one thing over another

b)

The way a person sees the world; their point of view

c)

Not influenced by personal opinions or feelings

d)

To support with evidence

8.

When we study historical documents, it is important to __________ or look at what other sources say.

a)

ignore

b)

corroborate

c)

contextualize

d)

source

9.

There can be many perspectives on the same event in history.

a)

true

b)

false

10.

A source has a reason to take one side over the other

a)

opinion

b)

fact

c)

bias

d)

fake news

11.

An account, description, or story, or the oral or written work about the past

a)

Narrative

b)

Contextualization

c)

Perspective

d)

Consequence

12.

To note the likenesses and differences of

a)

Compare

b)

Consequence

c)

Corroborate

d)

Narrative

13.

That which follows; results

a)

Consequence

b)

Narration

c)

Source

d)

Evidence