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Year 7 Introduction to History

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this an example of?

a)

An artefact

b)

A fossil

c)

A secondary source

d)

A written record

2.

What is history?

a)

The study of the present

b)

A historian

c)

The study of the past

d)

Land surrounded by water

3.

Who studies history?

a)

Historians and archaeologists

b)

Geologists

c)

Doctors

d)

News reporters

4.
Where is the Sphinx?
a)
Iraq
b)
Azerbaijin
c)
USA
d)
Egypt
5.

Study of the past based on what people left behind is called

a)

History

b)

Primary sources

c)

Archaeology

d)

Artefacts

6.
Where is the Colloseum?
a)
Greece
b)
Norway
c)
Italy
d)
Portugal
7.

How are the fields of history and archaeology similar?

a)

Both study people and places of the past

b)

Both study people of the past

c)

Both study places of the past

d)

Neither study the past

8.
Where is the Parthenon?
a)
Cyprus
b)
Malta
c)
Greece
d)
India
9.

Which of these is NOT a primary source?

a)

Statues

b)

Textbook

c)

Artefacts

d)

Letters

10.

Which of the following is NOT a secondary source?

a)

Textbook

b)

Journal article

c)

Tools

d)

Encyclopaedia

11.

A secondary source is written by someone who took part in the events described.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

When historians draw conclusions, they look for

a)

Other historians' opinions

b)

How people view events in present time, not past

c)

Facts and evidence in their primary and secondary sources

d)

Bias and opinion in secondary sources

13.

A modern day painting of the ancient Roman Coliseum in action is a ...

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

14.

A document or written work created after an event is called a secondary source

a)

True

b)

False

15.

First-hand evidence of an event in history is called a primary source

a)

True

b)

False

16.

A medieval painting of King Henry the VIII is a ...

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

17.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a primary source?

a)

Jewellery and amulets

b)

Letters written at the time

c)

Mummies

d)

A creative story about a famous person from your classmate

18.

Where is the Taj Mahal?

a)

Sri Lanka

b)

India

c)

Pakistan

d)

Iraq

19.

Which of these is NOT an example of a secondary source?

a)

Newspaper articles

b)

Artefacts

c)

Encyclopaedia

d)

Textbook

20.

Jewellery worn by an Egyptian royal is a ...

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

21.

A caption written alongside a museum artefact is a ...

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

22.

A personal diary written during a war is a ...

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

23.

Where is Angkor Wat

a)

Cambodia

b)

Thailand

c)

Singapore

d)

Malaysia