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7° MH - INTRO (SOURCES)

Total questions: 19

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is archaeology?

a)

Digging stuff

b)

Study of ancient artefacts so we can understand what happened in the past

c)

I ate sherbet

2.
What is a secondary source?
a)
A source created during the period the historian is investigating
b)
source from a secondary school textbook
c)
a reconstruction of the past by people living at a later time
d)
a visual source
3.
Secondary Sources are always more reliable than primary sources
a)
True
b)
False
4.
An eye witness to an event will always be the most reliable source
a)
False
b)
True
5.
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
6.

What do Historians look for that help to explain how and why events happened.

a)

history

b)

things

c)

causes and effects

7.

What are the historian tools

(a)  

8.

What is a primary source?

a)

A primary source is something written or created by a person who did not saw a historical event.

b)

A primary source is something written or created by a person who saw a historical event.

9.

Oral history is

a)

made up of all the written accounts of events.

b)

made up of all the unwritten verbal accounts of events.

10.

examples of primary sources are :

(a)  

11.

Secondary sources

a)

are written after a historical event by people who witness the event.

b)

are written after a historical event by people who did not witness the event.

12.

A ______________ source is someone who witnessed an event and/or a live recording (journal, diary, video, audio) of an event as it happened.

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

firsty

d)

super-duper

13.

A ______________ source is something that was compiled by studying/researching first-hand accounts, artifacts, fossils, etc. Example: a history textbook

a)

primary

b)

secondary

c)

firsty

d)

super-duper

14.

Historians are like...

a)

Politicians

b)

Doctors

c)

Detectives

d)

Lawyers

15.

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

16.

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

17.

What type of source is the traditional story?

a)

Material source

b)

Written source

c)

Oral source

18.

History is the study of the past.

a)

True

b)

False

19.

A person who studies the past is an:

a)

police officer

b)

store owner

c)

historian