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Vocabulary - Aug 26 - Aug 30

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What does "sourcing" mean?

a)

Finding out where information comes from and who created it

b)

Finding the source of a river

c)

Hiding where information comes from

d)

Yelling "SOURCE!" every time you read something

2.

What does "contextualize" mean?

a)

To understand something by looking at what was happening around it at that time

b)

To put something in a box

c)

To ignore everything happening around an event

d)

To time travel and experience history firsthand

3.

What does "closely read" mean?

a)

To read carefully, paying attention to details and thinking about what the words mean

b)

To read with your eyes really close to the page

c)

To skim through text quickly without thinking

d)

To whisper sweet nothings to your textbook

4.

What does "corroborate" mean?

a)

To check if information is true by finding other sources that say the same thing

b)

To argue with other sources

c)

To ignore all other sources of information

d)

To ask your pet goldfish if the information is true

5.

What does "paraphrase" mean?

a)

To say or write something using your own words instead of copying exactly

b)

To copy word for word

c)

To make up completely new information

d)

To translate English into Klingon

6.

What is a "claim"?

a)

An idea or statement that someone says is true

b)

A receipt for something you bought

c)

A proven fact that everyone agrees on

d)

What you yell when you find gold in your backyard

7.

What is "evidence"?

a)

Facts, information, or objects that help prove something is true

b)

A TV show about solving crimes

c)

Made-up stories that don't prove anything

d)

The mess your dog leaves as proof it didn't eat your homework

8.

What does "cite" mean?

a)

To mention where you got information from, like a book or website

b)

To invite someone to a party

c)

To hide where you got information from

d)

To summon information using a magic spell

9.

What does "credible" mean?

a)

Trustworthy or believable, especially when talking about where information comes from

b)

Having a lot of credit cards

c)

Completely untrustworthy and made-up

d)

Able to juggle while riding a unicycle

10.

What does "infer" mean?

a)

To figure out or guess something based on clues or information you already have

b)

To ask someone to tell you the answer

c)

To ignore all clues and information

d)

To use psychic powers to read minds

11.

What does "analyze" mean?

a)

To look at something closely and think about its parts to understand it better

b)

To take something apart with tools

c)

To avoid thinking about something at all

d)

To put on a lab coat and pretend to be a scientist

12.

What do you think the historian Jill Lepore means when she says, “Let the dead speak for themselves!”

a)

You should listen to ghosts.

b)

You should talk to ghosts.

c)

She wants to give the right of “free speech” to imaginary ghosts.

d)

You should read what people in the past wrote about themselves. Don’t just read what people in the present time write about the past.