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WorksheetsF1 History - Introduction
Total questions: 35
Worksheet time: 31mins
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a secondary source?
Interprets and analyzes primary sources
One or more steps removed from the event
May have pictures, quotes, or graphics of primary sources in them
Created during an experience or time period with inside view of a particular event
Which of these is a primary source?
Bone of a Roman Gladiator
TV Drama Series about the Romans
Model of the Colosseum made in 2022
A podcast about Julius Caesar
A clay pot would be classified as which type of source?
Material
Written
Visual
Oral
A diary would be classified as which type of source?
Primary Written
Primary Visual
Secondary Material
Secondary Oral
An autobiography is which type of historical source?
Primary written
Secondary written
Primary visual
Secondary visual
Which one of the following is not an example of a primary source?
speech
signed historical document
passport
encyclopedia article
Maya, Elijah, and William are working on a history project. They are gathering sources and need to identify which of these is NOT a secondary source. Can you help them?
Magazine Articles
Photograph
Dictionary
Bibliography
Who are historians?
People who study history
People who make history
People who study science
People who make science
What are secondary sources?
Graphic sources
Sources written by other historians
Physical sources
Oral sources
Which of the following is an example of a primary source?
A biography of Abraham Lincoln.
A letter written by George Washington.
A history textbook.
A documentary about World War II.
What is a primary source?
A document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study.
A document that interprets and analyzes primary sources.
A textbook summarizing historical events.
An encyclopedia entry.
Which of the following is an example of a secondary source?
The Declaration of Independence.
A newspaper article from 1776.
A scholarly article analyzing the causes of the American Revolution.
A photograph from the Civil War.
Which of the following best defines a secondary source?
An original document or object from the time period being studied.
A source that provides direct evidence about an event.
A source that interprets and analyzes primary sources.
A diary entry from a historical figure.
20 years makes how many decades?
One decade
Two decades
10 decades
20 decades
What century are we living in now?
20th BCE
20th CE
21st CE
21st BCE
What is the OLDEST BC date in this list?
5 BC
76 BC
237 BC
37 BC
Which of these define BC?
Anno Domini
BCE (Before Common Era)
The year of the Lord
Before the birth of Jesus
Why is it important for historians to get events in the correct order?
to understand how and why things happened
to understand the meaning of the events
to see the beauty in learning history
to be more knowledgeable and clever
What does CE stand for?
Before Common Era
Common Era
Before Christ
Anno Domini- Meaning in the year of our Lord
Which year is the earliest
700 BC
400 BC
750 AD
1000 AD
How long is a millennium?
100 years
1000 years
10 years
200 years
World War II ended in 1945. What century did the war occur in?
18th Century
19th Century
20th Century
21st Century
The Greek philosopher Socrates died 399 years before the birth of Christ. How would his death year be written?
399 BC
AD 399
399 CE
399 AD
The year AD 1417 is in what century?
16th Century
13th Century
14th Century
15th Century
What does the word Chronology mean?
The study of Time
The study of Clocks
The study of History
The study of Years
What does the word Decade mean?
5 years
10 years
50 years
100 years
What does the word century mean?
5 years
10 years
50 years
100 years
What Century is the year 1960 in
20
21
19
18
Which of the following is an example of a secondary source?
The Declaration of Independence.
A newspaper article from 1776.
A scholarly article analyzing the causes of the American Revolution.
A photograph from the Civil War.
Which of the following would be considered a primary source for studying ancient Egypt?
A modern book about Egyptian pyramids.
A documentary on the History Channel.
An ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic inscription.
A website summarizing Egyptian history.
What is cultural continuity?
A. The preservation of traditional customs and practices
B. The process of adapting to new technologies
C. The study of ancient artifacts
D. The development of new social norms
Looking at things in society that change over time and the things that stay the same is known as
Corroboration
Causation and Consequence
Continuity and Change
Periodization
Artifacts, documents, and written or oral descriptions left behind that are analyzed as clues from the past is known as
Evidence
Context
Causation
Corroboration
What is causation (as in cause and effect)?
determining how one event leads to another
a particular attitude or way of considering a matter; perspective
a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief
a conclusion reached based on evidence and inferences
