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F1 History - Introduction

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 31mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a secondary source?

a)

Interprets and analyzes primary sources

b)

One or more steps removed from the event

c)

May have pictures, quotes, or graphics of primary sources in them

d)

Created during an experience or time period with inside view of a particular event

2.

Which of these is a primary source?

a)

Bone of a Roman Gladiator

b)

TV Drama Series about the Romans

c)

Model of the Colosseum made in 2022

d)

A podcast about Julius Caesar

3.

A clay pot would be classified as which type of source?

a)

Material

b)

Written

c)

Visual

d)

Oral

4.

A diary would be classified as which type of source?

a)

Primary Written

b)

Primary Visual

c)

Secondary Material

d)

Secondary Oral

5.

An autobiography is which type of historical source?

a)

Primary written

b)

Secondary written

c)

Primary visual

d)

Secondary visual

6.

Which one of the following is not an example of a primary source?

a)

speech

b)

signed historical document

c)

passport

d)

encyclopedia article

7.

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?

a)

Magazine Articles

b)

Photograph

c)

Dictionary

d)

Bibliography

8.

Who are historians?

a)

People who study history

b)

People who make history

c)

People who study science

d)

People who make science

9.

What are secondary sources?

a)

Graphic sources

b)

Sources written by other historians

c)

Physical sources

d)

Oral sources

10.

Which of the following is an example of a primary source?

a)

A biography of Abraham Lincoln.

b)

A letter written by George Washington.

c)

A history textbook.

d)

A documentary about World War II.

11.

What is a primary source?

a)

A document or physical object which was written or created during the time under study.

b)

A document that interprets and analyzes primary sources.

c)

A textbook summarizing historical events.

d)

An encyclopedia entry.

12.

Which of the following is an example of a secondary source?

a)

The Declaration of Independence.

b)

A newspaper article from 1776.

c)

A scholarly article analyzing the causes of the American Revolution.

d)

A photograph from the Civil War.

13.

Which of the following best defines a secondary source?

a)

An original document or object from the time period being studied.

b)

A source that provides direct evidence about an event.

c)

A source that interprets and analyzes primary sources.

d)

A diary entry from a historical figure.

14.

20 years makes how many decades?

a)

One decade

b)

Two decades

c)

10 decades

d)

20 decades

15.

What century are we living in now?

a)

20th BCE

b)

20th CE

c)

21st CE

d)

21st BCE

16.

What is the OLDEST BC date in this list?

a)

5 BC

b)

76 BC

c)

237 BC

d)

37 BC

17.

Which of these define BC?

a)

Anno Domini

b)

BCE (Before Common Era)

c)

The year of the Lord

d)

Before the birth of Jesus

18.

Why is it important for historians to get events in the correct order?

a)

to understand how and why things happened

b)

to understand the meaning of the events

c)

to see the beauty in learning history

d)

to be more knowledgeable and clever

19.

What does CE stand for?

a)

Before Common Era

b)

Common Era

c)

Before Christ

d)

Anno Domini- Meaning in the year of our Lord

20.

Which year is the earliest

a)

700 BC

b)

400 BC

c)

750 AD

d)

1000 AD

21.

How long is a millennium?

a)

100 years

b)

1000 years

c)

10 years

d)

200 years

22.

World War II ended in 1945. What century did the war occur in?

a)

18th Century

b)

19th Century

c)

20th Century

d)

21st Century

23.

The Greek philosopher Socrates died 399 years before the birth of Christ. How would his death year be written?

a)

399 BC

b)

AD 399

c)

399 CE

d)

399 AD

24.

The year AD 1417 is in what century?

a)

16th Century

b)

13th Century

c)

14th Century

d)

15th Century

25.

What does the word Chronology mean?

a)

The study of Time

b)

The study of Clocks

c)

The study of History

d)

The study of Years

26.

What does the word Decade mean?

a)

5 years

b)

10 years

c)

50 years

d)

100 years

27.

What does the word century mean?

a)

5 years

b)

10 years

c)

50 years

d)

100 years

28.

What Century is the year 1960 in

a)

20

b)

21

c)

19

d)

18

29.

Which of the following is an example of a secondary source?

a)

The Declaration of Independence.

b)

A newspaper article from 1776.

c)

A scholarly article analyzing the causes of the American Revolution.

d)

A photograph from the Civil War.

30.

Which of the following would be considered a primary source for studying ancient Egypt?

a)

A modern book about Egyptian pyramids.

b)

A documentary on the History Channel.

c)

An ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic inscription.

d)

A website summarizing Egyptian history.

31.

What is cultural continuity?

a)

A. The preservation of traditional customs and practices

b)

B. The process of adapting to new technologies

c)

C. The study of ancient artifacts

d)

D. The development of new social norms

32.

Looking at things in society that change over time and the things that stay the same is known as

a)

Corroboration

b)

Causation and Consequence

c)

Continuity and Change

d)

Periodization

33.

Artifacts, documents, and written or oral descriptions left behind that are analyzed as clues from the past is known as

a)

Evidence

b)

Context

c)

Causation

d)

Corroboration

34.
The textbook, newspaper, eyewitness and photo are all good _____________ when you want to get information
a)
Sources
b)
Information
c)
Places
d)
things
35.

What is causation (as in cause and effect)?

a)

determining how one event leads to another

b)

a particular attitude or way of considering a matter; perspective

c)

a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief

d)

a conclusion reached based on evidence and inferences