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Founding Ideas Part 1 Quick Check

Total questions: 14

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name of this unit

a)

Citizenship

b)

Political Parties

c)

Road to Revolution

d)

Founding Ideas

2.

What PART of this unit we will be assessing on today?

a)

Part One

b)

Part Two

c)

Part Three

d)

Part Four

3.

What topic(s) will you be asked about tomorrow when you complete the comprehension check?

a)

Primary Sources

b)

Secondary Sources

c)

Propaganda

d)

Bill of Rights

4.
If the author of written text was present at the event and records what they saw, heard, and experienced then the author created a
a)
Primary Source
b)
Secondary Source
5.
Choose an example of a secondary source
a)
Autobiography
b)
History textbook
c)
Letters
d)
Historical document
6.
Choose an example of a primary source
a)
Scientific journal article
b)
Book review
c)
News anchors discussing a replay of a basketball game buzzer beater
d)
Diary
7.
If the author of a text used sources created during an event to study and learn more about that event and then went on to write about it that author would create a
a)
Primary source
b)
Secondary source
8.
Image: Photo of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. What type of source is this photo?
a)
Primary source
b)
Secondary source
9.
Image: Book cover of a Biography about Abraham Lincoln. What type of source is this book?
a)
Primary source
b)
Secondary source
10.

Which of the following are advantages of using a primary source? (PICK 2)

a)

Accurate

b)

Easier to understand

c)

Provides vivid detail

d)

Easier to find

11.

Which of the following are disadvantages of primary sources? (PICK 2)

a)

Harder to find

b)

Tend to be boring

c)

Reveals emotion

d)

Harder to understand

12.
Which definition best describes propaganda:
a)
media that uses carefully crafted messages to manipulate people’s actions or beliefs.
b)
to apply a positive or negative opinion towards something or someone based on your personal experience
c)
a source created after the event occurred by someone who was not there when it happened.
d)

first hand account of an event, created when it happened

13.
Which propaganda techniques were used in the "Join or Die political cartoon? (PICK 2)
a)
Glittering Generalities
b)
Testimonials
c)
Transfer
d)
Name Calling
14.
Which type of propaganda was NOT used in Paul Revere's Boston Massacre engraving?
a)
Transfer
b)
Name calling
c)

Plain Folks

d)
Testimonial