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History Pre-Test

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An artifact, document, diary, manuscript, or other source of information created at the time of study is a ....

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

2.

Which document is a secondary source?

a)

Research findings on video gaming's effects

b)

Population statistics from the Australian Census

c)

An almanac

d)

Kevin Rudd's apology speech

3.

A photograph is an example of a

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

4.

Your parents describing how your great grandfather came to Australia.

a)

Primary Sources

b)

Secondary Sources

5.

Secondhand information is an example of a secondary source

a)

True

b)

False

6.

Which of these is NOT an example of a secondary source?

a)

Newspaper articles

b)

Diary entry

c)

Encyclopedia

d)

Textbook

7.

I am writing an essay on Albert Namatjira for my Australian history project. I used articles from Wikipedia and websites. What am I using?

a)

Primary Source

b)

Secondary Source

8.

Which date is the oldest?

a)

1700 BC

b)

1850 BC

c)

1700 AD

d)

2019 AD

9.

Which date is the oldest?

a)

1600 BCE

b)

1350 BC

c)

2001 AD

d)

1480 CE

10.

Which date is the most recent?

a)

1945 AD

b)

1901 CE

c)

160,000 BC

d)

1250 BCE

11.

Which date is the most recent?

a)

1400 AD

b)

1400 BC

c)

1400 BCE

d)

1450 CE

12.

A primary source is...

a)

something that was created after the time of a historical event

b)

something that was created at the time of a historical event

c)

another word for an artefact

d)

another word for a secondary source

13.

A secondary source is...

a)

another word for a primary source

b)

another word for an artefact

c)

something that was created at the time of a historical event

d)

something that was created after the time of a historical event

14.

Bias is...

a)

a perspective that is all inclusive.

b)

a detailed source of evidence.

c)

a perspective that is one-sided.

d)

something that shows a source is reliable.

15.

What used to be BC (the years before Christ was born) is now referred to as...

a)

CE

b)

BCE

c)

AD

d)

CB

16.

What used to be AD (anno domini - the years after the death of Christ) is now referred to as...

a)

DA

b)

BCE

c)

CE

d)

BE

17.

Layers of soil, in which evidence is buried from the various eras in history are called...

a)

strata

b)

stratum

c)

stratus

d)

strati

18.

The type of historian that digs for evidence of historical value is called an...

a)

ancientiologist

b)

historian

c)

astronomer

d)

archaeologist

19.

Another word for a well-known PERIOD IN TIME over history is...

a)

era

b)

century

c)

war

d)

decade

20.

A MILLENIUM is...

a)

a 1,000 years duration

b)

a 1,000,000 years duration

c)

a 100 years duration

d)

a 10 year duration

21.

Historia means learning by asking questions.

a)

True

b)

False

22.

Another word for hypothesis is:

a)

source

b)

historia

c)

investigation

d)

theory

23.

Why do historians use timelines?

a)

To confuse people

b)

To organise events in the order they happened

c)

To create a list of important people

d)

To make history more complicated

24.

What is this an example of?

a)

An artefact

b)

A fossil

c)

A secondary source

d)

A written record