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WorksheetsHistory Pre-Test
Total questions: 24
Worksheet time: 14mins
An artifact, document, diary, manuscript, or other source of information created at the time of study is a ....
Primary Source
Secondary Source
Which document is a secondary source?
Research findings on video gaming's effects
Population statistics from the Australian Census
An almanac
Kevin Rudd's apology speech
A photograph is an example of a
Primary Source
Secondary Source
Your parents describing how your great grandfather came to Australia.
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Secondhand information is an example of a secondary source
True
False
Which of these is NOT an example of a secondary source?
Newspaper articles
Diary entry
Encyclopedia
Textbook
I am writing an essay on Albert Namatjira for my Australian history project. I used articles from Wikipedia and websites. What am I using?
Primary Source
Secondary Source
Which date is the oldest?
1700 BC
1850 BC
1700 AD
2019 AD
Which date is the oldest?
1600 BCE
1350 BC
2001 AD
1480 CE
Which date is the most recent?
1945 AD
1901 CE
160,000 BC
1250 BCE
Which date is the most recent?
1400 AD
1400 BC
1400 BCE
1450 CE
A primary source is...
something that was created after the time of a historical event
something that was created at the time of a historical event
another word for an artefact
another word for a secondary source
A secondary source is...
another word for a primary source
another word for an artefact
something that was created at the time of a historical event
something that was created after the time of a historical event
Bias is...
a perspective that is all inclusive.
a detailed source of evidence.
a perspective that is one-sided.
something that shows a source is reliable.
What used to be BC (the years before Christ was born) is now referred to as...
CE
BCE
AD
CB
What used to be AD (anno domini - the years after the death of Christ) is now referred to as...
DA
BCE
CE
BE
Layers of soil, in which evidence is buried from the various eras in history are called...
strata
stratum
stratus
strati
The type of historian that digs for evidence of historical value is called an...
ancientiologist
historian
astronomer
archaeologist
Another word for a well-known PERIOD IN TIME over history is...
era
century
war
decade
A MILLENIUM is...
a 1,000 years duration
a 1,000,000 years duration
a 100 years duration
a 10 year duration
Historia means learning by asking questions.
True
False
Another word for hypothesis is:
source
historia
investigation
theory
Why do historians use timelines?
To confuse people
To organise events in the order they happened
To create a list of important people
To make history more complicated
What is this an example of?
An artefact
A fossil
A secondary source
A written record
