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WorksheetsTexas History Unit 1A Vocabulary
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which of the following is a primary source?
a)
A letter written by a soldier during the Texas Revolution
b)
A biography written about Sam Houston
c)
A modern textbook on Texas History
d)
A map made in 2020 showing the Alamo
2.
What is the purpose of a timeline?
a)
To compare regions
b)
To show when events happened in order
c)
To explain opinions
d)
To show population size
3.
Which of the following is an example of bias?
a)
A map with a scale
b)
A Spanish explorer describing Native Texans unfairly
c)
A balanced summary of an event
d)
A list of historical dates
4.
Which source is written by someone who was NOT at the event?
a)
Primary source
b)
Eyewitness report
c)
Secondary source
d)
Diary entry
5.
What does the compass rose on a map show?
a)
Symbols and their meanings
b)
Distance and size
c)
Historical routes
d)
Directions like north, south, east, and west
6.
What does 'cause and effect' help us understand in history?
a)
What people looked like
b)
When wars ended
c)
Why events happened and what happened next
d)
The tools people used
7.
Which of these shows symbols and their meanings on a map?
a)
Compass rose
b)
Timeline
c)
Map key
d)
Scale
8.
Which tool helps understand real-world distances on a map?
a)
Map key
b)
Compass rose
c)
Scale
d)
Legend
9.
What is historical context?
a)
A list of battles
b)
The background events that help explain what happened
c)
The map of a place
d)
A newspaper article
10.
What is point of view in a historical source?
a)
A type of map
b)
A list of facts
c)
A person's opinion or belief about an event
d)
A quote from a source
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