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Js 1 History

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A narration that is not factual is called________________

a)

Story

b)

history

c)

biography

d)

true life stories

2.

Private Archives are owned by private individuals and organizations.True or False?

a)

True

b)

False

3.

How is a primary source mainly different from a secondary source?

a)

A primary source contains less bias

b)

A primary source contains evidence from a witness to the event in history

c)

A secondary source contains more bias

d)

A secondary source contains evidence from a witness to the event in history

4.

A source created during the time period being investigated is:

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

5.

Is it possible to recover everything from the past?

a)

Yes, it'll all be buried somewhere

b)

No, most things are lost forever

6.

What do archaeologists do?

a)

Dig up the past

b)

Find buried objects

c)

Hunt for treasure

d)

Collect sources for historians

7.

The term archaeology comes from the Greek word arkhaiologia, meaning ‘the discussion of ancient things’.

a)

True

b)

False

8.

What questions will historians use to investigate the past?

a)

who and what

b)

where and when

c)

why and who

d)

how

9.

The clues that historians use are known as

a)

sauces

b)

sources

c)

hypothesis

d)

anno domini

10.

Historia means learning by asking questions.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

History comes from what Greek word?

a)

historia

b)

herstoria

c)

his story

d)

hystoria

12.

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

13.

One of the following is an importance of the Sources of History.

a)

They help historians to validate the past.

b)

They are not useful materials

c)

They do not help historians in anyway

d)

They do not help historians debunk erroneous views

14.

One of the following option is not an importance of Sources of History.

a)

They help historians to dig into the past of societies.

b)

They do not help historians to validate the past

c)

They help historians to interpret the past.

d)

They help historians to debunk erroneous views about Africa, such as European and Arabic views about the African past.

15.

___________________ are based on primary sources.

a)

Original sources

b)

Secondary sources

c)

Tertiary sources

d)

Written sources

16.

___________________ are considered as original pieces of information

a)

Secondary Sources

b)

Primary Sources

c)

Tertiary Sources

d)

Aggregates of Primary and Secondary sources

17.

What are simply documentary sources or information called?

a)

Oral sources

b)

Written sources

c)

A television program

d)

A radio programme

18.

_____________________are information passed through verbal means or words of mouth.

a)

Written sources

b)

Oral sources

c)

Writings

d)

A document

19.

____________________ are the working materials a historian uses in writing about the past.

a)

History

b)

Types of history

c)

Sources of history

d)

Storytelling

20.

One of the following is not a written source of history.

a)

diaries

b)

a textbook

c)

a television programmes

d)

d) a document