How many different sources do Historians use to gather information about the past

More than one sources to get the whole picture

A primary source is a story told from

a person who was at the event at the time of the event

Relative dating to determine the age of a fossil is

Determining the date by comparing it to the things around it

Which choice has the dates in the correct order?

546 BC, 34 BCE, 1000 AD, 2018 CE

A secondary source is

a story told from someone who learned about the event later

Studying history helps us understand the world today and make better decision in the future

the benefits of studying history, It helps us to know ourselves, others, and our world

Can we improve our understanding of people's actions and beliefs through the study of history?

Historians learn different things from different studies, through different perspectives

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Ancient Civilizations 1

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A Social Sciences Quiz to review Module 1 for success in managing and passing the assessment.

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1
When I study history, I can learn what about others?
Actions of those living at that time and what motivated them
Problems faced and solutions found?
all of the above.
elements of culture
2
How many different sources do Historians use to gather information about the past
Only archaeology
More than one sources to get the whole picture
Only geography and/or economics
Only written sources
3
A primary source can be?
a documentary
a biography
a news clipping about the event
a diary or journal
4
Fossil remains and artifacts teach us...
Teach us about the past tools used
all of the above
about the first humans
other objects used by humans in the past
5
How might historians use an image that combines a photograph and a reconstruction?
all of the above
It can show what the costume of the time was
It can show how people may have used a piece of technology
It can show how a place actually looked
6
A primary source is a story told from
a person who was at the event at the time of the event
a story told from someone who was told it from someone there
an untruth
a newspaper reporting about the event today
7
Relative dating to determine the age of a fossil is
running some tests called carbon dating
comparing the economic routes
looking at the landscape and noting the hills there.
Determining the date by comparing it to the things around it
8
The term circa (c) means
AD
BCE
the exact date that the time occurred
about that time
9
Which of these advancement of times in history contain the greatest amount of time?
decade
Era
millennium
Epoch
10
Which choice has the dates in the correct order?
1000 AD, 546 BC, 34 BCE, 2018 CE
546 BC, 34 BCE, 2018 CE, 1000 AD
546 BC, 34 BCE, 1000 AD, 2018 CE
34 BCE, 546 BC, 1000 AD, 2018 CE
11
A secondary source is
someone's story who witnessed the event
a story that was not told
a personal journal
a story told from someone who learned about the event later
12
What might the discovery of ancient people's dishes tell you about how they lived?
level of technological skills used to make it
artistic taste
materials that were available at that time
all of the above
13
Studying history helps us understand the world today and make better decision in the future
none of the above
the benefits of studying history
we don't have an understanding of history
It helps us to know ourselves, others, and our world
14
Which of these terms can relate to each other and why?
culture
all of the above
history
archaeology
15
When I use the term BC (before the birth of Christ) I also mean...
AD
BCE
ABC
CE
16
Name two groups of Americans who might interpret our country's history differently.
African Americans and Europeans
Native Americans and Europeans
African Americans and Native Americans
all of the above
17
Can we improve our understanding of people's actions and beliefs through the study of history?
none of the above
Historians learn different things from different studies
through different perspectives
through only one source

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