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Historical Sources 101
Historical Sources 101
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1
This picture of The Gulf War would be an example of a...
unimportant source
secondary source
unknown source
primary source
2
A letter written by a Revolutionary War soldier to his mother would be a ...
primary source
secondary source
lost source
tertiary source
3
An account of an event by someone who did not witness the event
secondary source
reliable source
biased source
primary source
4
What is a problem with oral traditions?
They are secondary sources
They aren't always accurate
They are primary sources
They are published
5
Accounts that have NOT been written down, but are told by witnesses.
Artifcats
Photographs
Published Documents
Oral Traditions
6
Which would be the most reliable source for information on the Vietnam War?
A WWII Veteran
A Gulf War veteran
A Vietnam Veteran
A war protestor
7
If I write my autobiography about life as a highschool teacher, it would be a(n)
secondary source
oral tradition
tertiary source
primary source
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An article in World Book Encyclopedia about the Black Death during the Middle Ages
Secondary Source
None of the above
Tertiary Source
Primary Source
9
A documentary film about the Titanic made by the Smithsonian Museum is a Primary Source
False
True
10
The idea that every source has perspective and should be cross-checked
Primary Source Rule
Time and Place Rule
Perspective Rule
Bias Rule
11
A radio interview of a tornado survivor
secondary source
primary source
video source
<p>unreliable source</p>
12
If Peyton Manning tells me how he beat Alabama, and I write an article about it, I am a...
false source
literal source
primary source
secondary source
13
Stories passed down from generation to generation without being written down are...
Visual documents
Oral traditions
Published documents
Primary sources
14
Which of these is most likely a primary source?
movie about the Civil War
Photograph
textbook
Yesterday's newspaper
15
In 1998, a man interviewed his grandfather about fighting in the Battle of the Bulge (1944). This interview is a
secondary source
primary source
quadrilateral source
tertiary source
16
Which of the following would probably contain the most bias?
A Civil War soldier's journal
A diorama (model) of the battle
A photograph of a Civil War battle
A map of the battle of Gettysburg
17
Who would be the most reliable source about the Magna Carta?
Barack Obama
A YOUTUBER
a modern Englishman
a professor with a degree in history
18
What is the purpose of a published document?
Written for just one person to read
Written for many people to read
a painting meant to be kept private
typed on a computer
19
The closer in time and place a source and its creator were to an event, the better it will be.
Primary Source Rule
Bias Rule
Time and Place Rule
Common Sense Rule
20
If a 9/11 survivor were asked about the effects of terrorism, would they most likely be biased?
yes
what's "biased"?
no
21
Which of these is unpublished?
your textbook
an edition of the New York Times
a love note that your father wrote to his girlfriend in high school
a news report
