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Chapter 1: What Does a Historian Do?

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1
Which online source would contain reliable information about the population of India?
www.beautiful-people-of-india.org
www.cia.gov/india
www.tourism-india.com
www.population.com
2
What point on the timeline functions the same way as “zero” on a mathematical number line?
1000 B.C.
3000 B.C.
1 A.D.
2000
3
What is one way to avoid plagiarism?
Read a source three times.
Always give credit to someone else for their ideas.
Always us the library for research.
Never use the internet for research.
4
Which type of resource would a historian look to for firsthand evidence about an event?
a secondary source
a primary source
an online scholarly journal
the Internet
5
Which of the following describes the role of an anthropologist?
They study fossils and offer interpretations of the past.
They use mostly secondary sources.
They rely on fossils as evidence for conclusions.
They use fossils/artifacts to view of how culture changes.
6
Which of the following would a historian study?
fossils found in the sea
the events and accounts of human culture
animal behavior
ancient plant life
7
What measurement of time is represented on the time line?
eras
centuries
millennium
decades
8
Which of the following BEST identifies a work of scholarly history?
its lively writing style
its bias point of view
its relevance to current events
its accuracy and lack of bias