Primary and Secondary Sources

Question 1

Secondary sources are...

Accepted Answer

Text books, biographies, newspaper articles, Records that explain or interpret 1st hand experiences

Question 2

Why is this a primary source?

Accepted Answer

The newspaper was written during the period being studied.

Question 3

Firsthand sources are the most reliable sources.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

A secondary source is...

Accepted Answer

accounts about the past created after the time being studied, websites, textbooks, films, writing, documentaries and books

Question 5

How do primary sources help historians understand the past? They...

Accepted Answer

show experiences of people who lived through an event.

Question 6

Diaries are examples of secondary sources.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 7

A primary source is...

Accepted Answer

provides direct or firsthand evidence about an event

Question 8

Which of these is a primary source?

Accepted Answer

An Ancient Egyptian chariot

Question 9

An autobiography is a primary source.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

A primary resource is...

Accepted Answer

all of the above

Question 11

An opinion in the newspaper about the election is a secondary source.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 12

Primary or secondary?

Accepted Answer

secondary, primary

Question 13

Primary sources are...

Accepted Answer

Records produced during the time period being studied, Journals, auto-biographies, poems

Question 14

Is the illustration in this book primary or secondary?

Accepted Answer

primary

Question 15

What is the difference between a primary (1) and a secondary (2) source?

Accepted Answer

(1)was an eyewitness and(2)is from somebody that wasnt there

Question 16

A primary source is...

Accepted Answer

evidence created at the time that is being studied., a letter, document, photograph or object from that time.

Question 17

A secondary source is...

Accepted Answer

discuss or evaluate someone else's original research.

Question 18

Can a Primary Source be an interview with someone who was at the event?

Accepted Answer

Yes

Question 19

Artworks, photographs, letters, and maps are examples of primary sources.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

Which of the following would be a secondary source about World War I

Accepted Answer

A Wikipedia article about WW1

Question 21

We should use both primary and secondary sources because...

Accepted Answer

they provide the most evidence to understand the past .

Question 22

What is a secondary source?

Accepted Answer

Describes and discusses Primary sources

Question 23

1. A biography about Abraham Lincoln

Accepted Answer

Secondary Source

Question 24

What is a primary source?

Accepted Answer

An artefact from the original time period

Question 25

Primary sources are any texts, objects, audio recordings, images, or statistics that come from

Accepted Answer

the original moment in time with a firsthand perspective

Primary and Secondary Sources

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Primary and Secondary Sources

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