True or False
Ten Decades grouped together is called a millennium: True or False
False
A decision reached after examination of evidence.
Conclusion
Why may cave paintings not include written descriptions of what was happening?
They were drawn before people learned to write.
How do historians learn the answers to historical questions?
They look for evidence!
Arrowhead
Primary
Letters, Diaries, and government records are examples of secondary sources
False
The study of objects to learn about past human life.
Archaeology
A historian could use a cave paining as an example of what type of source?
A primary source.
What kind of source is the biography of a pharaoh?
secondary source
An essay about Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865), written in the year 1922
Secondary
A historian needs to evaluate a primary source to decide if it has a trustworthy point of view.
True
An object made by people.
Artifact
Many cave paintings depict hunting: What can that tell us about the people who made the images' relationship to hunting.
It tells us that they values hunting, it was incredibly important to them.
What are two urls that usually have accurate information for research purposes?
.gov
.edu
.org
Abraham Lincoln's diary
Primary
Historians can study a finite subject with a narrow focus for several years.
True
Concerned with academic learning or research.
Scholarly
True or false: The study of history can help us make decisions about the future because historical instances of conflict and cooperation are examples that we can learn from.
True
What is plagiarism?
to present someone’s work as your own without giving that person credit
A Newspaper that was printed on April 16th 1912 that is reporting on the sinking of the titanic on April 15th 1912
Primary Source
Historians who study the same historical topic will come to the came conclusion about the event.
False
The study of human culture and how it develops over time.
Anthropology
What kinds of sources are written from a trustworthy point of view?
Reliable Sources
Something that gives confidence that a person is qualified for a task
credentials
A newspaper about a new government policy.
Secondary