Historians and Sources

Vocabulary

100

What is an object made by people?

What is an artifact

200

What is a large division of time?

What is a division

300

What are the qualifications that gives someone confidence?

What are credentials

400

What is a class of individuals with similar physical characteristics?

What is a species

500

What is an unreasoned, emotional judgement about people and events?

What is a bias

Multiple Choice

100

If there is a jagged line on the time line, what does it mean?

a. A disaster occurred

b. The events skip to another part of the world

c. Some years were left out

What is C-Some years were left out

200

What is correct order of historical eras from most recent to oldest?

a. Modern History, Middle Ages, Ancient History, Prehistory

b. Prehistory, Ancient History, Middle Ages, Modern History

c. None of the above

What is A-Modern History, Middle Ages, Ancient History, and Prehistory

300

What is a final decision by reasoning?

a. Conclusion

b. fossil

c. Evidence

What is A-Conclusion

400

What is a plant or animal remains that have been preserved from an earlier time?

a. Era

b. Fossil

C. Artifact

D. None of the above

What is B-Fossil

500

What is an example of a primary source?

a. a journal

b. an artifact

c. A tool made during the civil war

d. A photograph

e. All of the above

What is E-All of the above

Sources and Historians

100

Who would study dinosaur bones?

What is a paleontologist

200

What department would study the pottery shards from St. Augustine?

What is the Archeology department

300

Who would study the culture of China?

Who is an anthropologist.

400

What is an example of a secondary source?

What is.... a textbook, newspaper article, website, etc.

500

What would the URL of the website for the red cross end in?

What is .org

Timeline

100

How many decades are in a century?

What is 10 decades

200

What does A.D or A.C stand for?

What is After Death or After Christ

300

How many years are in a century?

What is 100 years.

400

Name two types of calendars we studied

What is the Gregorian and Julian Calendars.

500

What does a Jagged Line indicated on a timeline?

What is some years being missing.

Grab-Bag

100

Name one way to determine if a source is reliable.

What is: Use a .gov or .edu

- .org if there is not bias or opinion

-article has credentials of author

200

What type of source do historians prefer to use and why?

What is a primary source because it is a first hand account of everything that took place in an event.

300

What do historians do after collecting multiple reliable sources.

What is infer what happened.

400

Why do we study the past?

What is to learn about the past when making decisions for the future.

500

Which Calendar has time starting when the Roman Empire began?

What is the Julian Calendar