Primary and Secondary Sources
Measuring Time
Maps
100

A source created by someone who saw the event they're describing.

What is a primary source?

100

"CE" is to "BCE" as "AD" is to...?

BC.

100

Capitals are usually represented by this symbol.

What is a star?

200

A source created by someone who did not see the event they're describing.

What is a secondary source?

200

The "C" in "BCE" stands for this word.

What is "Common?" (Before Common Era)

200

If you forgot what dots and stars represent on a map, you could probably check for their meanings here.

What is a key?

300

An ancient Roman statue of Emperor Julius Caesar would be classified as this kind of source.

What is a primary source?

300

The order in which events happen.

What is "chronology?"

300

A map that shows dams and water reservoirs would be classified as this.

What is "political"?

400

A textbook contains a direct quote from Abraham Lincoln within a paragraph describing the Civil War. What kind of source is the quote?

Primary.

400

An era of our calendar abbreviated as "AD."

What is "anno domini?"

400
A scale measures this on a map.

What is distance?

500

A textbook contains a direct quote from Abraham Lincoln within a paragraph describing the Civil War. What kind of source is the textbook?

Secondary.
500

The years 200 CE and 2,000 AD are this many years apart.

What is 1,800?

500

Physical maps depict this kind of feature.

What is "natural" or "nature-made?"