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Unit 1 Historical Thinking And Skills
Test Description: 7th grade review
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Clues historians and archaeologists use to gather information about the past include
A
Artifacts
B
Secondary Sources
C
Primary Sources
D
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2) Clothing, tools and pots are all examples of
A
artifacts
B
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C
secondary sources
D
fossils
3) Which of the following is describing a Primary Source?
A
The source was found in an encyclopedia.
B
The source summarizes someone else's experience.
C
The source references other sources in order to describe what happened.
D
The source was written by someone who witnessed an event.
4) Text books, biographies, journal articles are examples of
A
secondary sources
B
primary sources
C
geographic factors
D
geographic representations
5) When evaluating a primary or secondary source to use for information one of the first things you should do is
A
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B
define all of the unknown words.
C
get a word count.
D
ask yourself who wrote it or created it.
6) Which is not part of the Primary Source evaluating checklist but is part of the Secondary Source evaluating checklist?
A
Was the author present for the event they are describing?
B
Does the writer cite their source where they got the information?
C
Can the information be verified or confirmed in another source?
D
How soon after the event was the source written?
7) As part of the Secondary Source checklist you are suppose to ask if the author is qualified and look at their credentials. What does this mean?
A
Does the author have the skill to use correct grammar when writing?
B
Does this author have the skill, ability, or knowledge to write on the topic?
C
Does the author have many awards on the subject matter?
D
Does the author have a clean record of not getting into trouble with the law?
8) Looking at the words an author uses and thinking about the author's background are all ways to
A
identify a secondary source.
B
figure out an authors point of view or perspective.
C
identify a primary source.
D
figure out if the author is qualified to write.
9) Two things to consider when comparing historical writings include asking yourself
A
How long is the writing and do they tell where they got the information?
B
Are both pieces of writing published books and were they on the top seller list?
C
Who wrote it and what are they trying to accomplish?
D
Are both writings primary sources and is everything spelled correctly?
10) Before writing historian and archeologist depended on which clues to piece together history?
A
fossils and artifacts
B
conversations with aliens who were responsible for all mystical happenings of the past
C
artifacts and climate
D
climate and fossils
11) Kinds of behaviors in a society/culture that are considered good, right, ethical, moral and therefore desirable are called
A
norms
B
artifact
C
values
D
perspective
12) Which describes the word values as we used it in social studies class?
A
Values include any number or other object assigned to it.
B
Values are lasting beliefs or ideals shared by the members of a culture about what is good, right, fair, and just
C
Values include the items worth a lot of money.
D
Values are average of numbers computed by adding some function of the numbers and dividing by some function
13) An artifact is a primary source
A
False
B
True
14) An account of someone's life written by someone else is a
A
autobiography.
B
myth.
C
tale.
D
biography.
15) Which would be the best source to use if you are trying to prove that I AM MRS. HAYNES?
A
Drivers license
B
Birth Certificate
C
Teaching license
D
a Google Profile picture
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