Evidence from the past

Which of the following is NOT an example of a primary source?

• journals

• photographs

• newspaper article

• textbooks

Glaciers covered Minnesota between 16,000 B.C. and 10,000 B.C.

• True
• False

A scientist who studies past human life and activities by examining physical evidence such as tools is 

• historian
• archaeologist
• geographer
• elder

What is the term for the way a person sees and understands the world?

• atlatl
• opinion
• perspective
• oral history

What is the name for the rock carvings made by people?

• petroglyphs
• hammerstones
• hypothesis
• Jeffers

What is the first step on the scientific method?

• record the findings
• ask a question
• state a hypothesis
• perform an experiment

What is the last step in the scientific method?

• record the findings
• perform an experiment
• reach a conclusion
• defend the hypothesis

An account of an event created by someone who took part in or witnessed the event

• artifacts
• geography
• primary source
• archaeology

Which is an example of oral history?

• I tell my daughter a story that my father told me about his father.
• I read a bedtime story to my nephew.
• I read the journals of the Lewis and Clark expedition

Name the site where ancient rock carvings were found in Minnesota

• Jeffers Petroglyphs
• Grand Mound
• Along Mississippi River in Winona County
• Bradbury Brook site