Sourcing Quiz

Egyptians built the Pyramids of Giza around the year 2,500 B.C.E., and we are currently in the year 2022 C.E./A.D.

How long ago were the pyramids built?

• About 400 years ago

• Around 4,500 years ago

• 2,022 years ago

• Approximately 5,500 years ago

A website describing what the first World's Fair in Chicago in 1893 was like.

• Primary

• Secondary

Millenium means ______________, century means ___________, and decade means _______________.

• 10 years, 1,000 years, 1,000,000 years.

• Long, medium, small.

• 1,000 years, 100 years, 10 years

• One time period/era ago, two time periods/eras ago, three time periods/eras ago.

An actual sword used by the Vikings

• Primary

• Secondary

A classmate giving a report about World War 2.

• Primary source because my classmate was in WW2.

• Secondary source because my classmate was NOT in WW2 or alive during the 1940s.

• Primary source because my classmate's grandfather might have fought in WW2.

• Secondary source because my classmate studies history all the time and has an "A" in class.

The History Channel explaining how life was for a slave.

• Primary

• Secondary

A quote in a newspaper article that is written in first person point of view about a protest.

• Primary

• Secondary

A Vietnam protester talking about why they are protesting the war in Vietnam.

• Primary

• Secondary

The movie Titanic is a ________ source.

• Primary, because the movie was made in 1912, the same year the ship sank

• Secondary, because the movie used actors and added fictional stories to tell a true story.

• Secondary, because the Titanic was not a real ship.

• Primary, because the Titanic movie is a documentary and had all real footage.

When should we most likely trust someone's opinion as a reliable source?

• When many other credible people have the same opinion

• When they have no reason to lie or show bias.

• When they are an expert on the topic.

• All answers are correct