UNIT 1 Quiz

Who was responsible for the discovery of oil in Luling, Texas?

• Franklin Roosevelt

• Reggie Redfin

• George W. Bush

• Edgar B. Davis

When we were researching the history of Luling, what was a topic we DID NOT talk about in class?

• The founding of Oil in Luling

• The Railroad in Luling

• The Chisolm Trail

• All of the above

In what year was oil discovered in Luling, Texas?

• 2005

• 1999

• 1922

• 1952

Thinking like a historian is like being what three things?

• A storyteller, a scientist and a lawyer.

• A philosopher, a engineer and a teacher.

• A businessman, a judge and an author.

True or false, we know everything about everything that has ever happened in the past.

• TRUE

• FALSE

True or False, our ideas and knowledge about the past never changes.

• True

• False

True or false, the job of a historian is to gather evidence and present an argument that is their interpretation of the past.

• True

• False

What is the backbone of history?

• Correlation

• Consequence

• Cause and Effect

True or false, besides natural disasters, pretty much everything that has happened in history is because people made it happen.

• TRUE

• FALSE

When would it be useful to think like a historian?

• Only in Social Studies classes

• Only in History and Science classes

• It is useful every single day!

• It is never useful to think like a historian