World HIS Ch.1 What Does a Historian Do?

letters diaries and government records are examples of?

• A. primary sources

• B. secondary sources

ten decades grouped together is called?

• A. century

• B. millenium

• C. year

• D. lifetime

A decision reached after examination of evidence

• A. conclusion

• B. artifact

• C. scholarly

• D. anthropology

concerned with academic learning or research

• A. smart

• B. scholarly

• C. not smart

• D. artifact

the study of objects to learn about past human life

• A. anthropology

• B. paleontology

• C. dinosaurology

• D. archeology

the study of human culture and how it develops over time

• A. anthropology

• B. archeology

• C. artifact

• D. dinosaurology

plant or animal remains that have been preserved from an earlier time

• A. spongebob

• B. species

• C. fossils

• D. eucalyptus

the study of fossils

• A. anthropology

• B. archeology

• C. paleontology

• D. dinosaurology

a reliable source...

• A. may contain some biased information

• B. is written from a trustworthy point of view

• C. is usually a secondary source

• D. must be a primary source

to learn answers to historical questions, historians...

• A. look for evidence

• B. seek out other historians with the same point of view

• C. make guesses about what they think might have happened

• D. interview individuals who know about significant historical periods