How Does a Historian Work?

The study of historical interpretations by historical experts.

• bias

• point of view

• primary source

• historiography

Historians use evidence to find the answers to their questions. What is evidence?

• something that shows proof or an indicaiton that something is true

• an unreasoned, emotional judgement about people and events

• a final decision that is reached by reasoning

• history textbooks

What is bias?

• general attitude about people or life

• a scholarly journal

• an unreasoned, emotional judgement about people and events

• a final decision that is reached by reasoning

Which of the following is an example of a secondary source?

• history textbooks

• letters

• diaries

• government records

Which of the following is an example of a primary source?

• textbooks

• letters or diaries of people who witnessed a historical event

• encyclopedias

• biographies

A leap year is a year that has________.

• one extra day

• one less day

• one extra week

• one less week

The letters A.D. stand for the words anno domini and mean "in the year of the Lord."

• True

• False

Why did Pope Gregory XIII decide to create the Gregorian Calendar?

• He didn't like Julius Caesar.

• The Julian Calendar had too many days in September

• The Julian Calendar lost too many days

• Julius Caesar asked him to make a better calendar

Using the timeline, when did Rome become a republic?

• 44 BC

• 753 BC

• 509 BC

• AD 476

The study of human culture and how it develops over time.

• Archaeology

• Paleontology

• Anthropology