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What is claim testing?

• Using different lenses to contextualize or reinterpret a historical event or process
• Shifting perspectives and scales
• Making history usable
• Assessing the quality and truthfulness of claims

Historians look at details as well as the broader picture, moving back and forth. What is this important skill called?

• Using numerical data
• Claim testing
• Scale switching
• Shifting perspectives

Which of the following is an example of claim-testing?

• Using numerical data to determine the accuracy of a claim about price change
• Using both quantitative and qualitative data to tell a story about migration
• Comparing the climates of two different continents
• Switching from a local to an international scale

Which of the following is an example of scale-switching?

• Looking at an international market versus a local market
• Looking at narratives vs. numerical data
• Looking at quantitative versus qualitative data
• Looking at European political systems versus Asian political systems

How might you go about testing the claim that your friend canceled his trip because airfare was too expensive that month? Choose the best answer.

• You might compare numerical data about cost of airfare across months
• You might conduct a survey of airline employees who worked during that time
• You might consult archival sources about the frequency of air travel across the last century
• You might explore a map of flight paths that were active during that time period

What are the three narrative frames used in this course?

• Communities, Networks, and Production and Distribution
• Domestic, International, and Global
• Origins, 1200, and 1750
• Usable History, Claim testing, and Scale Switching

What historical event in 1348 CE recently became a topic of interest, due to the Covid-19 pandemic?

• The Black Plague
• The Byzantine Civil War
• The Columbian Exchange
• The Industrial Revolution

What skill do historians use to evaluate different stories about the same event, as they try to figure out what really happened based on available evidence?

• Claim testing
• Primary sources
• Narrative frames
• Usability

Which response best describes claim testing?

• Having a panel of authorities verify your research
• Making a random claim to test out how it sounds to others
• Determining if a story or claim has sufficient evidence
• Using scientific methods to measure how old something is

Besides the Covid-19 pandemic, which of these events is primarily associated with the year 2020? Choose the best answer.

• The Black Lives Matter movement
• The abolition of slavery
• The Voting Rights Act
• The Cold War