Skills Pop Quiz

How many historical thinking skills are assessed in the US History Standards?

• 2

• 5

• 6

• 8

Which historical thinking skill is being assessed below:

"Discuss the characteristics of the colonial regions"

• causation

• evidence

• continuities & changes

• comparison

Understanding how historical events surrounding a situation influence a situation is the skill of

• continuities and changes

• correlation

• contextualization

• comparison

If you can categorize events into historical eras, you have shown mastery of this skill

• causation

• periodization

• evidence

• comparison

Which historical thinking skill involves analyzing the reasons behind historical events?

• causation

• contextualization

• comparison

• evidence

What skill is demonstrated by evaluating the reliability of a historical source?

• evidence

• causation

• periodization

• comparison

Identifying similarities and differences between two historical events is an example of which skill?

• contextualization

• comparison

• causation

• periodization

When you assess what has changed and what has stay the same over time, you are using the historical thinking skill of

• comparison

• continuities & changes

• contextualization

• evidence