Primary and Secondary Source Quiz
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
What is a primary source?
A source from someone who experienced the event directly
A source from someone who was told about the event
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
What is explaining the meaning of something?
Corroboration
Interpretation
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
What is determining what happened from multiple accounts?
Corroboration
Interpretation
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
What is using background knowledge to analyze a source?
Corroboration
Contextualization
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
What is a secondary source?
A source from someone who experienced the event directly
A source from someone who was not there when the event happened
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
Generally, which type of source is more reliable (which will historians use more often)?
Primary
Secondary
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 2 pts
A book describing Christopher Columbus sailing to America.
Primary
Secondary
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