Skills & Documents Vocabulary

What is the definition of "primary source"?

• A document or written work created after an event

• An artifact written/produced during the time of the event being studied

• The end result if a different choice had been made

• To quote or to use as evidence

What does "cite" mean?

• To prove to be false

• To quote or to use as evidence

• Deserving trust, dependable

• A result or consequence

Which term describes "prejudice in favor of or against one thing usually in a way considered to be unfair"?

• Bias

• Thesis

• Correlation

• Sequencing

What is "evidence"?

• A statement or theory that is put forward as a premise to be maintained or proved

• Facts or information indicating whether a belief or proposition is true or valid

• A special skill, knowledge, or ability that enables a person to perform a particular job

• The reason something happens

What does "refute" mean?

• To prove to be false

• A mutual relationship or connection between two or more things

• The order in which things happen

• Capable of being believed

What does "multiple causation" refer to?

• The belief that an event occurs due to a single factor

• The belief that an event occurs randomly

• The belief that an event occurs as a result of several factors working in combination

• The belief that an event occurs without any cause

What does the term "relevant" mean?

• Unrelated to the matter at hand

• Closely connected or appropriate to the matter at hand

• Irrelevant to the situation

• Unimportant to the context

What does it mean to "verify" something?

• To ignore other sources

• To confirm with other sources

• To assume without evidence

• To reject other sources

What is the definition of "accuracy"?

• How false something is

• How vague something is

• How true or exact something is

• How confusing something is

What does "consistent" mean?

• Unsteady; irregular

• Steady; regular

• Random; unpredictable

• Erratic; changeable