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Q.1
What is a Primary Source?
A source which first reveals the truth about an event in history
A source written/recorded at the time of the event
A source written by a historian
Q.2
What is a Secondary Source?
A source written after the event, based on Primary Source information
A source that is less important
A source that is not as reliable as a Primary Source
Q.3
A historian often encounters Bias in Primary Source accounts. What is Bias?
An account that deliberately omits some evidence of an event
An account that makes up information for the purpose of misleading readers
An account that subtly leads a reader to support one side of a dispute/conflict
Q.4
Propaganda is often used to affect mass opinion on a given subject. What is Propaganda?
A subtle favouritism towards one side of a conflict.
A deliberate falsification of a Primary Source document.
Creating 'false information', usually provoking fear, for mass indoctrination towards a specific opinion/agenda
Q.5
Selectivity is a method used by some writers/historians to support a specific political and/or historical agenda/opinion. What is Selectivity?
Deliberately choosing only sources which support your opinion
Deliberately choosing only Primary Sources
Deliberately choosing only Secondary Sources
Q.6
Evidence is used in all forms of investigation, including historical. What is Evidence?
Evidence is an account by someone who witnessed the event OR an artifact from the period itself
Evidence is a Secondary Source
Evidence is an Opinion of belief
Q.7
Interpreting Evidence is crucial to accurate historical study. What is Interpretation?
Deciding what a piece of evidence means, sometimes with conflicting values and contradictory information
Deciding how old an artifact is
Suggesting why something was made
Q.8
Opinion often clouds/ distorts historical accuracy. What is Opinion?
Knowing the truth and speaking it
Speaking based on a personal belief or judgement which is insufficient to provide complete certainty
Using propaganda to attack a certain historical view
Q.9
Archived material is very important to the study of history. What is an archive?
A bookshop
A museum
A building which contains many Primary Source documents and records from the past
Q.10
A census can tell historians a lot about society from a particular period. What is a census?
A measurement of the population
A random collection of information from a select group within a society
A collection of data from members of a particular profession
A collection of information from every individual in a society
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