Primary Sources Quiz

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Nicholas  Felber
Quiz by Nicholas Felber, updated more than 1 year ago
Nicholas  Felber
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Question 1

Question
What is a primary source?
Answer
  • A source used often
  • A source found in an important book like an encyclopedia
  • A source created at the time of an event by an individual who was there
  • A source created after an event has happened

Question 2

Question
What is a secondary source?
Answer
  • A source which is someone's second choice to use for research
  • A source created after an event has happened by someone not present at the event
  • A second piece of information written about an event
  • A source created at the time of an event

Question 3

Question
Check ALL below which are primary sources
Answer
  • Encyclopedia article
  • Diary
  • Photograph
  • Magazine article
  • Textbook
  • Museum artifact
  • Interview
  • Historical document
  • Review of a book

Question 4

Question
Which of the following is a secondary source?
Answer
  • A textbook chapter on World War II and its famous battles
  • Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech
  • A photograph of an immigrant family arriving at Ellis Island
  • A journal kept by a soldier during the American Revolution
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