Quiz: Learning From The Past
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This quiz will test your knowledge of primary and secondary sources; the definition of artifacts; and your ability to place dates in chronological order.
- 1.The diary of Anne Frank - a young girl who lived in hiding during the Holocaust.
- A.
Primary
- B.
Secondary
- 2.A book written by a historian who didn't fight in a war, but draws on other sources.
- A.
Primary
- B.
Secondary
- 3.A newspaper article about Vietnam written in the 1960s.
- A.
Primary
- B.
Secondary
- 4.A TV documentary filmed by a reporter who toured Vietnam during the war.
- A.
Primary
- B.
Secondary
- 5.A book about a war where the author says things like "I was drafted at age 18..."; "I flew to Vietnam a few months later..."; "We fought in five battles..."
- A.
Primary
- B.
Secondary
- 6.A book that compiles letters, poems, and memoirs written by people who experienced a war.
- A.
Primary
- B.
Secondary
- 7.A chapter in your world history textbook about the Ancient Greeks.
- A.
Primary
- B.
Secondary
- 8.An original World War I uniform worn by your great grandfather.
- A.
Primary
- B.
Secondary
- 9.A web site that summarizes Ancient Roman mythology.
- A.
Primary
- B.
Secondary
- 10.A magazine article from 2011 titled “Mining in the Old West from 1860 to 1890.”
- A.
Primary
- B.
Secondary
- 11.Which of the following would not be considered an artifact?
- A.
Otzi' skull
- B.
The arrowhead found in Otzi's shoulder
- C.
Otzi's shoes
- D.
The grass cape found with Otzi
- 12.Which of the following would not be considered an artifact?
- A.
A message in a bottle found in the sand
- B.
Wreckage from a ship washed ashore
- C.
A shell necklace
- D.
A shark tooth found on the beach
- 13.B.C.E. stands for before Christ emerged.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 14.Which answer correctly places the following dates in chronological order?12 A.D., 14 B.C.E., 1066 C.E., 323 B.C., 1776 B.C.E., 2012 A.D.
- A.
12 A.D., 14 B.C.E, 1066 C.E., 323 B.C., 1776 B.C.E., 2012 A.D.
- B.
14 B.C.E, 323 B.C., 1776 B.C.E, 12 A.D., 1066 C.E., 2012 A.D.
- C.
1776 B.C.E., 14 B.C.E., 323 B.C., 12 A.D., 2012 A.D., 1066 C.E.
- D.
1776 B.C.E, 323 B.C., 14 B.C.E., 12 A.D., 1066 C.E., 2012 A.D.
- 15.Which answer correctly places the following dates in chronological order?202 A.D., 776 B.C.E., 2011 C.E., 323 B.C., 1492 B.C.E., 1901 A.D.
- A.
202 A.D., 776 B.C.E, 2011 C.E., 323 B.C., 1492 B.C.E., 1901 A.D.
- B.
776 B.C.E, 323 B.C., 1492 B.C.E, 202A.D., 2011 C.E., 1901 A.D.
- C.
1492 B.C.E., 776 B.C.E., 323 B.C., 202 A.D., 1901 A.D., 2011 C.E.
- D.
1492 B.C.E, 323 B.C., 776 B.C.E., 12 A.D., 2011 C.E., 1901 A.D.
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