Primary And Secondary Sources
This quiz will help determine what you already know about primary and secondary sources. It will not count as a grade.
- 1.Tell anything else you know about primary and secondary sources and/or researching the internet for these types of resources.
- 2.What is a primary source? (multiple choice)
- A.
A source used often
- B.
A source found in an important book like an encyclopedia
- C.
A source created at the time of an event by an individual who was there
- D.
A source created after an event has happened
- 3.What is a secondary source? (multiple choices)
- A.
A source which is someone's second choice to use for research
- B.
A source created after an event has happened by someone not present at the event
- C.
A second piece of information written about an event
- D.
A source created at the time of an event
- 4.Check all below which are primary sources.
- A.
Encyclopedia article
- B.
Diary
- C.
Photograph
- D.
Magazine article
- E.
Textbook
- F.
Museum artifact
- G.
Interview
- H.
Historical document
- I.
Review of a book
- 5.Which of the following is a secondary source? (multiple choice)
- A.
A textbook chapter on World War II and its famous battles
- B.
Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech
- C.
A photograph of an immigrant family arriving at Ellis Island
- D.
A journal kept by a soldier during the American Revolution
- 6.When researching, you do not have to say where you got your information from.
- A.
True
- B.
False
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