Which of the following best identifies the methods and tools historians use to study the past?(1 point)
Responses
Historians use primary sources as the tool and consult written sources.
Historians use primary sources as the tool and consult written sources.
Historians ask questions about their sources and make sure to consult a variety of sources.
Historians ask questions about their sources and make sure to consult a variety of sources.
Historians create research questions that can be answered with a yes or a no.
Historians create research questions that can be answered with a yes or a no.
Historians tend to use sources from one type of author to create a complete history.
Historians tend to use sources from one type of author to create a complete history.
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The best response is: Historians ask questions about their sources and make sure to consult a variety of sources.
Which of the following best describes why considering an author’s frame of reference is an important method historians use?(1 point)
Responses
because an author’s frame of reference leads to bias in a written account of a historical event
because an author’s frame of reference leads to bias in a written account of a historical event
because a person’s everyday life and experiences might give them special or different insights about an event
because a person’s everyday life and experiences might give them special or different insights about an event
because frames of reference are important in order to construct a complete historical record
because frames of reference are important in order to construct a complete historical record
because an author’s frame of reference gives historians the real version of a historical event v
The best response is: because a person’s everyday life and experiences might give them special or different insights about an event.
Which answer best differentiates between primary and secondary sources?(1 point)
Responses
Primary sources offer firsthand accounts while secondary sources are retellings of accounts.
Primary sources offer firsthand accounts while secondary sources are retellings of accounts.
Primary sources are interpretations of accounts while secondary sources offer firsthand accounts.
Primary sources are interpretations of accounts while secondary sources offer firsthand accounts.
Primary sources are the retelling of an event while secondary sources were made at the time of the event.
Primary sources are the retelling of an event while secondary sources were made at the time of the event.
Primary sources can take many forms while secondary sources are limited to one type.
The best response is: Primary sources offer firsthand accounts while secondary sources are retellings of accounts.
Which of following authors would most likely write a biased document about the benefits of SkyFly Shoes? (1 point)
Responses
a parent of the teenager who recently bought SkyFly Shoes
a parent of the teenager who recently bought SkyFly Shoes
a fashion historian
a fashion historian
the owner of SkyFly Shoes
the owner of SkyFly Shoes
a teenager who recently bought SkyFly Shoes
a teenager who recently bought SkyFly Shoes
The best response is: the owner of SkyFly Shoes.
Gravity and Orbits Quick Check
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Question
A model of the solar system shows the sun as a loaf of bread. What size is everything else in this model?(1 point)
Responses
the size of a basketball
the size of a basketball
the size of a shoe
the size of a shoe
the size of a small pile of bread crumbs
the size of a small pile of bread crumbs
the size of a tennis ball
The best response is: the size of a tennis ball.
An orange falls off of a tree. Gravity is pulling the orange in which direction?(1 point)
Responses
toward the middle of the tree
toward the middle of the tree
toward the atmosphere of Earth
toward the atmosphere of Earth
toward the nearest branch
toward the nearest branch
toward the center of Earth