Primary v. Secondary Sources

1.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Primary source documents are all of the following EXCEPT --

First hand accounts of someone's experience

Analysis of events

An original document that does not analyze other documents

Original research

2.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Secondary source documents are all of the following EXCEPT:

An analysis of primary sources or events

Interpretations of original documents

Sources created later by someone who did not participate in the event

Original materials

3.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Which of these is NOT an example of a primary source?

Original uniforms worn at a time in history

Diaries written at the time of an event

Film footage of a historical event

A poem about World War II from your classmate

4.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

Which of these is NOT an example of a secondary source?

Newspaper articles

Diary entry

Encyclopedia

Textbook

5.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What type of source is this? A diary titled “Life in the Mines” from a miner named Lucky Noah who lived in Idaho in the 1870’s.

Primary

Secondary

6.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What type of source is this? A magazine article from 2011 titled “Mining in the Old West in the 1860’s-1890’s”

Primary

Secondary

7.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What type of source is this? A chapter in your world history textbook about the Ancient Greeks

Primary

Secondary

8.

Multiple Choice

30 sec

1 pt

What type of source is this? An original photograph from the 1941 attack at Pearl Harbor that you found in your grandparents photo album

Primary

Secondary

9.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What type of source is this? An original World War I uniform worn by your great grandfather

Primary

Secondary

10.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What type of source is this? An encyclopedia entry on the Vietnam War

Primary

Secondary

11.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What type of source is this? The diary of Anne Frank -a young girl who lived in hiding during the Holocaust

Primary

Secondary

12.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What type of source is this? Sheet music that was used to play military tunes during the Revolutionary War

Primary

Secondary

13.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What type of source is this? A website that summarizes Ancient Roman mythology

Primary

Secondary

14.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What type of source is this? A map of China created during ancient times

Primary

Secondary

15.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What type of source is this? An ancient tablet of Babylonian King Hammurabi’s Code of Laws

Primary

Secondary

16.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What type of source is this? Pictures taken by your Aunt Sally of the World Trade Center attack

Primary

Secondary

17.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What type of source is this? A newspaper article outlining the effect of the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan

Primary

Secondary

18.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What type of source is this? A transcript of Barack Obama’s first speech as President.

Primary

Secondary

19.

Multiple Choice

20 sec

1 pt

What type of source is this? An ancient Egyptian mummy you saw at a museum.

Primary

Secondary

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