Uncovering the Past

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Which type of sources are original or first hand in their proximity to the event both in time and in space?

  • Tertiary sources
  • Primary sources (correct)
  • Secondary sources
  • Quaternary sources

What are examples of primary sources?

  • Biographies
  • Court records (correct)
  • Interviews
  • Newspaper articles

Which type of sources are second-hand published accounts about past events?

  • Quaternary sources
  • Primary sources
  • Tertiary sources
  • Secondary sources (correct)

Why must the work of historians be supported by evidence arising from sources?

<p>To make it more believable (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are examples of secondary sources?

<p>History textbooks (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of sources are instruments that bring to life what appear to have been dead?

<p>Primary sources (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Biographies (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are secondary sources?

<p>Published accounts about past events (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Diaries (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why are sources key to the study and writing of history?

<p>Because without sources, there is no history (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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