1.
History at school should be mainly about memorizing dates and Historical events
A) True- because it is important to have a good memory B) True -because a student needs to
know key information
C False- because names are also important D) False- because skills are more important than
content
2. The 16th Century means
A) 1500s B) 1700s C) 1600s D) 1400s
3. Historians' knowledge of the past is complete and accurate?
A False B) True
4. Which of these is not a definition of a PRIMARY SOURCE?
A) a source created in the period being studied B) a source created after the period been
studied
C) an eyewitness account D) an original source
5. The definition of a SECONDARY SOURCE is
A ) A source created after the period being studied B) An eyewitness source
C) A source produced during the period studied D An original source
6. 2023 means more than 2000 years from what event?
A) the birth of Christ B) the year 0
C) The death of Christ D) The beginning of recorded time
7. A millennium is how many years?
A) 10000 B) 1000 C) 100000 D) 100
8. What does bias mean?
A) How one-sided a source is B) How correct a source is
C) How reliable a source is D) How authentic a source is
9.) Which of the following is in correct chronological order?
A) 1100AD, 500BC, 70BC, 100AD B) 500BC, 70BC, 100AD, 1100AD
C) 70AD, 100AD, 500BC, 11OOAD D) 70BC, 500BC, 100AD. 1100AD
10. Historical Context means
A) How reliable a source is B) How biased a source is
C) The events before a source was made D) How a source fits into History including when and
where
11. What could make a Historian re-write the History of an event?
A) Mistakes are made by the first historian B) New technology to analyse old evidence is
invented.
C) New evidence is found D) Options A-C are correct
12. To avoid Plagiarism you just need to write in your own words
A) FALSE B ) TRUE
13. Reliability means
A) How much you can depend or on trust the source B) How one -sided the source is
C) How biased the source is D) How prejudiced the source is
14. How are the fields of history and archaeology similar?
A) Both study places of the past B) Both study people of the past
C) Neither study the past D) Both study people and places of the past
15. Archaeologists ________
A) Study Earth and the processes that change it.
B) Study human life in the past by examining the things they left behind
C). Study human life in the present D). Study human life in the future
16. Prehistory is _______
A.) A time before history B) A time before written records
C) A time for people to write D) A time before people knew history
17. What is an artifact?
A An object made or used by humans B) A food prepared or eaten by
humans
C) An imprint from a plant long ago D) The remains of a person from long
ago.
18. Biographies are examples of a _____________
A) Secondary Source B) Primary Source C) Tertiary Source
19. True or False: A secondary source is written by someone who took part in the events described.
A) False B) True
20. Which of the following is a primary source?
A) a journal entry from a former colonial official B) a book about the people of ancient China
C) an article in a current encyclopedia D) data on weather and climate
21. What does AD represent on a timeline?
A) Anno Domini B) After Dateline C) After deadline D) After the timeline
22. The order in which events occur is __________.
A) Chronological order B) decade C) occurrence scale D) intervals
23. What does CE stand for on a timeline?
A) common era B) constant era C) Combine era D) cl early
24. Which year happened first?
A) 567 B.C. B) 522 BC C) 650 BCE D) 605 B.C
25. Which year happened most recently?
A) 2005 B.C.E. B) 2005 C.E. C) 300AD D) 2005 CE
26. Cave paintings are examples of
A) Secondary Source B) Primary Source
27. Timeline is a ____________ that displays a series of _______ in order.
A time, lines B) line, events C) person, time
28. Study of the past based on what people left behind is called
A) artifacts B) history C) archaeology D)primary sources
29. Who studies history?
A) Historians and archaeologists. B) news reporters C) geologists D) doctors
30. A __________ shows the order in which events have occurred.
A) title B) Logia Domini C) timeline D) Chronos
31. Timelines are read from ________.
A) not read B) right to left C ) left to right D) upside down
32. Which set of dates is in the correct chronological order?
A ) 1700, 1800, 1900, 1600 B) 1600, 1700, 1800, 1900
C) 1600, 1800, 1700, 1900 D) 1900, 1800, 1700, 1600
33. Who is a historian?
A) A person who studies human activity through the recovery and analysis of artifacts from today and
the past
B) A person who researches, studies, and writes about the past
C) A person who studies the history of life on Earth through the fossil record
D) A person who studies aspects of humans within past and present societies.34. B.C.E. stands
for_______.
A Before Common Era B) Best Common Era C) Before Christ D) Common Era
35. BC is an abbreviation for ____.
A. Before Centuries B) Before Christ C) Before Church D) Before Christmas
36. ___________ studies the history of organs of government, voters, parties, and leaders.
A) War history B) Social history C) Economic history D) Political history
37. _____________ studies the history of health, diseases, their treatment and sanitary measures.
A) Legal history B) Gender history C) Medical history D) Social history
38. Perspectives are
A) Correct historical facts which everyone agrees on
B) Points of view from which people observe and comprehend events in the world
C) Disagreements that historians have on certain events
D) Changes that have taken place over a period of time in history
39. What is a piece of evidence?
A) An agreement or a settlement of a dispute that is reached by each side making concessions.
B) Prejudice in favor of or against one thing, person, or group compared with another, usually in a
way considered to be unfair.
C) The information gathered from historical sources.
D) The arts, beliefs, customs, institutions, and other products of human work and thought that are
considered as a unit.
40. What is meant by Continuity and change?
A) That over time some terrible things stay the same
B) That certain aspects remain the same over time while others change.
C) That over time some things stay the same, while others change
D) That over time some things stay the same, while others change for the better
41. Which definition best describes the concept of Contestability?
A) The fact that some historians dispute particular interpretations of oral sources
B) The fact that some historians may challenge or dispute particular interpretations of historical
sources, historical events, or issues put forward by other historians
C) The fact that some historians may challenge or dispute particular Interpretations of significant
individuals put forward by other historians
D) All of the above
42. Which definition best describes the concept of Empathy?
A) The ability to understand another person’s point of view, way of life, or decisions by taking your
own values into consideration
B) The ability to understand another person’s point of view, way of life, or decisions by taking their
special circumstances and values into consideration
C) The ability to argue a particular point of view
D) The ability to understand another person’s point of view, way of life, or decisions by assessing your
own bias
43. What is meant by historical significance?
A) Relates to the importance we place on events
B) Relates to the importance we place on people
C) Relates to the importance we place on people, events, and discoveries.
D) Relates to the importance we place on discoveries.
44. Which of these is not a feature of effective research
A) Looking at an author’s webpage to see where they work & their expertise
B) Copying and pasting relevant information from an online newspaper
C) Making notes from an information source to answer research-relevant questions
D) Recording the title of an article, the date published and the author’s name to add to a reference
list.
45. Characteristic/s of a good research topic include/s the following
A) Interesting
B) Answerable after research
C) Clarity
D) All of the above
46. What you think supported by evidence is ____________?
A) fact B) personal perspective C) Opinion D) knowledge
47. What you think that is not supported by evidence is ____________?
A) fact B) personal perspective C) Opinion D) knowledge
48. The thinking about a situation or issue as it relates to a specific country is _______Perspective.
49. __________is something you can do to try to help resolve an issue.
A) An action plan B) A roadmap C) A solution D) A course of action
50. Research is important to find evidence to support a claim or to test ________
A) a prediction B) an analysis C) an issue D) a topic
Section B ( 20 marks)
Topic
Research question
Features Notes
Cause(s)
Consequence(s)
Global Perspective
National
Perspective
Course of action
