1. Which of these items is a primary source?
- A. A soldier's letter from a war.
- B. A website about the history of famous battles.
- C. A history class lecture about a war.
- D. A biography of a general written last year.
2. If you read a speech that was given by Martin Luther King Jr. in 1963, what kind of source are you using?
- A. A primary source.
- B. A secondary source.
- C. A historical opinion.
- D. A biography.
3. Your class watches a new movie made last year about the American Revolution. What kind of source is this movie?
- A. A government record.
- B. A secondary source.
- C. A primary source.
- D. A personal journal.
4. Which statement best describes a primary source?
- A. A book written many years after an event happened.
- B. An original record from someone who was there to see an event.
- C. A documentary movie about a historical person.
- D. A teacher's lesson about the past.
5. What kind of clue is made by someone who studied an event but was not there to see it happen?
- A. An original source.
- B. A personal artifact.
- C. A primary source.
- D. A secondary source, which uses primary sources to tell a story about the past.
6. How does learning about your state's past connect to your own life?
- A. It has no real connection to modern life.
- B. It helps you understand your own identity.
- C. It tells you what the weather will be like.
- D. It only explains the history of buildings.
7. Besides creating laws and traditions, how did people in the past change the physical look of a state?
- A. They changed the cycle of the seasons.
- B. They built farms, roads, and cities.
- C. They moved the mountains and rivers.
- D. They only made changes inside their homes.
8. What is the 'life story' of a state made of?
- A. A list of every person's birthday.
- B. Important events and actions from the past.
- C. Predictions about what will happen in the future.
- D. The history of countries on other continents.
9. What is the main reason for studying your state's history?
- A. To learn why your community looks and feels the way it does today
- B. To memorize the names of every person who has ever lived there
- C. To prove that the past was much simpler than the present
- D. To focus only on events that happened in the last five years
10. If a river in your state has a Native American name, what does that historical clue suggest?
- A. That the river was only recently discovered
- B. That no one else lived near the river
- C. That Native American peoples were likely the first inhabitants of that area
- D. That the river is not safe for swimming