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Sophia U.S. History I Unit 1 Settling The Americas
Which of the following statements is true?
A) The writing of history is influenced by the cultural environment in which it is written.
B)Historians have a responsibility to merge their own experiences into historical narratives.
C)History is best determined through the lenses of politics and eco...
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Sophia U.S. History I Unit 1 Settling The
Americas: 10,000 BCE - 1700 Challenge
1 : American Pre-HIstory: 10,000 BCE -
1492
Which of the following statements is true?
A) The writing of history is influenced by the cultural environment in which it is written.
B)Historians have a responsibility to merge their own experiences into historical
narratives.
C)History is best determined through the lenses of politics and economics.
D)Historical interpretations of past events rarely change over time. - ANSWER A) The
writing of history is influenced by the cultural environment in which it is written.
Which of the following statements is true?
A)History is separate from the social, cultural and intellectual environments in which it is
written.
B)History is not a fixed concept: Ideas about how to write history change as the world
changes.
C)Objectivity is not the goal of the historian because his or her own perspective is vital
to the narrative.
D)Historians inspect, but do not interpret, evidence from the past to create narratives of
past events. - ANSWER B)History is not a fixed concept: Ideas about how to write
history change as the world changes.
Which of the following statements is true?
A)Memorization of dates and events is a good exercise in school, but it isn't important
for historians.
B)History is a written record of the past, encountered only in an academic setting.
C)A historian attempts simply to compile facts about the past and record them
accurately.
D)Providing context and observing change over time is essential to the historical
process. - ANSWER D)Providing context and observing change over time is essential to
the historical process.
Bias - ANSWER Prejudice towards one event, group of people, or set of objects when
compared to another.
Historiography - ANSWER The study and interpretation of historical writings.
History - ANSWER The study of the past.
Objective History - ANSWER Viewing past people and events without taking the
historian's personal view into account. Unbiased history.
, Sophia U.S. History I Unit 1 Settling The
Americas: 10,000 BCE - 1700 Challenge
1 : American Pre-HIstory: 10,000 BCE -
1492
Social History - ANSWER The history of the average person, especially in terms of
demographic groups.
Consider the following research question and choose the primary source that is best
suited to answer it."What were the long-term consequences of Japanese internment
camps in the United States during World War II?"
A)An interview in 2001 with a Japanese American who was confined to a camp
B)A high school history textbook published in 1990
C)A documentary about World War II produced by a historian
D)A national newscast from 1942 - ANSWER A)An interview in 2001 with a Japanese
American who was confined to a camp
Consider the following research question and choose the secondary source that is best
suited to answer it."What were the effects of the women's suffrage movement in the
United States?"
A)A book written by a historian in 2016 on women in American politics
B)An interview with a woman who recently protested at a Women's March
C)A website that advocates for voting reform
D)A newsreel from 1920 showing women voting for the first time - ANSWER A)A book
written by a historian in 2016 on women in American politics
Consider the following research question and choose the primary source that is best
suited to answer it."How did the invention of the cotton gin in 1793 transform the
American economy?"
A)A 1780 speech by a plantation owner who grew cotton
B)An 1802 map of the Deep South showing weather patterns in the 18th century
C)An 1850 economic analysis of cotton and textile production in the late 1700s to mid
1800s
D)A biography of Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cotton gin, published in 1989 -
ANSWER C)An 1850 economic analysis of cotton and textile production in the late
1700s to mid 1800s
Critical Thinking - ANSWER Clear, self-directed, and evidence-based judgement on a
topic
Primary Source - ANSWER First-hand accounts/evidence from the time period that a
historian is writing about or studying.
Secondary Source - ANSWER Pieces of work that contain analyses of primary sources
that relate to events that have already taken place in the past.
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