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Chapter 1 test review gr6

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  • Q1
    Prehistory refers to the era of time before people developed writing.
    false
    true
    30s
  • Q2
    An event that occurred in the year 500 B.C. happened before an event that took place in 750 B.C.
    false
    true
    30s
  • Q3
    Historians cannot learn about people from the past if they do not have written records.
    false
    true
    30s
  • Q4
    A statement of fact expresses only what can be proven by evidence.
    false
    true
    30s
  • Q5
    Research material can be gathered from works of fiction, nonfiction, or persuasive writing.
    true
    false
    30s
  • Q6
    A scholarly journal might contain an article by a historian.
    false
    true
    30s
  • Q7
    Historians study events occurring over long periods of time as opposed to studying events that happened over just one or two days.
    true
    false
    30s
  • Q8
    A historian can trust a primary source document to be a true and unbiased account of what occurred.
    false
    true
    30s
  • Q9
    The main job of a historian is to
    teach history and social studies and keep a journal.
    examine the causes or reasons that something happened in the past.
    travel around the world, finding archaeologists to work with.
    open new museums to display a variety of ancient artifacts.
    30s
  • Q10
    We can use our knowledge of the past to help us
    write more interesting books.
    discover who is to blame for starting wars.
    make decisions for the future.
    learn more about modern technology.
    30s
  • Q11
    Historians divide the past into larger blocks of time known as
    eras.
    millenniums.
    decades.
    centuries.
    30s
  • Q12
    History helps us to understand why certain things are integral parts of our culture. Integral means
    useless.
    necessary.
    old-fashioned.
    expensive.
    30s
  • Q13
    Because the U.S. Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776 A.D., it would be classified as an event that occurred in
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    the Middle Ages.
    prehistory.
    modern history.
    ancient history.
    30s
  • Q14
    The Julian calendar started counting years from the
    founding of Rome.
    birth of Julius Caesar.
    death of Jesus.
    end of the Hebrew calendar.
    30s
  • Q15
    The Julian calendar was not exactly right because it
    contained too many days.
    started in the wrong month.
    lost one day a year.
    lost one day every 128 years.
    30s

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