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Which historical text typically provides varying viewpoints about a given topic? ⃤ Textbook ⃤ Monograph ⃤ Anthology ⃤ Historical Novel ⃤ Encyclopedia

A Monograph

Which type of essay does not require that you examine and analyze secondary source documents? ⃤ Thematic essay ⃤ Free response essay ⃤ DBQ essay ⃤ Globally thinking essay ⃤ Process essay

Free Response Essay

Which is the best example of a primary source document useful in the study of history? ⃤ A journal excerpt from a person involved in the event in question. ⃤ A peer-reviewed article written about the event by a respected historian. ⃤ A documentary with expert analysis of the event in question. ⃤ A professorial analysis of key battlefield strategies of the event.

A journal excerpt from a person involved in the event in question.

Which best describes consensus historiography? ⃤ A top-down look at historical events to rethink the traditional perspective. ⃤ A view of history in which the traditional interpretation is upheld. ⃤ A bottom-up look at historical events to rethink the traditional perspective. ⃤ A re-interpretation of facts based on new evidence and resulting in new conclusions. ⃤ A revisionist interpretation of events in which all viewpoints are considered.

A revisionist interpretation of events in which all viewpoints are considered.

Which would be the least helpful for supporting interpretations about the lives of late-nineteenth-century immigrants? ⃤ A journal entry written by a recent immigrant and mother. ⃤ An early twentieth-century ad for model home blueprints. ⃤ A pay stub from a late nineteenth-century factor worker. ⃤ An early twentieth-century real estate ad promising "bliss". ⃤ A historical novel about working in the Chicago stockyards.

An early twentieth-century ad for model home blueprints.

While attending a town hall meeting, you hear someone from a national energy company argue that a new natural gas drill site will not be environmentally damaging and will produce many jobs in the community. Which aspect should you most consider when listening to this position? ⃤ Main idea ⃤ Validity ⃤ Point of view ⃤ Generalization ⃤ Bias

Bias

Which would make an effective thesis for an essay on the cause of the French Revolution? ⃤ Conflict between the people and the French monarchy sparked revolution. ⃤ The cry "Let them eat cake!" initiated the Revolution. ⃤ The French Revolution started on Bastille Day, July 14, 1789. ⃤ The guillotine was an effective instrument for instilling fear and conflict. ⃤ The Jacobins sought to overturn the French monarchy.

Conflict between the people and the French monarchy sparked revolution.

When conducting research for a thesis paper, what is the best way to determine the author's point of view? ⃤ Read the topic sentence of each paragraph for the main idea. ⃤ Analyze the relevance and publication date of the source. ⃤ Establish how much evidence the author has referenced. ⃤ Create a Venn diagram to compare the author's main idea. ⃤ Determine the author's relationship to the particular topic.

Determine the author's relationship to the particular topic.

Which text is valuable for gaining context about a historical event but is unreliable as "evidence"? ⃤ Historical Novel ⃤ Anthology ⃤ Textbook ⃤ Monograph ⃤ Encyclopedia

Historical Novel

Which describes the revisionist or conflict perspective in historiography? ⃤ History should be recorded from either a top down or bottom up perspective. ⃤ History is impossible to record accurately without primary source documentation. ⃤ History is recorded most accurately according to the experts of the time period in question. ⃤ History is and should be recorded as it happens, as factual and fixed information. ⃤ History should be viewed from perspectives that are not commonly held.

History is and should be recorded as it happens, as factual and fixed information.

What section of a research paper should contain the main idea? Body Conclusion Bibliography Title Introduction

Introduction

For a research paper, you have just compiled a stack of resources in your school library. Which aspect would be best to consider when determining each source's validity? The publication's medium. The author's education. Availability on the Internet. Main idea and point of view. Number of authors and editors.

Main idea and point of view.

Which best describes the way photographs are considered by historians? ⃤ Primary source documents that are useful in the study of history. ⃤ Unreliable sources for the study of history because they are too subjective. ⃤ Reliable sources for the study of history only if from a named source. ⃤ Useful sources for the study of personal histories, but not for general history. ⃤ Secondary source documents that are useful in the study of history.

Primary source documents that are useful in the study of history.

According to some historians, which marks the beginning of the US Civil War? ⃤ The battle of Bull Run. ⃤ The battle of Antietam. ⃤ The battle of Fort Sumter. ⃤ The battle of Bunker Hill. ⃤ The battle of Gettysburg.

The battle of Fort Sumter.