Cards in this guide (26)
What does historian means
A historian is somebody who studies history, and writes all
about it.
What is a example of a Secondary source
a secondary source is a source of memory or imagination of a
certain event.
What statement best describes a Buddhist point of view
Was tacitus the Roman Emperor kind or cruel
Tacitus was not an emperor. He was a historian.
What best describes the rhetorical appeals being used in the text I have been a nurse for over twenty years
(B) A mixture of pathos and logos
Which is the most prominent kind of rhetorical appeal Thomas Paine here
What is one advantage a secondary source has over a primary source
A secondary source summarizes complex subjects by synthesizing multiple sources.
What does corroborating sources allow a political scientist to do
determine whether an assertion made by one source is likely to be true.
What is true about using multiple sources of information on a topic
The more sources there are to corroborate a conclusion, the more
likely that conclusion is to be true.
-Apex
Which statement best describes the relationship between power and authority
Authoirty gives a state the right to use its power - Apex :)
Why would a political scientist wish to consult multiple sources of information on a topic
to corroborate a given primary source's claim about an event
Which item is an example of a secondary source
An online encyclopedia article about Franklin Roosevelt
When should you question a source's credibility
When you cannot find any other sources that supports its arguments.
What is one advantage a primary source has over a secondary source
A primary source offers a firsthand account of an event
Which quote reveals the author's point of view and potential for bias
as a teacher i am in favor of opening a new school
Which item is an example of a primary source
A.
A diary entry from an American homemaker in 1933
B.
A book about the Civil War written by a historian
C.
A blog entry arguing that Theodore Roosevelt was the most important U.S. president
D.
A magazine's analysis of the history of voting
Which item is the best example of propaganda
a commercial making false statments about a political candidate's opponent
Why would a historian wish to consult multiple sources of information on a topic
To corroborate a primary source's claim about an event n…
Which diagram accurately reflects how a historical society influenced the modern US government
Ancient Greece >>>>> developed ideas of direct democracy -APEX
When working with sources a writer can avoid plagiarism by
Keeping an organized record of all sources he or she referred. (APEX)
What does corroborating sources allow a historian to do
determine wheter an assertion made by one source is likely to be
true
Which claim is not defensible
we should make owning more than one car illegal apex
Which situation describes two individuals who must have a different point of view about an issue
One citizen likes the idea of the war, while another joins a protest against it.
What item is a example of a primary source apex
A letter is a primary source.
Which quote reveals the authors point of view and potential of bias
If a violent criminal group uses military force to take control of entire regions of a country. Which statement best describes the group in the passage
It has power but not authoirty