SHS History · Year 2
Historical Sources and Methods of Inquiry practice questions
Primary and secondary sources of history and the differences between them, identifying pieces of historical evidence, authenticating sources using the '5Ws and 1H' principle and close-reading/contextualising/sourcing skills, evaluating online sources, and the dangers and consequences of using fake historical sources.
27 questions in this topic: 11 recall, 13 applying skills and concepts, 2 strategic thinking and 1 extended thinking. Every one carries a written explanation.
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- Question 1Skills & concepts
A claim that cannot be confirmed or disproven, such as one citing unspecified dates or locations, illustrates which characteristic of a fake historical source?
- aUnverifiable information
- bSuspicious provenance
- cInconsistencies
- dLack of corroboration
- Question 2Recall
A textbook such as Adu Boahen's 'Topics in West African History' is used in the Learner Material as an example of
- aa primary source
- ba fake historical source
- ca secondary source
- dan oral tradition
- Question 3Recall
Among the skills historians use to authenticate sources, the skill that involves paying careful attention to language and terminologies, looking out for key claims, evidence and purpose, is known as
- acontextualising skills
- bsourcing skills
- cclose reading skills
- dcorroboration skills
- Question 4Skills & concepts
Images and symbols found on historical artefacts, such as old currency notes, are useful to historians mainly because they
- aare always more reliable than written documents
- bcan only be interpreted using the '5Ws and 1H' principle
- celiminate the need for dates and timelines
- dhelp the historian relive the past, giving context to the period under study
- Question 5Skills & concepts
Using fake sources in historical research or writing can lead to which of the following consequences, according to the Learner Material?
- aAn automatic improvement in the accuracy of causal relationships
- bAn increase in the reliability of oral tradition
- cThe elimination of the need for any secondary sources
- dManipulated narratives, biased perspectives and the fabrication of historical events
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