Term test

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A) choose the correct answer.
1. Historical sources are:
A) Any leftover of the past
B) Anything that people use nowadays
C) Any leftover interpreted by the
historian to make sense of the past
2. Primary sources are:
A) The most important sources.
B) Documents or other items that provide
first-hand, eyewitness accounts of events.
C) An analysis, interpretation or a
restatement of primary sources and are
considered to be persuasive.
3. Secondary sources are:
A) The most important sources.
B) Documents or other items that provide first-
hand, eyewitness accounts of events.
C) An analysis, interpretation or a restatement
of primary sources and are considered to be
persuasive.
4. Primary sources are divided into two:
A) Internal and external.
B) Primary and secondary.
C) Direct and indirect
5.Source criticism is:
A) The analysis that helps the historian to find
out a reliable account of the past.
B) The analysis of the historical figures and
their life.
C) A chemical process in which we find out the
materials and date of an ancient object.
6. External characteristics.
A) Materials, format and authorship.
B) Materials, format and historical figures.
C) It answers the questions when, what and
why
7. Internal characteristics.
A) Materials, format and authorship.
B) Materials, format and historical figures.
C) It answers the questions when, what and
why.
8. A historical event is:
A) The reconstruction or interpretation made by
historians in order to understand a particular event of
the past at a specific time and place.
B) Is an event that has a certain significance for the
important people and repeats itself multiple times.
C) Any event recognized as having state, national, or
military significance.
Extra credit:
Solve the riddle
In a city rich with cacao and corn,
An emperor fell, forevermore.
Conquered hearts, yet met his doom,
In his palace, a silent tomb.
Betrayed by trust, he faced his plight,
Who was he, lost in the Mexica night?