HISTORICAL SOURCES

Question 1

is an original source that contains important historical information

These sources are something that inform us about history at the most basic level and are used as clues in order to study history.

Answer 1

Historical source

Question 2

are firsthand, contemporary accounts of events created by individuals during that period of time or several years later

(such as correspondence, diaries, memoirs and personal histories).

Answer 2

Primary sources

sources that are closest to the origin of the information

Examples of primary sources include manuscripts, newspapers, speeches, cartoons, photographs, video, and artifacts.

Question 3

are closely related to primary sources and often interpret them. These sources are documents that relate to information that originated elsewhere.

often use generalizations,analysis, interpretation, and synthesis of primary sources.

Answer 3

Secondary sources

Examples of secondary sources include textbooks, articles, and reference books.

Question 4

is a branch of criticism that investigates the origins of ancient texts in order to understand “the world behind the text”.

also known as the historical-critical method or higher criticism,

Answer 4

Historical criticism

The primary goal of historical criticism is to discover the text’s primitive or original meaning in its original historical context and its literal sense

Question 5

refers to the authenticity of the document. Once a document has been determined to be genuine

Answer 5

External criticism

aka lower criticism

Question 6

a chronological misplacing of persons, events, or customs in regard to each other)

Answer 6

Anachronistic

Question 7

is the technique of testing the reliability of the information found in a document.

Answer 7

Internal criticism

or higher criticism