Introduction to World History

Question 1

perspective/ point of view

Answer 1

a particular attitude or way of seeing or regarding something

Question 2

cartographer

Answer 2

a geographer that makes graphs

Question 3

historical event

Answer 3

something that happened in the past

Question 4

historical account

Answer 4

a representation of an event from the past

Question 5

history

Answer 5

events or accounts of events from the past

Question 6

corroborate

Answer 6

to confirm or give support to a statement, theory, or finding

Question 7

evidence

Answer 7

facts or information that can be used to test whether a belief or or proposition is true or valid

Question 8

primary source

Answer 8

first-hand account of the event that was created at about the time the event occurred

Question 9

secondary source

Answer 9

an account of an event that was created later by people who did not experience first-hand the event you are researching

Question 10

fact

Answer 10

something that is true about a subject and can be tested

Question 11

opinion

Answer 11

what someone thinks about a subject

Question 12

internal consistency

Answer 12

when the facts presented within a single source do not clash with each other

Question 13

external consistency

Answer 13

when factual details are presented similarly among multiple documents or sources

Question 14

significance

Answer 14

the quality of being worthy of attention

Question 15

time

Answer 15

a period in which events occur in succession from the past through the present to the future

Question 16

space

Answer 16

where an event happened

Question 17

social institutions

Answer 17

structures created by people to help meet the needs of societies, such as food, clothing, shelter and safety in order for the societies to continue to exist

Question 18

turning points

Answer 18

important historical events that have long lasting effects on human life

Question 19

framing a historical problem

Answer 19

process used to narrow the focus if a historical study from a broad topic to a more specific research question or problem in order to create an historical account

Question 20

sourcing

Answer 20

asking questions about a particular source, including: Who created it? When? Why? From what perspective or point of view? What did they know?