Exam 9: Social Historical Research and Oral Traditions

When researchers are using primary source materials, they first must determine if the document or artifact is authentic and valid. What is this process called?

Which term can be regarded as a synonym for external criticism?

Which kind of source is a photograph taken as a direct outcome of experiencing an event firsthand?

Which type of source is a girl's description in her diary of her birthday party?

A Web site run by a nonprofit company that seeks to identify and archive billions of Web pages to help researchers seek historical information on a variety of topics and areas is called ___________.

Which term can be considered a synonym for internal criticism?

An investigator who seeks to provide a window of understanding various symbols used in the past, such as the pink and black triangles used by Nazis to designate gay men and women, respectively, is working on what?

A technique that allows the researcher to gain access to the day-to-day accounts of real people without a filter from the "official" perspective and without limits to the class in power is called __________.

Create a list of several questions of your own, or from the text that are examples of things a researcher should ask when determining if a source is genuine and accurate. Provide a way that the researcher could answer that question.

An archival Web site that offers social histories of people who were born into slavery is called __________.

When researchers are using primary source materials, they must determine that the material is accurate and reliable as a data source. What is this process called?

What is internal criticism? Provide an example of your own, or from the text that demonstrates why internal criticism is necessary.

Which term indicates the retelling of comfortable past pleasantries, events, or situations, and lacks research rigor?

When studying history, social scientists must remember to compare, rather than judge the meanings found. Provide an example of your own, or from the text, of a term that has changed meaning throughout history, or a label that may have a negative connotation. Explain what this symbol can teach the social scientist when judgment is suspended.

Which type of source is a collection of the reading scores of an entire grade level at an elementary school?

Propaganda that is intentionally biased to create hate toward one group would be filtered out as a genuine, but invalid source during which process?

Which term is the study of how history is studied and written?

What is external criticism? Provide an example of your own, or from the text that demonstrates why external criticism is necessary.

Which kind of source is the Farmer's Almanac?

Define how the term historical research is used in the social sciences.