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TERMS & NAMES
primary source
secondary source
oral history
How Historians
Study the Past
Build on What You Know You may know where your parents or ancestors came from and some of the stories about them. Relatives and their stories help people understand their family history. Now learn what historians use to help them understand the past.
Understanding the Past
ESSENTIAL QUESTION What questions do historians ask to help them understand the past?
People investigate their family history to find out about their ancestors. In the process, however, they also find out about themselves. We study world history for the same reasons.
Why Study History? What has already happened to a person, a family, or a
society affects what will occur today and in the future. But history is much more than simply recounting and studying past events. Examining a historical event also involves studying a society’s culture, religion, politics, and economics.
When historians examine past events, they try to find patterns. They look for causes and effects that explain how and why events happened. They also try to understand why some ideas and traditions last and why others die out. Just as important, historians attempt to see the past through the eyes of the people who lived it. By doing so, historians gain greater insight into human nature and answer important historical questions.

Asking Historical Questions As historians study the past, they ask themselves questions like those below. These questions help historians compare different societies and draw conclusions about the past.
• How have groups or societies interacted, and what have been the results?
• How have leaders governed societies?
• How have belief systems developed and changed?
• How have societies dealt with differences among their people?
• How have societies tried to protect people’s security?
• How are societies similar and different?

Why do we study history?
The Historian’s Tools
ESSENTIAL QUESTION What methods do historians use to help them answer questions about what happened in the past? When you hang up a picture, you use a hammer to pound in the nail. Historians also use tools to do their job. These tools include primary sources, secondary sources, and oral history.

Primary Sources A primary source is something written or created by a person who witnessed a historical event. You will learn about an ancient primary source on the next page. Primary sources include letters, diaries, eyewitness articles, videotapes, speeches, and photographs. Artifacts, such as the human-made tools, are also primary sources.

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How Knowledge of the Past Changes
ESSENTIAL QUESTION What steps do historians take as they answer historical questions?
Detectives use fingerprints and other evidence to solve crimes. Historians act as detectives too. They use evidence from primary, secondary, and oral sources.
Fact or Fiction? Historical evidence isn’t always as simple as a bloodstain at a crime
scene. Historians sometimes have more information than they can use when they try to answer a question. They must sort through all of the information and choose what’s most important and most trustworthy as evidence. In addition, sometimes what historians thought was true turns out to be false. For instance, one historian proved that the so-called mummy’s
curse was false. According to legend, the curse would kill anyone who entered the tomb of an ancient Egyptian ruler. Many people believed the curse had caused the death of English archaeologist Lord Carnarvon. He died suddenly in 1923, shortly after entering the tomb
of ancient Egyptian ruler “King Tut.” People believe that the other archaeologists who had entered the tomb between 1923 and 1926 would also die as a result of the curse. However, a historian later examined the archaeologists’ death records. Their average age at death was
70 years. The evidence did not support the existence of the mummy’s curse.

Drawing Conclusions The mummy’s curse was easy to disprove. But not all historical questions are so easily answered. Sometimes different historians arrive at different conclusions based on the same facts.
Answer the following questions

2. What is the difference between primary and secondary sources?

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Answer 1

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Explanation:

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Answer 2
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Answer:  Buddhism is centered upon the life and teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, who came to be known as the Buddha — the enlightened one, or one who is awake — whereas Christianity is centered on the Life and Teachings of Jesus Christ. Christianity is a monotheistic religion and believes that Christ Is the Son Of God.

Answer:

In the face of it, it would be impossible to find two religions more different than Buddhism and Christianity. Christians believe that there is a God, whereas Buddhism has no god. The Buddha pointed the way, whereas Jesus said that he was the way. Christianity promises believers in eternal life. Buddhism's highest state, the state of enlightenment, is freedom from being reborn. On the other hand, there are compelling similarities. The spirit of compassion, bodhicitta in Sanskrit, is as central to Buddhism as that of love is to Christianity. While their objectives may be different, there are prayers in both traditions. Christianity has its saints, who exemplify faith. Tibetan Buddhism has saintlike figures, Bodhisattvas, whose example selflessly illuminates the way, the dharma. But it is at the personal level that these questions take on practical significance.

Explaining. What was the role of the Ohio River Valley in the growing conflict between the French, Native Americans, and British in the mid-1700s?

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Answer:

The colonists idea of expansion was important to make their land a bigger area. However when the french settled in to the Ohio river valley it stopped expansion of britain which angered them

Explanation: i hope this helps:)

Make land bigger
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Which of these would have been supported by a Federalist?
A.
direct democracy
B.
a strong president
C.
state currency
D.
a bill of rights

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Answer:

B. a strong president

Explanation:

Federalists wanted a stronger central government. They didn't care about state currency, and most didn't think a bill of rights was necessary. I don't know what a direct democracy is.

how did the british government attempt to eliminate conflict between Native Americans and colonists?

• by recruiting french colonists to trade with native americans
• by forbidding settlement west of the appalachian mountains
• by stationing British troops along the coastline
• by raising taxes on goods traded with native americans

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Answer:

by forbidding settlement west of the appalachian mountains

Explanation:

The Proclamation of 1763 was issued by the British at the end of the French and Indian War to appease Native Americans by checking the encroachment of European settlers on their lands.

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What was the impact of the boycotts created by the Stamp Act Congress? *

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Answer:

The stamp act was repealed

Explanation:

Which Spanish mission was established as a reaction to French explorer La Salle having established Fort Stivate
Louis?

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Yes it it most likely fort saint louis being established

During the Han Dynasty, Sima Qian wrote the history of China entitled, Historical Records.
A. True
B. False

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Answer:

true

Explanation:

Which of the following was not an eventual effect of the Sequoyah Constitutional Convention?
A.
The convention helped supporters of American Indians gain political standing in the future.
B.
The constitution drafted during the Sequoyah Convention inspired the Oklahoma Constitution.
C.
The Sequoyah statehood bill was passed in the House of Representatives and Senate.
D.
The vice-chairman of the convention, Charles N. Haskell, became the first governor of Oklahoma

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Answer: C

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Answer:

c

Explanation:

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What are the pillars of culture?
A. Food and music
B. clothing and festivals
C. Spirituality and language
D.art and holidays

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Answer:

a.) Spirituality and language

Explanation:

Answer:

They all sound about right but if I had to choose I'd say C) spirituality and language

Which advanced technology did Europeans not use to travel west to get across the oceans

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Answer:

GPS buddy given if this is about ancient Europeans.

Explanation:

In war there is a good side and a bad side regardless of personal feelings or sides? Yes or no? Why?

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Answer:

Yes, because there are personal feelings regardless of what other people are feeling, wars or fights always start because someone disagrees with something or someone said.

Explanation:

How did the Electoral College help to overcome the delegates’ concerns about uninformed voters

short response please

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Answer:

The president and vice president are chosen indirectly by the voters without giving the voters too much power.

Explanation:

Since the electoral college is a college of politicians whose job it is to know everyone and everything, we give them our votes and they vote for who should be the president. Therefore, you don't have to know who the president is, but if you give your vote to the elector then they will give it to who they know is about the ideas that you voted for. Nowadays it is much more complicated due to the scale of it all. Since the electoral college is a college of politicians whose job it is to know everyone and everything, we give them our votes and they vote for who should be the president. Therefore, you don't have to know who the president is, but if you give your vote to the elector then they will give it to who they know is about the ideas that you voted for. Nowadays it is much more complicated due to the scale of it all.

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what argument used to justify slavery appealed to the people's religious beliefs?

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something in the Bible promoted slavery

[URGENT] By 1924, the Ottoman Empire no longer existed,and the region was divided into several different countries. The impact of the downfall of the Ottoman Empire led to


a. A lack of oil

b. Economic wealth

c. Regional conflict between ethnic and religious groups

d. Lack of water

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B economic wealth anyone please correct me if i’m wrong

What ideas or events
caused the populations of Philadelphia and
New York City to change over time?

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Answer:

Today marks the 229th anniversary of the start of the constitutional convention in Philadelphia. A few things have changed since then, from how much people drank to who could vote, to how tall people were.

Independence Hall still stands, a few blocks south of the National Constitution Center, with much of the building restored to show its condition in the late 18th century.

Ben Franklin’s house, which also stood a few blocks from the hall, is long gone. The original City Tavern is also gone in Philadelphia, but a replica stands in its place, open for business since 1976.

Back in 1787, the delegates who started the convention on May 25th were locked in a building for most of the summer, without the modern comfort of air conditioning.

The press was barred from covering the event , even though there were 10 newspapers in Philadelphia at the time.

The population of the United States of America was about 3.9 million, according to the 1790 Census. About 700,000 people were being held as slaves. And outside of the census were at least 150,000 Native Americans.

Among that population, only a small number of people were eligible to vote, about 6 percent. Most states restricted voting to white adult men of property.

Today, registered U.S residents who are 18 years of age or older can vote. In 2008, more than 132 million people voted in the general election.

The young nation’s capital was in New York City, compared with Washington, D.C. today.

The biggest city in the U.S. in 1787 was Philadelphia, soon to be surpassed by New York. The City of Brotherly Love had about 40,000 residents in its vicinity.

Today, New York City has more than 8 million residents.

At the convention of 1787, 12 of the 13 states in the union were represented during the summer. Since 1959, the U.S. has had 50 states.

Back in the post-Colonial day, the average life expectancy was around 34 ½ years of age, compared with 78 years of age in 2011. (There are differing life expectancy estimates for people who were slaves in that era.)

But in some ways, things weren’t that different. The average height of a male in 1787 was 5 feet 8 inches, compared with 5 feet 9 ½ inches today. And among the general male populace, excluding those held in slavery, daily meat consumption averaged 8 ounces per day, about one ounce more than today.

However, there was a big difference in the amount of alcohol consumed in 1787. Drinking everything from beer to cider to whiskey to rum to wine was part of everyday life for men, women and children. A good number of people drank at three meals a day (if they had three meals) and at social gathering spots.

Some historians argue that the imbibing needs to be put in context. During the era, people did more physical labor and worked in more extreme conditions, which led to more calories being burned off quickly.

Explanation:

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How did Massachusetts pay for the public schools?

Families paid a tax in each town.

The schools were supported by public money.

The church in each town paid.

Each child had to work to pay for the school.

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Answer:

A. Families paid tax in each town.

Explanation:

The President of the United States during the Desert Storm conflict was which of the following?

A. Ronald Reagan
B. Bill Clinton
C. Jimmy Carter
D. George H.W. Bush​

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Answer:

the answer is D

Explanation:

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The answer is And president is
D

What was one of Greece's philosophy?

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Answer:

Socrates and Plato are two famous Greek philosophers whose ideas still impact society today. In ancient Greece, philosophers contemplated and theorized about many different ideas such as human nature, ethics, and moral dilemmas.

for all men originally equals No one by birth could have the right to set up his own family in perptual preference to all others forever having control over the people and though himself might deserve some decent degree of honors of his contemporaries his descendants might be far too unworthy to inherit them deserve some more honors I descendants would simply not though inherit. A inherit power B elected Democrat leaders C a direct democracy D a constitutional monarchy​

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Answer:

yes the the democratic leaders are the trump will rule the America very nice but somebody of the republic party doing so much of a so much of destroying the America we should stop this

How is absolute location found? By measuring distance from the prime meridian by comparing the location of one place to another by locating a place with coordinates of latitude and longitude by identifying a location in relation to the degrees of latitude

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Answer:

Absolute location is found by locating a place with coordinates of latitude and longitude.

Explanation:

Absolute Location describes the exact location of a place with respect to a fixed point on earth. Absolute location is found by locating a place with coordinates of latitude and longitude. Lines of latitude and longitude crisscross the earth. Latitude ranges from 0° at the equator to 90° at the North and South Poles and it is used to mark the north-south position of a place on the surface of Earth.

Answer:

To put it in smaller words than the one above me so u wont have to read its c

Explanation:

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"Every Bill which shall have passed the House of Representatives and the Senate, shall, before it become a Law, be presented to the President of the United States: If he approve he shall sign it, but if not he shall return it, with his Objections to that House in which it shall have originated..."—U.S. Constitution

This quote directly reflects the principle of

federalism
democracy
popular sovereignty
checks and balances

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Answer:

just wait to pass the bill

Answer:

Checks and balance

Explanation:

The president checked what Congress did, he didn't like it, or it's unconstitutional, he veto's the bill which creates a wealthy balance, between the 3 branches of Government.

how did the popes move to avignon and the establishment of rival popes encourge reformers?

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Answer:  How did the pope's move to Avignon and the establishment of a rival pope in Rome affect Church authority and power? They weakened the Church's authority. The move of the papacy put the Church under French influence and having rival popes showed further disarray in the hierarchy of the Church.  

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When was the only time when earth had no rocks

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Answer:

4.6 to 4 billion years ago

Explanation:

Hadean time (4.6 to 4 billion years ago)* is not a geological period as such. No rocks on the Earth are this old, except for meteorites. During Hadean time, the Solar System was forming, probably within a large cloud of gas and dust around the sun, called an accretion disc.


Which of the following was NOT an act of taxation or government control
issued by the British on the colonists? *
O Stamp Act
O Townshend Acts
O Boston Tea Party
Sugar Act

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Hmmm lemme think stamp act

who is 5 of the fastest people in the world

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1.) Usain Bolt
2.)Tyreek Hill
3.)Leonard Fournette
4.)Florence Griffith-Joyner
5.)Mickey Mantel

Although Britain won the French and Indian War it came at what cost?
A. Extremely high rates of casualties
B. Increased hostility and resistance in the colonies
C. Loss of Canada
D. Increased violence from Native Americans

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B.because this war started to anger the colonist

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Its option C

( The Hundreds year war)

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Why do you think the debt has risen to more than $19 trillion today?

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Answer:

what subject is this for???

Explanation:

one of the reason could be the fact that not much people know how to use their money wisely.

along which body of water did the muslim gain control of the most land between 750 and 1200

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Answer:

Indian Ocean

Explanation:

This was beacuse of Muslim Merchants influence on the Indian Ocean trade sytem as well as ports located along these routes.

How did the Native weapons change?

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Answer: Native weapons changed dramatically as well, creating an arms race among the peoples living in European colonization zones. Indians refashioned European brassware into arrow points and turned axes used for chopping wood into weapons.

Explanation:

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Explanation:

Native weapons changed dramatically as well, creating an arms race among the peoples living in European colonization zones. Indians refashioned European brassware into arrow points and turned axes used for chopping wood into weapons. The most prized piece of European weaponry to obtain was a musket, or light, long-barreled European gun.

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