Deck 9: Social Historical Research and Oral Traditions

Question 1

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 __________.

A) External criticism
B) Internal criticism
C) Oral history
D) Identification

Answer 1

C

Question 2

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 ___________.

A) Internet Archive
B) Slave Narratives from the Federal Writer's Project
C) What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?
D) Hogan Jazz Archive

Answer 2

A

Question 3

Which term attempts to systematically recapture the complex nuances, the people, meanings, events, and ideas of the past that have shaped the present?

A) Nostalgia
B) Historical research
C) Historiography
D) History

Answer 3

B

Question 4

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

A) Nostalgia
B) Historical research
C) Historiography
D) History

Question 5

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

A) Internet Archive
B) Slave Narratives from the Federal Writer's Project
C) What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?
D) Hogan Jazz Archive

Question 6

A Web site cataloguing transcribed oral histories alongside archival musical material is called the _______________.

A) Internet Archive
B) Slave Narratives from the Federal Writer's Project
C) What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?
D) Hogan Jazz Archive

Question 7

Which term is synonymous with the word past, and refers conceptually to facts and events of long ago?

A) Nostalgia
B) Historical research
C) Historiography
D) History

Question 8

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

A) External criticism
B) Internal criticism
C) Plagiarism
D) Investigator detection

Question 9

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

A) Nostalgia
B) Historical research
C) Historiography
D) History

Question 10

When two men sold 60 volumes alleged to be the diaries of Adolf Hitler to the German magazine Stern, and were paid nearly $3 million for phony documents, this is an example of a failure to complete what process?

A) External criticism
B) Internal criticism
C) Plagiarism
D) Investigator detection

Question 11

Which kind of source is an oral or written testimony of an event created by a person who was not immediately present at the event?

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Quaternary

Question 12

Which kind of source is the Farmer's Almanac?

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Quaternary

Question 13

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?

A) External criticism
B) Internal criticism
C) Oral history
D) Identification

Question 14

Which kind of source is a journal article, or textbook?

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Quaternary

Question 15

A Web site that is home to the oral histories of women who served in the U.S. Army during World War II is called _______________.

A) Internet Archive
B) Slave Narratives from the Federal Writer's Project
C) What Did You Do in the War, Grandma?
D) Hogan Jazz Archive

Question 16

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

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Quaternary

Question 17

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?

A) External criticism
B) Internal criticism
C) Analysis
D) Identification

Question 18

Which kind of source is a combination of firsthand experiences, and writing created by people not present at the event that is compiled and distilled into a collection or anthology format?

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Quaternary

Question 19

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) Nostalgia
B) Historical research
C) Historiography
D) History

Question 20

When a researcher investigates a document to determine if the author listed actually wrote it, or if the version is a counterfeit, this is an example of _____________.

A) External criticism
B) Internal criticism
C) Plagiarism
D) Investigator detection

Question 21

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.

Question 22

Which type of source is a book of facts and knowledge trivia an example of?

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Quaternary

Question 23

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

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Quaternary

Question 24

Which type of source is a drawing of a disaster site created by an artist watching the event?

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Quaternary

Question 25

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

A) Primary
B) Secondary
C) Tertiary
D) Quaternary

Question 26

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

Question 27

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.

Question 28

What is an oral history?

Question 29

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

A) Precision
B) Truthfulness
C) Validity
D) Accuracy

Question 30

What is a college student enrolled in a War and American History course at the university learning?

A) Nostalgia
B) Historical research
C) Historiography
D) History

Question 31

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 valid. Provide a way that the researcher could answer that question.

Question 32

What are the steps required in creating historiography?

Question 33

Which term can be considered a synonym for internal criticism?

A) Genuine
B) Reliable
C) Legitimate
D) Valid

Question 34

What are the goals of historical research?

Question 35

Why are most American students not introduced to historical methods of research and analysis?

Question 36

Why are oral histories so valuable?

Question 37

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

Question 38

Researchers who use in-depth interviewing as one line of action paired with concepts of history to create a full account that extrapolates the author's motive is a technique called ______________.

A) Construction of a life history
B) Historical research
C) Historiography
D) History

Question 39

Define the three types of data sources that historical researchers can use.

Question 40

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