Sources and Expansion Effects Worksheet
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Sources and Expansion Effects Worksheet
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Directions
- Fill in each blank carefully.
- Circle or mark the best answer for each multiple-choice question.
- Match each prompt to the best option before writing your answer.
- Use the larger space to show your thinking on word problems.
1. A source created during the time being studied is a __ source.
2. Which source is most likely primary?
3. A later explanation of the past is a __ source.
4. Match the source to its likely type: diary entry from 1848
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5. Match the source to its likely type: history book chapter written today
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6. Match the source to its likely type: trail map made during the journey
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7. Which statement is true?
8. Why should historians ask who created a source?
9. A person who studies the past using evidence is a __.
10. Which statement best describes the effects of expansion?
📋 Teacher Answer Key
1. primary
2. a traveler's diary from the trail
3. secondary
4. primary source
5. secondary source
6. primary source
7. Primary sources can show perspective from the time of expansion.
8. Knowing the creator helps explain the source's perspective
9. historian
10. Expansion changed routes, communities, and different groups in different ways.