GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

GK

WORLD HISTORY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Historians rely on primary sources because these sources
A
Are more detailed than secondary sources
B
Provide eyewitness accounts of events
C
Have the approval of religious authorities
D
Establish rules for writing history
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Historians use primary sources as the raw evidence to analyze and interpret the past. They publish secondary sources-often scholarly articles or books-that explain their interpretation.

Detailed explanation-2: -Introduction: Primary sources are “eyewitness” accounts or “on-the-scene” records, pictures, documents, or artifacts. They may be old or new, but must have been produced by people who lived during the period of study and were part of the experience.

Detailed explanation-3: -A primary source provides direct or firsthand evidence about an event, object, person, or work of art. Primary sources include historical and legal documents, eyewitness accounts, results of experiments, statistical data, pieces of creative writing, audio and video recordings, speeches, and art objects.

Detailed explanation-4: -Primary sources include documents or artifacts created by a witness to or participant in an event. Primary sources may include diaries, letters, interviews, oral histories, photographs, newspaper articles, government documents, poems, novels, plays, and music. More items •02-Mar-2023

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