Question 1 of 5How does periodization help historians better understand the past?A.It helps them build historical narratives by dividing history into distinct eras.B.It allows them to compare ancient or foreign cultures to modern American culture.C.It strengthens historical arguments by removing individual historians’ biases.D.It synthesizes many seemingly different ideas into a new historical conclusion.

A historian wants to use periodization to help her analyze U.S. history. Which of the following actions would be most appropriate for her to take?A.Use important historical events to divide history into units with similar traits.B.Gather historical evidence to form a strong historical argument.C.Compare the U.S. government’s structure from its founding until today.D.Analyze the biases held by Americans over 100 years ago.

A historian created Timeline A to illustrate his idea of the most important periods in U.S. history. Which of the following best describes how the periodization shown in the timeline reflects the historian’s own bias about history?Hint: You'll need the quiz document page open to answer this question.A.It divides American history into many small periods rather than a few large ones.B.It relies on an ecological, rather than a traditional, periodization of history.C.It uses only major American wars to denote the beginning and end of each period.D.It includes periods that occurred before the establishment of the United States.

When practicing the historical thinking skill of periodization, historians:A.identify turning points to act as the start and end points of historical eras.B.analyze ancient artifacts without considering their own points of view.C.rely on archaeological techniques to determine when a source was created.D.determine the approximate age of primary sources.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

Themes are important to historians trying to organize information about the past because they:A.encourage historians to divide history into distinct periods with firm start and end dates.B.prevent historians from relying too heavily on primary sources when drawing conclusions.C.allow historians to compare seemingly unrelated societies based on a single important idea.D.help historians focus on how a particular region of the world changed during a single period of time.SUBMITarrow_backPREVIOUS

The two timelines represent two different historians’ attempts to create a periodization of American history. Which of the following best explains why these historians have created such different historical narratives using periodization?Hint: You'll need the quiz document page open to answer this question.A.One historian holds a traditional view of American history, while the other historian holds an ecological view.B.Each historian emphasizes only events that support his own political views and undermine his opponents’ views.C.One historian believes in only including large historical periods, while the other historian does not.D.Each historian views different events as the most important markers of major changes in American society.