Lesson 2
2 Knowledge, selection and use of sources for historical enquiries Quiz: Pearson Edexcel History, Unit 1
20 questions
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Lesson 2, Knowledge, selection and use of sources for historical enquiries: 20 multiple choice questions for the Pearson Edexcel GCSE History (1HI0), Unit 1: Crime and punishment in Britain, c1000–present and Whitechapel, c1870-c1900: crime, policing and the inner city, written with Revision Ninja.
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The 20 questions
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Which official records can historians use to study Whitechapel housing and jobs?
- Monarch diaries
- Census returns
- Naval battle logs
- Coronation rolls
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Who conducted a survey of London's poor that is a key source for Whitechapel?
- Henry Fielding
- John Howard
- Charles Booth
- Thomas Sydenham
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Which national source records police investigations and crimes?
- Parliamentary rolls
- Domesday Book
- MEPO files
- Hearth tax returns
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Which historical source records trials held at the Old Bailey?
- Court transcripts
- Workhouse ledgers
- Census returns
- Parish registers
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Which source would record deaths and inquests in Whitechapel?
- Coroners' reports
- Workhouse diaries
- Census returns
- Punch cartoons
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Which source would show the population of Whitechapel in a given year?
- Punch cartoons
- Coroners' reports
- Census returns
- Old Bailey records
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Which source gives contemporary views through humour and satire?
- Census returns
- Punch cartoons
- Workhouse records
- Coroners' reports
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Which local source would record people in the workhouse?
- Workhouse records
- Census returns
- Punch cartoons
- Old Bailey records
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What is a key strength of using historical newspapers?
- Unbiased facts
- Official statistics
- Contemporary reports
- Total neutrality
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What is a recognised weakness of Punch magazine cartoons?
- Photographic accuracy
- Official census data
- Neutral viewpoint
- Satirical exaggeration
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Which source helps historians judge police methods in Whitechapel?
- Monastic charters
- Medieval chronicles
- Foreign embassy logs
- Local police records
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Which step is crucial when selecting sources for historical enquiries?
- Selecting random texts
- Choosing oldest sources
- Ignoring visual evidence
- Suitability to question
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What is the first step in framing a historical enquiry?
- Publishing a textbook
- Writing final conclusions
- Discarding all archives
- Defining enquiry aims
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Which national source provides a wider perspective on Whitechapel?
- Workhouse admission log
- Borough rate book
- National newspapers
- Local parish tax
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Which local source shows conditions inside Whitechapel workhouses?
- Railway timetables
- Navy muster rolls
- Enclosure awards
- Workhouse admission registers
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Which source reveals how police handled a Whitechapel crime?
- Church tithe maps
- Metropolitan Police files
- Guild records
- School log books
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Why must historians evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of sources?
- To find spelling errors
- To memorise dates
- To translate languages
- To judge reliability
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Which source would help explain the views of London's middle classes on crime?
- Forest court rolls
- Monastic chronicles
- Parish tithe books
- London newspapers
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Which national source records how crimes were tried in court?
- Punch cartoons
- Old Bailey records
- Coroners' reports
- Census returns
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Which local visual source is used to study Whitechapel?
- Contemporary photographs
- Tudor oil paintings
- Roman mosaics
- Bronze Age pottery
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