Question

An artifact document, diary, autobiography, etc. from the time you’re studying. Original source of information. about the past is known as a:

A. Primary source
B. Geographic Source
C. Secondary Source
D. Tertiary Source

Answer 1

The answer is A. Primary source

Answer 2

A. Primary source

A primary source is most often created during the time the events you are studying occurred, such as newspaper articles from the period, correspondence, diplomatic records, original research reports and notes, diaries etc. They may also include items created after the events occurred, but that recount them such as autobiographies and oral histories.