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Source-handling skills: SQA Advanced Higher History quiz quiz

15questions. Pick an answer and you'll see why right away.

  1. How many marks is the Advanced Higher History source evaluation question worth?

  2. At Advanced Higher, where do most of the marks in the source evaluation come from?

  3. What does 'provenance' mean in a source evaluation?

  4. How many marks is the how fully contextual question worth?

  5. What does the how fully judgement measure a source against?

  6. What is the commonest error in the how fully question?

  7. How many marks is the two-source comparison worth?

  8. What is the difference between an overall and a detailed comparison?

  9. What is the commonest way to lose marks in the two-source comparison?

  10. What is historiography?

  11. Interpretations on many issues often cluster into which kind of pattern?

  12. What is the key difference between naming and using a historian?

  13. How does historiography function in the source questions specifically?

  14. Why is establishing provenance only the start of the source evaluation at Advanced Higher?

  15. How should a candidate treat a historian's interpretation in a strong answer?