What Question Would You Ask When Doing External Criticism of a Primary

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Multiple Choice

What question would you ask when doing external criticism of a primary historical source?

• A) Can the information be generalized to other situations?
• B) Is the document written by whom it is supposed to have been written?
• C) Does the data confirm your hypothesis?
• D) Does the information really represent the attitudes of the time?

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Definitions:

Credits

Accounting entries that can either decrease assets or increase liabilities and equity on a company's balance sheet.

Debits

In accounting, an entry recorded on the left side of a double-entry bookkeeping system that increases an asset or expense account, or decreases equity, liability, or revenue accounts.

Debit

A debit is a bookkeeping entry that leads to an increase in a company's assets or expenses or a reduction in its liabilities or equity on the balance sheet.

Asset Accounts

Accounts that appear on a balance sheet and represent tangible and intangible items owned by a business that have value.