History Short Response Exam Revision

Vocabulary terms and definitions covering history short response exam criteria, cognitive verbs, source analysis tools, and Roman history revision topics.

Short response exam

A type of exam featuring several questions related to sources; this specific exam consists of three questions based on three provided sources.

Seen historical source

A source provided to students prior to the exam, allowing them to read through and analyze it beforehand.

Identify

A cognitive verb meaning to establish or indicate who or what someone or something is, or to locate and recognize distinguishing features or components.

Describe

A cognitive verb meaning to provide an account of characteristic features, an event, situation, pattern, or process, and to identify or put them in order.

Cognitive verbs

Key verbs in exam questions that instruct students on the specific manner in which they must answer to satisfy the assessment criteria.

Effects

A historical concept assessed in the exam, such as long-term impacts resulting from developments in military technology.

TEAC

A paragraph or writing structure explicitly stated as not needed for this short response exam.

IOP cam

A source analysis tool located under the skill builder section on the home page used to analyze sources in the source booklet.

Tarquin the proud

The historical ruler whose overthrow brought an end to the rule of kings in Rome.

Conflict of orders

An event in Roman history that resulted in giving plebeians more rights.

Marian reforms

Military reforms instituted by Marius that gave poor Romans an opportunity to join the army.

Aidus of March

The occasion on which Julius Caesar was assassinated, as specified in the sequencing activity.