Create a list of several questions of your own, or from the text that are examples of things a researcher should ask when determining if a source is valid. Provide a way that the researcher could answer that question
What will be an ideal response?
The researcher can ask any questions listed below. Researchers should seek the assistance of others to help answer any of these questions. The others should be more proficient than themselves to be able to help authenticate the material in question. Examples of people who are more proficient are: handwriting experts, scientists for carbon dating, linguists knowledgeable in writing dialects or period styles, and other specialists.
• Who wrote the source (primary or secondary)?
• What is the authenticity, authority, bias/interest, and intelligibility of the source?
• What was the view of the event or phenomenon when the document was written?
• What or who was the intended audience?
• What sources were privileged or ignored in the narrative?
• Do other sources from the period refer to the source in any way?
• What evidence is offered or compiled?
• In what historical context was the document itself written?
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In a world imperial system,
a. states are empowered to set their own policies, and there is no higher authority above them. b. two major powers share nearly coequal control over the known world. c. human loyalties and political obligations are not fixed primarily by territorial boundaries. d. there is a balance of power among states that serves as the primary guarantor of security. e. one government has authority over most of the world with which it has contact.