PrepTest 117, Section 1, Question 10
In the field of historiography—the writing of history(454 more words not shown)
The passage states that the(23 more words not shown)
- AThey were written(10 more words not shown)
- BThey include accounts(6 more words not shown)
- CThey are primarily(8 more words not shown)
- DThey focus primarily(9 more words not shown)
- EThey are accounts(5 more words not shown)
Reading the passage
The traditional sources were the explorers' written reports. These were European American explorers commissioned by the government and instructed to record their findings. We need that stated description, not a plausible guess about what their reports contained.
Working the answers
- A
The account doesn't establish that these sources were written both before and after Asian settlers arrived. It places both groups in the same broad period without giving that sequence.
- B
Accounts by Native Americans aren't identified as part of these sources. Outside knowledge about who lived in the region can't supply the missing statement.
- C
Agriculture becomes central to the Chinese settlers' example. We aren't told it was the primary concern of the explorers' records.
- D
Water matters in the later example too, but that doesn't make it the main focus of the traditional sources.
- ECorrect
The first paragraph identifies accounts written by European American explorers during the 1800s. E gives the source description directly.
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