The document provides tips for answering source-based exam questions. It explains that there are different levels of questions that may ask how far, to what extent, or to compare and contrast. Students should look for both supporting and opposing arguments. The document also outlines the typical structure of a source-based exam, which usually includes 4 questions - one asking what the source says, one asking about a specific part of the source, one asking to compare and contrast sources, and one asking about the origins, purpose and limitations of the source. Sample exam questions are provided as examples.

1. To practice source questions.

2. Tips.
• Read the question properly, they happen at different
levels.
How far does,
To what extent,
• All implies a balanced argument. For and against.
• Compare and contrast means looking at what is similar
and what is different.
• What does the source say about…
• This is a basic type of question that is asking you to
interpret the source.

3. In the source exam… you have 4
questions.
• Q 1: What does the source say…
• Q1B. What does the source say about…..
• Q2: Compare and contrast.
• Q3: What are the Origins, purpose, values and
limitations of the source for someone studing…..
• Q4: Too what extent….

4. Q1: What is the message in this source?

5. Q1 B: What does the source say about
Africans in the slave trade?

6. Q. Compare and contrast Source A and
Source B: On the theme of African consent
to the slave trade?

7. Q. What are the origins, purpose, values and
limitations of this source on information regarding
the conditions of slaves during the slave trade?

8. Q. The ‘Conditions of the Slaves is
generally good.’ How far does this
source support this statement?

9. Q. Compare and contrast the sources.
What do they say about the hazards
facing enslaved people?

10. Q. What are the Origins, purpose, values and
limitations of this source on information
regarding the denial of human rights of enslaved
people?