MATSEC SEC History Practice Questions - Malta Secondary Education Certificate (SEC) History - SEC 18 (2026) Exam - MATSEC SEC History Practice Questions - Malta Secondary Education Certificate (SEC) History

Question 1

In historical study, a letter written by a Maltese merchant in 1798 describing the French occupation is best classified as which type of source?

A secondary source because it is written in prose A primary source because it is a contemporary eyewitness or participant account A tertiary source because merchants are not historians An unreliable source that must never be used

Correct Answer:

A primary source because it is a contemporary eyewitness or participant account

Question 2

A modern textbook chapter explaining the causes of the French Revolution is an example of a:

Primary source Secondary source Artefact source only Statistical census return

Correct Answer:

Secondary source

Question 3

When a historian notes that a newspaper article strongly favours one political party and omits opposing views, the historian is mainly assessing:

Chronology Bias and reliability Cartography Paleography only

Correct Answer:

Bias and reliability

Question 4

Which statement correctly distinguishes fact from opinion in a historical source?

“Napoleon was crowned Emperor in 1804” is an opinion; “Napoleon was a great man” is a fact “The Bastille fell in July 1789” is a verifiable fact; “the Revolution was entirely justified” is a judgement/opinion All statements in primary sources are facts Opinions never appear in secondary sources

Correct Answer:

“The Bastille fell in July 1789” is a verifiable fact; “the Revolution was entirely justified” is a judgement/opinion

Question 5

Placing the Fall of the Bastille (1789), Napoleon’s coup (1799), and the Congress of Vienna (1814–15) in that order is an application of which historical concept?

Empathy alone Sequence and chronology Colonisation Historiography only

Correct Answer:

Sequence and chronology

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