Question

Which of the following describes an advantage that secondary sources have over primary sources for historians?
a. They can offer historians a firsthand interpretation of an important event.
b. They can provide a general summary of evidence other historians have discovered.
c. They can act as hard evidence to prove whether a society used a particular tool.
d. They can reveal to a historian exactly how people of an ancient culture lived.

Answer 1

One advantage that secondary sources have over primary sources for historians would be that "b. They can provide a general summary of evidence other historians have discovered," since this can often be helpful when trying to distill a great deal of information at once.