What are the characteristics of primary sources? Choose four correct answers.They are created by someone who saw or lived through an event.They have been examined and explained by modern historians.They show firsthand knowledge of the time period.They have not been interpreted by someone else.They were written years after an event occurs.They are from the time period.

Primary sources provide original, firsthand evidence about a time period. They may be created by someone who experienced an event, show firsthand knowledge, and come from the period itself. They have not been interpreted by someone else; an account examined and explained by modern historians is a secondary source, so B is not correct.

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