MODULE 1 Flashcards
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Q: What is history concerned with?
A: History is concerned with man in time and space, focusing on human development, events, and activities in their physical and geographical environment.
Q: What does history deal with in terms of time?
A: History deals with a series of events, each happening at a specific point in time.
Q: What is the role of historians in recording history?
A: Historians carefully base their data on original sources and make them free from subjective interpretation.
Q: How does history go beyond narration?
A: History involves analysis, explaining events and how they change society over time.
Q: What makes history comprehensive?
A: History is not limited to one period or country; it covers political, social, economic, religious, literary, aesthetic, and physical aspects, providing a global perspective.
Q: What are the necessary requisites of history?
A: Continuity and coherence, monitoring society’s development across generations.
Q: Why is history relevant?
A: It covers significant events that have influenced society and are essential for understanding the present.
Q: How does history serve as a dialogue?
A: History is a dialogue between past events and the progressively emerging future, using past events as predictors of new objectives.
Q: Why is history considered multi-sided?
A: History covers various aspects of human life that are interrelated, such as politics, which can affect other areas of society.
Q: How is history a study of man?
A: History traces man’s struggles, development, and efforts to control the environment and how present institutions have grown out of the past.
Q: What is the relationship between the past and the present in history?
A: The present owes its existence to the past, and understanding the present requires knowing the past.
Q: What is the etymology of the word “history”?
A: The word “history” comes from the Greek term “historia,” meaning inquiry or knowledge acquired by investigation.
Q: How did the Romans influence the study of history?
A: The Romans used the term “historia” for both “history” and “story,” with historians like Livy and Tacitus shaping historical narratives.
Q: What is historiography?
A: Historiography is the systematic approach to recording and studying the past, developed by ancient Greek civilizations.
Q: How is history defined in European languages?
A: History is defined as “story.” The words “historia” (Spanish), “histoire” (French), and “geschichte” (German) all mean “story.”
Q: From the Western perspective, how is history viewed?
A: History is viewed as the study or record of past events, emphasizing chronological order, narrative construction, and critical analysis.
Q: What does the Encyclopedia Britannica define history as?
A: “The discipline that studies the chronological order of events (as affecting a nation or people), based on a critical examination of source materials and usually presenting an explanation of their causes.”
Q: According to Calderon and Gonzales, what does history mean?
A: History means the search for knowledge and truth, an integrated narrative or description of past events or facts written in a spirit of critical inquiry for the whole truth.
Q: What is history in its simplest meaning?
A: History is the search for knowledge and truth, a discipline that studies the chronological order of events, and the study or record of past events.
Q: Why is history considered the study of the present in the light of the past?
A: Because the present owes its existence to the past, and understanding the present requires knowledge of the past.
Q: What does history trace about man’s struggles?
A: History traces man’s engagement in wars, struggles for independence, and development through the ages.
A: History traces man’s engagement in wars, struggles for independence, and development through the ages.
Q: How is history concerned with man in time?
A: History deals with a series of events that happen at specific points in time, focusing on human development over time.
Q: How is history concerned with man in space?
A: History discusses nations and human activities in the context of their physical and geographical environment.
Q: Why is history relevant to mankind?
A: History is relevant as it helps understand the complexities of human experience and provides insights into the challenges and triumphs that shaped our present reality.
