Appreciating the Field of History

Question 1

__________ belongs to the field of Social Sciences. Likewise, Economics, Political Science, Anthropology, Psychology and Sociology, among others, are also classified under the Social Sciences.

Answer 1

History

Question 2

History is often defined as “the study of the _______”

Answer 2

past

Question 3

Greek word that refers to “the knowledge acquired through inquiry or investigation”

Answer 3

historia

Question 4

True or False

History came to be known as “the account of the past of a person or a group of people through written documents and historical evidences”.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

Historiography means?

Answer 5

“history of history”.

Question 6

History itself is a scientific discipline because it employs the rigors of __________________________________

Answer 6

research and methodology

Question 7

The process by which historians gather evidence and formulate ideas about the past.

Answer 7

Historical methodology

Question 8

A _____________ is a phrase or slogan repeated frequently serving as the principle that guides the behavior of those repeating it.

Answer 8

mantra

Question 9

True or False

The traditional historians mantra is “no document, no history”

Answer 9

True