Chapter 1: Introduction to History Flashcards
What is the definition of history?
History is the study of past events, particularly in human affairs.
What are the elements of history?
The elements of history include events, people, places, and time.
What is the nature of history?
The nature of history involves understanding the context and significance of past events.
Why is the study of history important?
The study of history is important because it helps us understand our past and informs our present and future.
How is history related to other social sciences?
History is related to other social sciences as it provides context and background for understanding human behavior and societal changes.
What are the sources of history?
Sources of history include primary and secondary sources that provide evidence about past events.
What are the types of historical sources?
Types of historical sources include written documents, oral histories, artifacts, and more.
What is ‘Historia’ in Spanish?
‘Historia’ is the Spanish term for history.
What is ‘Historie’ in French?
‘Historie’ is the French term for history.
What is ‘Gesichte’ in German?
‘Gesichte’ is the German term for history.
What is the Greek word for history?
Historie or Historia
What does the term ‘history’ mean?
Learning, inquiry or investigation
What is the Filipino word for history?
Kasaysayan
What does ‘saysay’ mean in Filipino?
Meaning
What does ‘salaysay’ mean in Filipino?
Narrative or a story
Who used the term ‘history’?
The Greek Philosopher Aristotle.
What is necessary for true history according to Ambeth Ocampo?
Without both, you cannot have true history.
(Ambeth Ocampo, 2014)
What is history a branch of?
Social Sciences
What does history systematically study?
The past, records and explains past events concerning people and human nature.
What is historiography?
It refers to the study of history itself.
What does historiography analyze?
It analyzes who is the history writer, the motives of the writer, the sources of the writer, theories applied and other historical records.
What are the elements of history?
The elements include the historian, place, period, and sources.
What is the nature of history as an academic discipline?
History synthesizes knowledge from other fields.
What does history illuminate?
History illuminates pieces of the past.
How is history characterized in terms of change?
History is constantly changing.
What does history shed light on?
History sheds light to truth.
What is the subject matter of history?
History has no subject matter of its own; it covers all persons and events that have happened in the past.
What aspects does history cover?
History covers everything that has happened in society, including political, economic, and cultural aspects.
How does history synthesize knowledge?
History synthesizes knowledge from other fields of social sciences such as anthropology, sociology, and economics.
What does history analyze?
History analyzes the relations of different events, their causes and effects, using knowledge from other social sciences.
What does history provide regarding the past?
History illuminates pieces of the past and provides explanations of things that happened.
How does history explain unexplainable gaps?
By looking at the relationships of different events and phenomena, history provides explanations for unexplainable gaps.
What is the nature of history?
History is constantly changing as new data are discovered.
What does a historian base their analysis on?
A historian makes an analysis based only on available sources of data.
How can historical accounts change?
Previous historical accounts can be changed when new data are discovered.
What does history provide in terms of truth?
History sheds light to truth based on available data.
What types of sources do historians use?
Historians use both written sources and unwritten sources such as oral accounts and traditions.
What is the importance of studying history?
It provides us with the capacity to analyze and a strong basis for addressing present problems.
How does historical view impact the present and future?
Our historical view will inform how we prepare for the present and the future.
Why study history?
To know about the roots of our current culture.
Why study history?
To learn about human nature by looking at the trends that repeat through history.
Why study history?
To learn about mistakes of those who have gone before us.
What is the difference between history and kasaysayan?
History can be a mere narrative of past events, while kasaysayan must have saysay or meaning.
What does saysay provide?
A way of looking at the world, a Filipino viewpoint that influences the way we see the past, present, and future.
How does history contribute to identity?
History helps people see their past, giving them a sense of being Filipinos.
What is the role of memory in identity?
Memory gives us our individual identities, while history contributes to a national memory and eventually national identity.
What is archaeology?
The scientific study of material remains of past human life and activities.
How do historians use archaeology?
Through investigations of artifacts, historians can draw important analysis and interpretation and describe the lives and culture of the people that owned the artifacts.
What is the study of anthropology?
The study of human beings and their ancestors through time and space and in relation to physical character, environmental and social relation, and culture.
What is a primary source?
It provides direct or firsthand evidence, created by the people who experienced the event.
What is a secondary source?
It is the interpretation of history by studying and analyzing primary sources, created by people who were not part of the event.
What is a tertiary source?
It contains information that has been compiled from primary and secondary sources.
What are examples of historical sources?
Archival materials, government documents, serials, visual and audio materials.
