Chapter 1: Introduction to History

Question 1

What is the definition of history?

Answer 1

History is the study of past events, particularly in human affairs.

Question 2

What are the elements of history?

Answer 2

The elements of history include events, people, places, and time.

Question 3

What is the nature of history?

Answer 3

The nature of history involves understanding the context and significance of past events.

Question 4

Why is the study of history important?

Answer 4

The study of history is important because it helps us understand our past and informs our present and future.

Question 5

How is history related to other social sciences?

Answer 5

History is related to other social sciences as it provides context and background for understanding human behavior and societal changes.

Question 6

What are the sources of history?

Answer 6

Sources of history include primary and secondary sources that provide evidence about past events.

Question 7

What are the types of historical sources?

Answer 7

Types of historical sources include written documents, oral histories, artifacts, and more.

Question 8

What is ‘Historia’ in Spanish?

Answer 8

‘Historia’ is the Spanish term for history.

Question 9

What is ‘Historie’ in French?

Answer 9

‘Historie’ is the French term for history.

Question 10

What is ‘Gesichte’ in German?

Answer 10

‘Gesichte’ is the German term for history.

Question 11

What is the Greek word for history?

Answer 11

Historie or Historia

Question 12

What does the term ‘history’ mean?

Answer 12

Learning, inquiry or investigation

Question 13

What is the Filipino word for history?

Answer 13

Kasaysayan

Question 14

What does ‘saysay’ mean in Filipino?

Answer 14

Meaning

Question 15

What does ‘salaysay’ mean in Filipino?

Answer 15

Narrative or a story

Question 16

Who used the term ‘history’?

Answer 16

The Greek Philosopher Aristotle.

Question 17

What is necessary for true history according to Ambeth Ocampo?

Answer 17

Without both, you cannot have true history.

(Ambeth Ocampo, 2014)

Question 18

What is history a branch of?

Answer 18

Social Sciences

Question 19

What does history systematically study?

Answer 19

The past, records and explains past events concerning people and human nature.

Question 20

What is historiography?

Answer 20

It refers to the study of history itself.

Question 21

What does historiography analyze?

Answer 21

It analyzes who is the history writer, the motives of the writer, the sources of the writer, theories applied and other historical records.

Question 22

What are the elements of history?

Answer 22

The elements include the historian, place, period, and sources.

Question 23

What is the nature of history as an academic discipline?

Answer 23

History synthesizes knowledge from other fields.

Question 24

What does history illuminate?

Answer 24

History illuminates pieces of the past.

Question 25

How is history characterized in terms of change?

Answer 25

History is constantly changing.

Question 26

What does history shed light on?

Answer 26

History sheds light to truth.

Question 27

What is the subject matter of history?

Answer 27

History has no subject matter of its own; it covers all persons and events that have happened in the past.

Question 28

What aspects does history cover?

Answer 28

History covers everything that has happened in society, including political, economic, and cultural aspects.

Question 29

How does history synthesize knowledge?

Answer 29

History synthesizes knowledge from other fields of social sciences such as anthropology, sociology, and economics.

Question 30

What does history analyze?

Answer 30

History analyzes the relations of different events, their causes and effects, using knowledge from other social sciences.

Question 31

What does history provide regarding the past?

Answer 31

History illuminates pieces of the past and provides explanations of things that happened.

Question 32

How does history explain unexplainable gaps?

Answer 32

By looking at the relationships of different events and phenomena, history provides explanations for unexplainable gaps.

Question 33

What is the nature of history?

Answer 33

History is constantly changing as new data are discovered.

Question 34

What does a historian base their analysis on?

Answer 34

A historian makes an analysis based only on available sources of data.

Question 35

How can historical accounts change?

Answer 35

Previous historical accounts can be changed when new data are discovered.

Question 36

What does history provide in terms of truth?

Answer 36

History sheds light to truth based on available data.

Question 37

What types of sources do historians use?

Answer 37

Historians use both written sources and unwritten sources such as oral accounts and traditions.

Question 38

What is the importance of studying history?

Answer 38

It provides us with the capacity to analyze and a strong basis for addressing present problems.

Question 39

How does historical view impact the present and future?

Answer 39

Our historical view will inform how we prepare for the present and the future.

Question 40

Why study history?

Answer 40

To know about the roots of our current culture.

Question 41

Why study history?

Answer 41

To learn about human nature by looking at the trends that repeat through history.

Question 42

Why study history?

Answer 42

To learn about mistakes of those who have gone before us.

Question 43

What is the difference between history and kasaysayan?

Answer 43

History can be a mere narrative of past events, while kasaysayan must have saysay or meaning.

Question 44

What does saysay provide?

Answer 44

A way of looking at the world, a Filipino viewpoint that influences the way we see the past, present, and future.

Question 45

How does history contribute to identity?

Answer 45

History helps people see their past, giving them a sense of being Filipinos.

Question 46

What is the role of memory in identity?

Answer 46

Memory gives us our individual identities, while history contributes to a national memory and eventually national identity.

Question 47

What is archaeology?

Answer 47

The scientific study of material remains of past human life and activities.

Question 48

How do historians use archaeology?

Answer 48

Through investigations of artifacts, historians can draw important analysis and interpretation and describe the lives and culture of the people that owned the artifacts.

Question 49

What is the study of anthropology?

Answer 49

The study of human beings and their ancestors through time and space and in relation to physical character, environmental and social relation, and culture.

Question 50

What is a primary source?

Answer 50

It provides direct or firsthand evidence, created by the people who experienced the event.

Question 51

What is a secondary source?

Answer 51

It is the interpretation of history by studying and analyzing primary sources, created by people who were not part of the event.

Question 52

What is a tertiary source?

Answer 52

It contains information that has been compiled from primary and secondary sources.

Question 53

What are examples of historical sources?

Answer 53

Archival materials, government documents, serials, visual and audio materials.