Different History, Schools of History

Question 1

Emerged between 18th and 19th century, thought requires empirical and observable evidence before one can claim that a particular knowledge is true entails an objective mean of arriving at a conclusion.

Answer 1

POSITIVISM

Question 2

Emerged in early 20th century when formerly colonized nations grapples with the idea of creating their identities and understanding
their societies against the shadows of their colonial past. Candelaria in 2018 projects that this looks at 2 things in writing history:
* To tell history of their nation that will highlight their identity free from that of colonial discourse and knowledge; and
* To criticize the methods, effects and idea of colonialism. Postcolonial history therefore a reaction and an alternative to the
colonial history that colonial powers created and taught to their
subjects

Answer 2

POSTCOLONIALISM

Question 3

is a discipline that is especially helpful in dealing
with buried sites and objects, which once
unearthed, contribute to the study of history.
sources. (Carr, 1961)

Answer 3

archaeology

Question 4

refers to the systematic writing of history, especially
based on the critical examination of sources, the
selection of particular details from the authentic
materials in those sources, and the synthesis of
those details into narrative form. (Carr, 1961)

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HISTORIAGRAPHY

Question 5

– the study from the beginning of human history
until the Early Middle Ages

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Ancient History

Question 6

– science of localizing historical events in time.

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chronology

Question 7

the study of changes in and social context of the
art

Answer 7

Art History

Question 8

study of historical events that are immediately
relevant to the present time

Answer 8

contemporary history

Question 9

the use of computing technologies to produce
digital scholarship

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digital history

Question 10

– study of economic trends and conditions in the
past.

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economic history

Question 11

–a new field that emerged in the 1980s to look at
the history of the environment, especially in the
long run, and the impact of human activities upon
it

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environmental history

Question 12

– the study of the future: researches the medium
to long-term future of societies and of the physical
world.

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futurology

Question 13

– the study of ideas in the context of the cultures
that produced them and their development
overtime.

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Intellectual History

Question 14

– the study of ancient texts

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paleography

Question 15

– the study of politics in the past Psychohistory

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political history

Question 16

–the study of the process of social change
throughout history (Black, Demographic, History of
education, Ethnic, Family, Labor, Rural, Urban)

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social history

Question 17

– the history of female human beings. Gender
history is related and covers the perspective of
gender

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women history

Question 18

the history of female human beings. Gender
history is related and covers the perspective of
gender

Question 19

– study of history from a global perspective

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world history

Question 20

historic preservation, archival science, oral history,
museum curatorship and other relatable fields

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public history

Question 21

is a person who studies and writes about the past.
They are concerned with the continuous,
methodical narrative and research of past events
as relating to the human race (Collingwood, 1951).

Answer 21

historian