Foundations In History

Question 1

Why study History?

Answer 1

1. To learn about our past,
2. To understand the present,
3. To appreciate our heritage in a broad perspective,
4. To acquire a background for critical thinking

Question 2

who enumerated the reasons why study History?

Answer 2

Marvin Perry in 1988

Question 3

learn about the challenges and achievements of our ancestors

Answer 3

To learn about our past

Question 4

more knowledge of the past, more insight of the present.

Answer 4

To understand the present

Question 5

Greater appreciation of your heritage.

Answer 5

To appreciate our heritage in a broad perspective

Question 6

Problems and their solutions are central to any survey of history.

Answer 6

To acquire a background for critical thinking

Question 7

Meaning of History

Answer 7

1. Yesterday of Mankind.
2. Record of the Past
3. The story of all Filipinos.
4. Historical Forces

Question 8

Without knowledge of yesterday, without any memory, there is no guide to tomorrow.

Answer 8

Yesterday of Mankind

Question 9

changes can become progress – movement toward a goal, a better world in which Filipinos can live securely, meaningfully, nobly

Answer 9

Record of the Past

Question 10

what had happened to actual men and women as they strove and searched for the good life. It tries to tell not only what happened, but why it happened.

Answer 10

The story of all Filipinos

Question 11

History has often been shaped by certain forces

Answer 11

Historical Forces

Question 12

8 Historical Forces

Answer 12

Geography, Economy, Politics, Religion, Education, Humanities, Wars, Civilization

Question 13

The influence of the environment

Answer 13

Geography

Question 14

The kind of living they had

Answer 14

Economy

Question 15

How they governed themselves

Answer 15

Politics

Question 16

How science, invention and research played an important part in their lives

Answer 16

Education

Question 17

How religion influenced the lives of me

Answer 17

Religion

Question 18

How the arts – literature, painting, sculpture, architecture and music reflected the people who created them

Answer 18

Humanities

Question 19

How did men seek peaceful solutions to their conflicts

Answer 19

Wars

Question 20

What led to their rise, fall and decline.

Answer 20

Civilization

Question 21

Deals with the study of significant events in the past in order to ascertain the truth.

Answer 21

History

Question 22

includes records or accounts usually written in a sequential arrangement of past events.

Answer 22

History

Question 23

Two types of historical epoch

Answer 23

1. Prehistoric past.
2. Historic past.

Question 24

Refers to the time before man invented writing.

Answer 24

Prehistoric past

Question 25

Historians rely on physical evidence like skeletal remains, fossils and artifacts to ascertain what really transpired during this period.

Answer 25

Prehistoric past

Question 26

Refers to the period where events are recorded through written documents.

Answer 26

Historic past

Question 27

4 period of historic past

Answer 27

ancient past, medieval ages, modern period, and postmodern period.

Question 28

Sources of Historical Data

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Written sources. Orally transmitted materials. Artistic production. Electronic data. Relics and remains.

Question 29

Everything that is written; ex, letters, diaries, journals, wills, testaments, books, periodicals, and others.

Answer 29

Written sources

Question 30

Everything that is unwritten and passed on through word or mouth; ex, myths, folklore, legends, tula, balagtasan, pabula.

Answer 30

Orally transmitted materials

Question 31

Such as historical paintings, portraits, vases, carvings, engravings, sketches.

Answer 31

Artistic production

Question 32

Everything produced through the use of energy like films, documentaries, radio, television.

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Electronic data

Question 33

Include fossils, artifacts, bones, vases, potteries.

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Relics and remains

Question 34

Historical events are determined by fate and destiny.

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Greek and Romans

Question 35

There is a divine concern for the welfare of mankind.

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The Christian View of History

Question 36

Believed that history is the result of chance and fortuity.

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Voltaire

Question 37

Formulated the materialistic conception of history. That every epoch in history was inspired and dominated by some specific idea.

Answer 37

Hegel

Question 38

the rule of the survival of the fittest applies and that acquired characteristics of society are passed on to succeeding generations.

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The Darwinian theory of evolution

Question 39

Economic life primarily determines the general character of the social, political and cultural processes of life, which shifts as the economic foundation changes.

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The Marxian philosophy

Question 40

original materials created at the time of an event or by a witness to an event. Firsthand accounts or evidence of an event or time period. ex, Diaries and Journals, Letters, Photographs, Artifacts.

Answer 40

Primary Sources

Question 41

are written after the fact and provide analysis or interpretation of the primary sources. Interpretations or analyses of primary sources. These sources provide commentary, analysis, or evaluation of events or people. ex. Textbooks, Biography, Documentaries

Answer 41

Secondary Sources