Meaning and Relevance of History

Question 1

What does the teachings of history aims for us?

Answer 1

Explain the present, To analyze it, and Trace it’s course

Question 2

What two words cause and effect relationship in history?

Answer 2

Past and present

Question 3

It is the records of past event

Answer 3

History

Question 4

What does “his” mean

Answer 4

People of old times

Question 5

History is derived from what greek word?

Answer 5

istoia, means learning

Question 6

What are the roles of a historian

Answer 6

• draw insights from ideas and realities
• ask questions and find evidencd
• clues in the writings and pictures they find
• they interpret historical facts and evidences
• give meaning to these facts and organize a timeline
• gather information to put together a story of the past
• gather evidences from different sources

Question 7

Who said this? “It is the result of the interaction between the hitorian and his facts, a perpetual dialogue between the present and past.”

Answer 7

Edward Hallet Carr

Question 8

Basic Historical Facts (what, who, where, when)

Answer 8

Elementary

Question 9

Historical Details (How)

Answer 9

Highschool

Question 10

Historical Analysis (Why)

Answer 10

College

Question 11

What are the uses of history?

Answer 11

• Bridging the gap between the present
• Explaining causes of things and events
• Projecting the future
• Promoting nationalism and patriotism

Question 12

What are the 3 R’s

Answer 12

Recall, Realize, Repeat

Question 13

Enumerate who makes history?

Answer 13

Historian, Cryptographer, Archaeologist, Anthropologist, Paleontologist, and Geologist

Question 14

Writes and studies the records of the past.

Answer 14

Historian

Question 15

Deciphers the meanings of ancient writings.

Answer 15

Cryptographer

Question 16

Studies the remains of ancient civilizations.

Answer 16

Archaelogist

Question 17

Gives a background on the cultural history of ancient people.

Answer 17

Anthropologist

Question 18

Provides data regarding fossils of plants and animals that primitive people encountered

Answer 18

Paleontologist

Question 19

Analyzes fossils and give an estimate on the condition of the earth during the specific historical era.

Answer 19

Geologist

Question 20

Why is historian and facts necessary to one another?

Answer 20

The historian without his facts is rootless and futile; the facts without their historian are dead and meaningless.

Question 21

Is it possible the same event in history be interpreted in different ways by two different historians?

Answer 21

Yes! History is highly interpretative.

Question 22

What are the things we examine when we read history?

Answer 22

• Different interpretations of the author.
• The dates
• The circumstances surrounding the historical writings.

Question 23

What is the writing of history called?

Answer 23

Historiography

Question 24

How is history written?

Answer 24

1. Historian find evidences that survived from the past, wherever they can be found.
2. Make sure that these remnants or relics are genuine artifacts, and not fake.
3. Finally, must give meaning to these remnants of the past by interpreting them.

Question 25

What are the questions historiography answers?

Answer 25

1. What is history?
2. Why study history?
3. History for whom?

Question 26

What is the relevance to life of studying history?

Answer 26

1. Develop an appreciation to society
2. Awareness of identity and traditions
3. Role of women in shaping the past

Question 27

What does employers tend to see those with a history education?

Answer 27

I, O, D, G, A, A

Question 28

Father of history

Answer 28

Herodotus

Question 29

What are the major view or philosophies in History?

Answer 29

• Classical View
• Leftist view
• Relativist View
• Providential View
• Progressive View