prelims Flashcards
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Anything intimately connected to a prior event,
person, or era is considered ____________?
Historical Evidence
_____________? sources were “eyewitnesses,” or participants in the actual history, of
the event.
Primary sources
___________ source?, They were not
“eyewitnesses” to history since they were not personally involved in the events we are
investigating.
Secondary sources
Example of Primary Sources
Written records, such as letters, diaries, journals, official documents, and speeches, are
included here (written or printed)
are items that were produced by someone who did not personally
experience the history under study. A secondary source typically draws its information from
primary sources and bases its interpretation on the data presented there
Secondary source
A specific type of literary study called _________________? considers a text in the
perspective of all of human history.
historical criticism
The authenticity of the document is the subject of? _______________ Researchers must
decide whether a document’s content is accurate after it has been confirmed to be authentic.
external criticism
on the other hand, tries to prove the document’s content’s reliability. The
process of determining if the information contained in a document is reliable is known as ________________?
Internal criticism
are specialists in analyzing and interpreting
changes in human identity as well as changes in society and civilizations over time.
historians
The human mind is fundamentally shaped by the idea of history
philosophy of history
the study of history is the study of change across time. Historians try
to explain this change in some detail.
Historical Methodology
The author must include _________and personal reflections on the issue.
analysis
______________? is the
study of history writing
Historiography
while _________________is the study of the past as it relates to humanity.
history
Writing about history is the subject of
________________
Historiography
