The Meaning of History, Sources of Historical Data and Historical Criticisms

Question 1

The origin of the word history: Greek word “_” means _.

Answer 1

historia, learning by inquiry

Question 2

_ is referred usually for accounts of phenomena, especially human affairs in chronological order.

Answer 2

History

Question 3

The two kinds of history are: _ and _.

Answer 3

Factual history, Speculative history

Question 4

_ presents readers he plain and basic information vis0a vis the events that took place (wat), the time and date which the events happened (when), the place with which the events took place, and the people that were involved (who).

Answer 4

Factual history

Question 5

_ goes beyond facts because it is concerned about the reasons for which events happened (why), and the way they happened (how). They speculate cause and effect of an event.

Answer 5

Speculative History

Question 6

_ deals wiht the study of past events.

Answer 6

History

Question 7

It is the _ that seek to understand the present by examining wat went before. They undertake historical research to come up with meaningful and organized rebuilding of the past.

Answer 7

Historians

Question 8

The limitation of historical knowledge lies on the _.

Answer 8

Incompleteness of records

Question 9

The whole history of the past (called ) can be known to a historian only through the surviving records (), and most of history-as-record is only a tiny part the whole phenomenon.

Answer 9

history-as-actuality, history-as-record

Question 10

Historians study the records or evidence that _. They tell history from what they understood as a credible part of the record. However, their claims may remain variable as there can be historical records that could be discovered, which may affirm or refute those that they have already presented. This explains the “incompleteness” of the “object” that historians study.

Answer 10

survived the time

Question 11

The aim of a historian is _.

Answer 11

Versimilitude

Question 12

Verisimilitude includes: _, _, and _.

Answer 12

Truth, Authenticity, Plausibility

Question 13

_ is the process of critically examining and analyzing the recodes and survivals of the past.

Answer 13

Historical Method

Question 14

_ is the imaginative reconstruction of the past from the data derived by that process.

Answer 14

Historiagraphy

Question 15

_ is the practice of historical writing. It is also the traditional method in doing historical research that focus on gathering documents from different libraries and archives to form pool of evidence needed in making a descriptive or analytical narrative.

Answer 15

Historiography

Question 16

The _ writing does not only include examination of documents but also the use of _ from related areas of study such as archeology and geography.

Answer 16

modern historical

Question 17

_ is also an important element of historical method.

Answer 17

Historical analysis

Question 18

In historical analysis, historians: _, _, and _.

Answer 18

1. Select to investigate,,
2. Collect probable sources of information on the subject;
3. Examine the sources genuineness,
4. Extract credible particulars form the sources