Readings in Phil. History Quiz 1 for Prelim Period

known as the study of the past.

• History

• Science

• Sociology

• Philosophy

HISTORY was derived from the Greek word (a)   which means “knowledge acquired through inquiry or investigation”.

Examples are (a)   in forms of epics and songs, artifacts, architecture and memory.

_____________________________object of study is the past, the events that happened in the past, and the causes of such events.

• History

• historiography

• sociology

• anthropology

_____________________________object of study, on the other hand, is history itself

• History

• historiography

• sociology

• anthropology

_________________________is the school of thought that emerged between the eighteenth and nineteenth century. This thought requires empirical and observable evidence before one can claim that a particular knowledge is true.

• Positivism

• Post colonialism

• Socialism

• egoism

_________________________is a school of thought that emerged in the early twentieth century when formerly colonized nations grappled with the idea of creating their identities and understanding their societies against the shadows of their colonial past.

• Positivism

• Post colonialism

• Socialism

• egoism

(a)   comprises certain techniques and rules that historians follow in order to properly utilize sources and historical evidences in writing history.

With the past as history’s subject matter, the historian’s most important research tools are (a)  

_______________are those sources produced at the same time as the event, period or subject being studied. For example, if a historian wishes to study the Commonwealth Constitution Convention of 1935,.

• primary sources

• secondary sources

• tertiary source

• none of the options