Prelim Exam Readings in Philippines History

_____________is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events.

• history

• history

• biology

• arts

___________a 5th-century BC Greek historian, is often considered the "father of history" in the Western tradition, although he has also been criticized as the "father of lies"

• Herodotus

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Socrates

_________________presents readers the plain and basic information, the events that took place(what), the time and date with which the event happened(when), the place with which the event took(when), the place with which the event took place, and the people where they involve(who).

• factual history

• primitive history

• speculative history

• historiography

______________goes beyond facts because it concerned about the reasons for its events happened (why), and the way they happened (how) .It tries to speculate on the cause and effect of an event (Cantal, Cardinal Et. Al)

• Speculative history

• primitive history

• factual history

• historiography

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

• culture

• history

• historiography

• historical

There are two general kinds of historical sources. _________ are original, first-hand account of an event or period that are usually written or made during or close to the event or period. These sources are original and factual, not interpretive. Their key function is to provide facts.

• primary sources

• historical sources

• secondary sources

• secondary sources

There are two general kinds of historical sources. __________ are materials made by people long after the events being described had taken place to provide valuable interpretations of historical events.

• Secondary sources

• Tertiary Sources

• Primary sources

• Historical sources

Primary sources are often incomplete and have little context. Students must use prior knowledge and work with multiple primary sources to find patterns.

• True

• False

In analyzing primary sources, students move from concrete observations and facts to questioning and making inferences about the materials.

• True

• False

Secondary sources can provide analysis, synthesis, interpretation or evaluation of original information.

• True

• False