MODULE 2: CONTENT AND CONTEXTUAL ANALYSIS OF SELECTED PRIMARY S

Etymologically, HISTORY (from Greek word Historia, meaning “_______ acquired by ________)

(a)  

As a field of study, history is a study of people and its achievements from the beginning of written records to the present.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• PARTIALLY TRUE

Answer explanation

The answer is partially true given that the study of people falls under Anthropology although people can still be studied upon based on analytical history however, technically, this is not entirely true.

Under the category of literature, history is a form of fictional work because majority of historical pieces before are created by man's imagination.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• PARTIALLY TRUE

Answer explanation

The answer is partially true given that the study of people falls under Anthropology although people can still be studied upon based on analytical history however, technically, this is not entirely true.

History helps us understand the problems of the present.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• PARTIALLY TRUE

Answer explanation

The answer is partially true given that the study of people falls under Anthropology although people can still be studied upon based on analytical history however, technically, this is not entirely true.

History will never be a form of entertainment since it deals with facts and events that happened in the past which are no longer necessary in the present time.

• TRUE

• FALSE

• PARTIALLY TRUE

Answer explanation

The answer is partially true given that the study of people falls under Anthropology although people can still be studied upon based on analytical history however, technically, this is not entirely true.

It provides readers with the most fundamental information, including the events that occurred (what), the time and date of the event (when), the location of the event, and the participants (who).

(a)  

It goes beyond facts since it is concerned with the reasons events occurred (why) and the manner in which they occurred (how). In addition, it attempts to hypothesize the reason and consequence of an occurrence.

(a)  

(a)   is the conventional way of doing historical research that focuses on acquiring documents from various libraries and archives to construct a body of evidence necessary for composing descriptive or analytical narratives.

Resources are artifacts from the past or testimonies about the past that historians use to develop their own depictions of the past.

• True

• False

• Partially True

Answer explanation

The answer is Sources. Resources are diffrerent.

Primary and Secondary Sources are the two Historical Theories that are used by the historians to investigate what happened in the past.

• True

• False

• No comment

Answer explanation

The answer is Sources. Resources are diffrerent.