Why do we study history?

Learning about the past us ________the present

• understand

• avoid

• restore

• duplicate

Historians use the following clues to study the past

• oral tradition

• printed sources

• archives

• all of the above

What does the past refers to ?

• The time of the caveman

• Important events like war

• before the modern era

• Everything that happen before today

Which of the following is a true statement about studying history?

• The past is not worth studying.

• The past was always better.

• The past helps us make decisions.

• The past needs to be forgotten.

Events that happen in the past help explain why

• We speak the language that we do

• We enjoy certain pastimes (activities)

• We use the technologies that we use

• All of the above

As a historian you need to

• question all claims and evidence

• forget about biases

• Think about a single perspective on the accounts of the events

• All of the above

you should learn History because

• In order to contribute to make a better world

• to make worse decisions

• To become powerful and rich

• None of the above

History is

• one single story that everyone agrees on

• different accounts of events depending on people's perspectives.

• memorizing facts about the past.

• only useful if you want to be a historian

 

What is an "account" of history?

• How to research to find evidence.

• Facts.

• A personal interpretation of an event

• Questions you ask to solve a problem.

 

If you read an article online

• You know it must be true because no one has bias.Y

• you should question if the evidence is reliable

• you should believe everything it says

• All of the above