SwitchedOn Education: "SA Social Studies 700" Unit 1 Quiz 1

Which word is best defined as "A person who writes about people and events"?

• Historian

• History

• Culture

• Politician

True or False:

History is defined as "the human record of man and his relationship towards God, mankind, and his environment".

• True

• False

Which word is describes as "all the knowledge and values shared by a society, including religion, government, behaviour patterns and customs, economics, technology, art and architecture, and literature"?

• Historian

• Sociology

• Culture

• History

What is a 'Jack of all trades'?

• A person skilled in a variety of different jobs.

• A tool that was invented in Biblical times.

• A person who is NOT skilled in a variety of different jobs.

• A person who did metal work in the Bible.

True or False:

Each person has a different understanding of the term 'history'.

• True

• False

True or False:

History cannot tell all of human past because we does not know all about our past.

• True

• False

What is NOT major category of human culture?

• Religion

• Government

• Economics

• Technology

• Rituals

True or False:

History should include all the story of mankind in the setting of his entire culture.

• True

• False

Please explain why you think history is important? [4 marks]

Answer explanation

1. To help solve man's problems

2. To understand man's nature

3. To build unity in the world

4. To resolve man's problems

5. To show everyone that God has blessed them

True or False:

When studying history, we need to remember that there are different perspectives for the same events.

• True

• False