History 1

Our history definition works with difficult vocabulary, so what

do we mean by a "systematic record?"

• A new Indie Rock band

• an organized listing of information

• A list of random facts

• events from the past

History, as a discipline of knowledge, concerns itself with

• The history of the earth

• The study of specific mountain ranges

• what humans have done in the past

• the rise and fall of animal species

How fast can a Gavarkian eat a classroom full of students?

• 30 seconds

• 2 minutes

• If you have to ask, it is too late

• Depends on what it had for breakfast

When we say that historians have to "reconstruct" historical events, we mean

• We have to hire people to reenact the event

• We wait for the event to happen again

• We use sources and artifacts to tell us what probably happened

• We rebuild historical buildings like the Parthenon in Memphis

History is the ​ (a)   of the ​ (b)   to

​ (c)   what was did and thought to ​ (d)  

• Systematic record
• human past
• reconstruct
• overcome challenges

Philosophically speaking, History is about

• how we are still impacted by the past

• learning lessons that could be applied to modern situations

• seeing how culture is influenced by the past

• Memorizing names and dates

The Vlarrin Larvae that I ate might make me feel dizzy

• True
• False

History is a large story that

• Tells us how our cultural world has changed over time

• is boring

• really is not relevant to me

• does not really impact my day to day lives, even if it is entertaining at times

History is

• about dead events

• influencing my every day life

• a specialized torture for students

• only about what happened in the past

When we say history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes, we mean

• History is like a song

• History is like a poem

• events will never happen again, but similar events will

• it is easy to write about