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Introduction to History

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Refers to remains discovered in Lipuun Point in Quezon, Palawan in the Philippines.

a)

Tabon Man

b)

Neanderthals

c)

Homo luzonensis

d)

Homo floresiensis

2.

It is the study of the past, the events that happened in the past, and the causes of such events.

a)

History

b)

Historiography

c)

Historiographer

d)

Historism

3.

An American anthropologist of the National Museum of the Philippines who discovered the Tabon Man.

a)

Robert Martin

b)

Robert Flint

c)

Robert Fox

d)

Robert Styles

4.

Under this school of thought, historians are expected to be objective and impartial not just in their arguments but also on their conduct of historical research.

a)

Positivism

b)

Postcolonialism

c)

Pre-colonialism

d)

Negativism

5.

It is the history of history.

a)

History

b)

Historiography

c)

Historiographer

d)

Historism

6.

It was Lean’s first day in his first year of college in a big university. His excitement made him come to class unusually early and he found their classroom empty. He explored the classroom and sat at the teacher’s table. He looked at the table drawer and saw a book entitled U.G An Underground Tale: The Journey of Edgar Jopson and the First Quarter Storm Generation. He started reading the book and realized that it was a biography of a student leader turned political activist during the time of Ferdinand Marcos. The author used interviews with friends and family of Jopson, and other primary documents related to his works and life.

 

Is the book a primary, secondary, or tertiary source?

(a)  

7.

History was derived from the Greek word _______ which means “knowledge acquired through inquiry or investigation.

a)

histori

b)

hysteria

c)

historia

d)

historism

8.

This thought requires empirical and observable evidence before one can claim that a particular knowledge is true.

a)

Positivism

b)

Postcolonialism

c)

Pre-colonialism

d)

Negativism

9.

It comprises certain techniques and rules that historians follow in order to properly utilize sources and historical evidences in writing history.

a)

Historical Research

b)

Historical Strategy

c)

Historical Methodology

d)

Historical Approach

10.

This school of thought did away with the common historical subjects that were almost always related to the conduct of states and monarchs.

a)

Positivism

b)

Postcolonialism

c)

Annales School of History

d)

Pre-colonialism

11.

Are those sources, which were produced by an author who used primary sources to produce the material.

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Both Primary and Secondary

12.

It is the practice of verifying the authenticity of evidence by examining its physical characteristics.

a)

External Criticism

b)

Internal Criticism

c)

Primary Source

d)

Secondary Source

13.

According to Antonio de Morga, it was "the daily mainstay for the entire country, together with boiled fish of which there is an abundance, and pork or venison, likewise meat of wild buffalo or carabao."

a)

Root Crops

b)

Rice

c)

Wheat

d)

Sugarcane

14.

It is the examination of the truthfulness of the evidence. It looks at the content of the source and examines the circumstances of its production.

a)

External Criticism

b)

Internal Criticism

c)

Primary Source

d)

Secondary Source

15.

Are those sources produced at the same time as the event, period, or subject being studied.

a)

Primary

b)

Secondary

c)

Tertiary

d)

Both Primary and Secondary

16.

A school of thought that emerged in the early twentieth century when formerly colonized nations grappled with the idea of creating their identities and understanding their societies against the shadows of their colonial past.

a)

Positivism

b)

Postcolonialism

c)

Pre-colonialism

d)

Negativism

17.

It looks at the truthfulness and factuality of the evidence by looking at the author of the source, its context, the agenda behind its creation, the knowledge which informed it, and its intended purpose, among others.

a)

External Criticism

b)

Internal Criticism

c)

Primary Source

d)

Secondary Source

18.

Jose was exploring the library in his new school in manila. He wanted to study the history of Calamba, Laguna during the nineteenth century. In one of the books, he saw an old photograph of a woman standing in front of an old church, clipped among the pages. At the back of the photo was a fine inscription that says “Kalamba, 19 de Junio 1861.”

 

Is the photograph a primary, secondary, or tertiary source?

(a)  

19.

It was a home industry in which women not otherwise engaged in threshing and pounding palay in wooden mortars, were experts.

a)

Weaving

b)

Fishing

c)

Mining

d)

Lumbering

20.

They testified to the honesty of the pre-colonial Filipinos who paid their debts dutifully to the trusting Chinese upon the latter's return the following year.

a)

Indonesian Traders

b)

Chinese Traders

c)

Muslims

d)

Vietnamese Traders