Divisions and Definitions of History

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What is the traditional definition of history?

The reconstruction of the past based on available written records, oral history, cultural artifacts, and folk traditions

The study of events and developments

The records of the past (correct)

The inquiry designed to elicit the truth

What does the modern definition of history involve?

Discovering patterns and trends

Collection, analysis, and synthesis of sources (correct)

Reconstruction of the past based on available written records, oral history, cultural artifacts, and folk traditions

Interpreting and recreating facts in an orderly and intelligible manner

Which type of history refers to early times with no written records?

Oral history

Modern history

Unrecorded history (pre-historic) (correct)

Traditional history

What is the Greek word for history?

Historia Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of history?

To record the past Signup and view all the answers

What is the traditional definition of history?

The past of mankind Signup and view all the answers

What does the modern definition of history involve?

A record of the past based on available written records, oral history, cultural artifacts, and folk traditions Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of history?

To study events and developments Signup and view all the answers

Based on the text, what is considered as records in the traditional definition of history?

Written accounts only Signup and view all the answers

What does unrecorded history refer to?

Early times with no written records Signup and view all the answers

Divisions and Definitions of History

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What is the traditional definition of history?

What does the modern definition of history involve?

Which type of history refers to early times with no written records?

What is the Greek word for history?

What is the purpose of history?

What is the traditional definition of history?

What does the modern definition of history involve?

What is the purpose of history?

Based on the text, what is considered as records in the traditional definition of history?

What does unrecorded history refer to?

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