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History Definition and Branches
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History Definition and Branches

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The word 'history' comes from the Greek word 'istoria' which means 'knowing by inquiry'.

True

Economic History analyzes economies of the past using only historical methods.

False

Social History studies the experiences of ordinary people in the present.

False

Narrative-Chronology method focuses more on analysis rather than the role of accidents in history.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Biography-Hagiography is a method that mainly looks at the agency of one individual in history.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Positivism in history embraces human agency and provides an inaccurate vision of the past.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Political History deals with analyzing natural phenomena and environmental factors.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

Dialectics-Analysis in history creates orthodoxies that are rigid and unchanging.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

History records and explains what people have thought, said, and done in the past.

<p>True</p> Signup and view all the answers

Intellectual History studies only physical objects from the past.

<p>False</p> Signup and view all the answers

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