History Quiz: The Study of Human Past

History is the systematic study and documentation of the human past, comprising past events, memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events.

Historians use historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers.

History is an academic discipline which uses a narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and effect.

<p>History differs from myth in that it is supported by verifiable evidence, while myth is not supported by external sources.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Some debatable aspects of history include the best narrative to explain an event, the significance of different causes and effects, and the nature of history as an end in itself, and its usefulness in giving perspective on the problems of the present.</p> Signup and view all the answers