History: Study and Methodology
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What does the term 'history' encompass?

  • Only past events
  • Memory and discovery of past events
  • The interpretation of historical sources
  • All of the above (correct)

    • What do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?

  • Oral accounts and material artifacts (correct)
  • Just written documents
  • Only ecological markers
  • None of the above

    • How does history differ from myth?

  • History is incomplete
  • Myth is supported by verifiable evidence (correct)
  • History is an academic discipline
  • History is supported by external sources

    • What is considered prehistory?

    <p>The period of events before the invention of writing systems</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do historians use to describe, examine, and analyze past events?

    <p>Historical sources such as written documents</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do historians debate about the nature of history?

    <p>All of the above</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is often considered the 'father of history' in the Western tradition?

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

    What is the origin of the word 'history' according to the text?

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

    Which ancient historian has been criticized as the 'father of lies'?

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

    What is the modern study of history noted to be by the text?

    <p>Wide-ranging</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In what sense did Aristotle use the word 'history' according to the text?

    <p>Inquiry and knowledge from inquiry</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What state chronicle is mentioned in the text to date back to around 722 BC?

    <p>Spring and Autumn Annals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who is considered to have helped form the foundations for the modern study of past events and societies?

    <p>Herodotus and Thucydides</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which language did the word 'history' develop into forms such as istorie, estoire, and historie according to the text?

    <p>Old French (and Anglo-Norman)</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When was the word 'history' borrowed from Latin into Old English?

    <p>Late Old English period</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was brought into Middle English from Anglo-Norman according to the text?

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

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