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What is the significance of Callao Man in the context of Philippine anthropology?

It is associated with the Ayub Cave discoveries.
It is the first known hominin remains discovered in the Philippines. (correct)
It is the first known human in the Philippines.
It is the oldest archaeological site in the Philippines.

What type of history focuses on 'the reasons for which events happened (why), and the way they happened (how)?'

Factual history
Speculative history (correct)
Ancient history
Oral history

What does incompleteness of records refer to in the context of history?

Records that are difficult to read
Limited availability of historical information (correct)
Historians' limited access to records
The inability to understand historical records

What does geography study according to the text?

Human activities and their effects (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the main difference between Factual and Speculative history as defined in the text?

Factual history provides basic details, while Speculative history explores reasons and processes. (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the significance of the Kalinga site in Northern Luzon?

It provided a direct ESRU-serial date of 709 ka - 68 ka BP. (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the Greek word for history and its literal meaning?

Historia, meaning learning by inquiry (A) Signup and view all the answers

According to Aristotle, history is defined as:

The systematic accounting of a set of natural phenomena (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary task of historians?

To understand the present by examining the past (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is historiography?

The traditional method of doing historical research (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the difference between traditional and modern historical writing?

Traditional writing only examines documents, while modern writing also uses methods from related areas like archeology and geography (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of archaeology according to the text?

The study of human history and prehistory through excavation of sites and analysis of artifacts (D) Signup and view all the answers

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