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The Study of History - Emiliia Albegova
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What is one of the hardest tasks for historians?
find sources and information
to memorize events of the past and its chronology
watching autobiography movies about famous historical figures
to weave together the evidence and produce a narrative
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a personal leaning or a preference for a particular outlook
secondary source
bias
point of view
chronology
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Studying and understanding history has important lessons that can help us today:
to understand other people more and to learn from the mistakes of the past
to write historical books
to read big texts
to look at historical paintings and try to recreate them
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to make certain that something will happen
refine
enable
distort
ensure
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person’s way of thinking about or approaching a subject, as shaped by their character, experience, culture, and history
point of view
enable
historical interpretation
secondary source
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a document or other record of past events created by someone who was NOT present during the events and that time period
secondary source
ensure
chronicle
primary source
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Information that can be used to prove a statement or support a conclusion
artifact
primary source
evidence
point of view
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What kind of skills history let us improve
typing skills
graphic design skills
critical-thinking skills
drawing skills
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What did Norman Cousins by his quote "History is a vast early warning system"?
history is a bad thing to study
we must do everything like in past no matter what consequences it can have
each historian is right and people have to believe everything they say
people can predict future events based on decisions/mistakes of the past
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to improve an idea, theory, or method to make it more accurate
refine
distort
lunch
bias
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the order in which events occur, or the arrangement of events in the order in which they occur
enable
library
refine
chronology
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an object made by a human being
primary source
artifact
empathy
bias
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Historians' historical interpretations may differ because of their own distinct backgrounds and points of view.
False
True
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an account of events listed in chronological order
evidence
chronicle
refine
empathy
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Source that is biased is
more trustworthy
always a primary source
the only right source
less trustworthy
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When was history finished?
in 18th century
in 1999
it finishes each year
history is never finished
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a document or other record of past events created by someone who was present during the events or that period of time
primary source
secondary source
distort
historical interpretation
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What is the first thing historicans usually do when they begin to work?
finding a question they hope to answer or a problem they wish to solve
finding a resource to answer their question
reading a book about WWII
analyzing information they got from the source they read
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There were two schools of thought:
the Revolutionary and the Loyalist
the Republican and the Democratic
the Primary and the Secondary
the First and the Second
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Egyptology is the study of the language, history, and civilization of ancient Egypt.
False
True
