What Is History? Part 1 Question Preview (ID: 52940)

a) History is the study of the past.

b) History is only what has happened in my lifetime.

c) History is what historians make.

d)

a) Historians try to understand people’s culture.

b) Historians look at peoples past to figure out their future.

c) Historians only look for the bad things that people have done.

d)

a) Culture is the knowledge, beliefs, customs, and values of a group of people.

b) Culture is the way people vote.

c) Culture is what is written about the animals in a given area.

d)

a) It helps them organize history.

b) It helps them make hypotheses.

c) They don't like big sections.

d)

a) An educated guess.

b) A science word that doesn't belong in history class.

c) A disease from history.

d)

a) Archaeology is the study of the past based on what people have left behind.

b) Archaeology is the study of the root systems of trees and how they effect cities.

c) Archaeology is the study of students test scores and how they relate to their future employment.

d)

a) Archaeologists explore places where people once lived, worked, or fought.

b) Archaeologists explore cities and towns for descendants of people.

c) Archaeologists explore Libraries for antique books

d)

a) Clues to how they lived.

b) A fortune on the Antique Road Show.

c) A display for a museum.

d)

a) Understanding perspectives is important when analyzing history.

b) Understanding time is important when analyzing history.

c) Understand the space time continuum is important when analyzing history.

d)

a) They study the science and history of the earth.

b) They study archaeology.

c) They study the weather and climate.

d)

a) Geology of an area shapes the lives of the people living there.

b) Geology of an area isn't important.

c) Geology of an area is important for space travel.

d)