Quiz 1.1 Quiz on Meaning and Relevance of History

Magellan and crew remained for 10 days in the Island of Humunu to rest and let some sick crewmen recover from illness.

• True

• False

Who is the Father of Scientific History?

• Thucydides

• Herodotus

• Hippocrates

• Xenophon

(a)   refers to the study of history, philosophy, and methodology of history.

Sources only become historical evidence when they are interpreted by the historian to make sense of the past.

• True

• False

• Partly true, partly false

• Undetermined

Evaluating a historical source involves paying attention to the people who produced it, the time in which they worked, what was going on during that time, and how what was going on may have influenced the production of the source.

• True

• False

• Partly true, partly false

• Undetermined

Evaluation of historical data and information is often referred to as historical criticism and the reliable data yielded by the process are known as historical (a)   .

Which refers to the social, religious, economic, and political conditions that existed during a certain time and place where/when historical source was written?

• Historical context

• Historical analysis

• Historical criticism

• Historical evaluation

Upon landing at Humunu (Homonhon) at Zamal (Samar) island, on what day did Magellan and crew had a first encounter with native Filipinos?

• March 18, 1521

• March 16, 1521

• March 17, 1521

• March 19, 1521

According to the natives first encountered by Magellan and crew, they live in an island called (a)   .

If Magellan did not ever arrive in the Philippines, I think...