Introduction to History

The set of memories each human being has and their capacity to access them is known as:

• individual memory

• collective memory

• amnesia

______________ helps construct the cultural identity of a people or society.

• individual memory

• collective memory

• cultural appropriation

The science that studies and organizes the order of historical events is called:

• chronology

• methodology

• chronosystem

A set of characteristics that defines the personality of a social group is called:

• cultural identity

• collective memory

• cultural appropriation

_____________ is an ordered set of procedures used in an investigation.

• chronology

• methodology

• history

Physical evidence left behind by societies of the past which is used to study their history is known as a:

• myth

• recall

• vestige

History is defined as a research process that is based on a series of events from the past that a scientist carries out.

• True

• False

Social Sciences study:

• anthropology

• archeology

• sociology

• astrology

For historians, the historical period beings with emergence of cuneiform writing, invented by the ______________, the first known civilization.

• Sumerians

• Mesopotamians

• Egyptians

Historiography is in charge of studying how the discipline of history has evolved through time and space.

• True

• False