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This set of Understanding the Past Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on Understanding The Past Set 1

Q1 | The word Epistemology is derived from word EPISTEME.
  • hebru
  • greek
  • french
  • latin
Q2 | The branch of philosophy that deals with the nature, origin and scope of knowledge.
  • bibliography
  • historiography
  • epistemology
  • episteme
Q3 | is the chronological record of what humans beings thought aspired and acted for.
  • prehistory
  • militory history
  • economic history
  • history
Q4 | History (derived from , historia, meaning inquiry, knowledge acquired byinvestigation) is the study of the past, specifically how it relates to humans.
  • hebru
  • greek
  • french
  • latin
Q5 | refers to both the study of the methodology of historians and the development ofhistory as a discipline, and also to a body of historical work on a particular subject
  • historiography
  • prehistory
  • militory history
  • economic history
Q6 | and define historiography as "the study of the way history has been and is written –the history of historical writing... When you study 'historiography' you do not study the events of the past directly, but the changing interpretations of those events in the works of individual historians.
  • furay and salevouris
  • charels and clark
  • marx and weber
  • none of these
Q7 | The famous historian known to be the “father of history” is.
  • furay
  • salevouris
  • charels
  • cicero
Q8 | The ancient Greek historian who was born in Halicarnassus, Caria (modern-day Bodrum,Turkey) and lived in the fifth century BC (c. 484–425 BC).
  • herodotus
  • cicero
  • voltaire
  • none of these
Q9 | The major works of Marcus Tullius Cicero is.
  • de oratore
  • de re publica
  • de legibus
  • all of these
Q10 | Theauthor of the book The Histories—the masterpiece work in produced in Latin andacquired its modern meaning of "history".
  • herodotus
  • cicero
  • voltaire
  • none of these
Q11 | is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority onit,who is concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time.
  • politician
  • historian
  • economist
  • philosopher
Q12 | Chronology is derived from word chronologia, means the science of arranging events intheir order of occurrence in time.
  • latin & greek
  • greek
  • french
  • latin
Q13 | The periodical arrangement of events in the order of it’s occurrence is called.
  • periodization
  • bibliography
  • historiography
  • chronology
Q14 | Who derived the term Middle Ages as one of the notable term of historical period.
  • petrarch
  • voltaire
  • cicero
  • herodotus
Q15 | The Italian scholar who is also known for being the first to develop the concept of the "DarkAges”.
  • petrarch
  • voltaire
  • cicero
  • herodotus
Q16 | is often called the "Father of Humanism".In the History of 16th century.
  • petrarch
  • voltaire
  • cicero
  • herodotus
Q17 | The is a historical periodization used originally for the Middle Ages whichemphasizes the cultural and economic deterioration that supposedly occurred in Western Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire .
  • middle ages
  • stone ages
  • early ages
  • dark ages.
Q18 | Who started the modern science of Historical Chronology.
  • petrarch
  • voltaire
  • cicero
  • joseph scaliger
Q19 | The schotish Historian who wrote the book The situation of the world at the time of Christ'sappearance.
  • petrarch
  • voltaire
  • william robertson
  • joseph scaliger
Q20 | The British Historian lived in 18th century. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
  • edward gibbon
  • voltaire
  • william robertson
  • joseph scaliger
Q21 | is the narrative and analysis of political events, ideas, movements, leaders andentities.It is very interrelated to other fields of history such as Diplomatic history,social history, economic history, and military history, as well as constitutional history and public history.
  • political history
  • national history
  • world history
  • pre history
Q22 | deals with the history of international relations between states. Diplomatic historycan be different from international relations in that the former can concern itself with the foreign policy of one state while the latter deals with relations between two or more states.
  • political history
  • diplomatic history
  • social history
  • military history
Q23 | often called the new area history, is a broad branch of history that studies theexperiences of ordinary people in the past.
  • political history
  • diplomatic history
  • social history
  • military history
Q24 | is a humanities discipline within the scope of general historical recording of armedconflict in the history of humanity, and its impact on the societies, their cultures, economies and changing intra and international relationships.
  • political history
  • diplomatic history
  • social history
  • military history
Q25 | The German Historian and Philosopher who is the founder of Hegelianism and Historism.
  • edward gibbon
  • voltaire
  • william robertson
  • g w f hegel