History Midterms

Historical Methods

It is a collection of techniques and guidelines that historians use to research and write the history of the past

Oral History

It is a field of study and preserving and interpreting the people, communities, and participants in method of gathering voices and memories of the past

Biography

It is a book about someone’s life

Multiple Causation

Refers to an event having not just one cause but several different causes

Historical Context

Refers to the social, religious, economic, and political conditions that existed during a certain time and place

Internal, External

2 types of historical criticism

Currency, Relevance, Authority, Accuracy

4 Types to Test of Credibility

Documentary, Biographical, Oral History, Archival

4 Historical Methods

Victor Hugo

Let us study the things that are no more. It is necessary to understand them if only to avoid them

Historical Text

An essential resource for historians, researchers, and anyone who is interested in gaining insights into the events and people that have shaped our world

Criteria for establishing significance of events

Relevance, Resonance, Remarkable, Remembered, Revealing, Rest in change, Durability, Quantity and Profundity

Point of View

It refers to the perspective of the Author toward a particular person or issue that has been shaped over a period of time due to his/her experiences, motives, beliefs, origin, age, gender, social status, and ideology

Culture

It is the factor that ethnicity, gender, country of origin, region of origin, language, socioeconomic status, religion, political beliefs influence the point of view of an Author’s document

Geography

It Is the study of places and how people interact with their surroundings

Exclusive Economic Zone

It is a zone beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea in which a coastal state has: sovereign rights for the purpose of exploring and exploiting, conserving and managing the natural resources, whether living or non-living.

Ophir

Unidentified region famous in Old Testament times for its fine gold

Territory

 A geographic area belonging to or under the jurisdiction of a governmental authority.

Homonhon Island

What is the name of the island San Lazaro before the landing of Magellan.

7,641

 How many island in the Philippines?

Luzon

What is the largest island in the Philippines

Mt. Maquiling

A dormant stratovolcano located in the province of Laguna and Batangas

Sierra Madre

 Which is the longest mountain range in the Philippines

Baguio

Known as the summer capital of the Philippines

Central Luzon Plains

Rice bowl of the Philippines

Peaceful Sea

Mar Pacifico

West Philippine Sea

Also known as South China Sea

Chocolate Hills

Buntod ng mga tsokolate

Hot/Dry Season

Runs from early March to late May

Cool Dry Season

December to February (January = Warmest Month of the year