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Importance of Studying History

History provides several benefits according to the document. It builds skills in analyzing evidence, helps provide a sense of identity by showing how societies have evolved, and helps us understand how the present has been shaped by past changes. The document also defines several key concepts. History is defined as a narration of past events and changes affecting humanity. Geography is the study of the relationship between people and their environments. Culture describes a group's knowledge and characteristics, while civilization refers to an advanced human society with high levels of development.

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Importance of Studying History

History provides several benefits according to the document. It builds skills in analyzing evidence, helps provide a sense of identity by showing how societies have evolved, and helps us understand how the present has been shaped by past changes. The document also defines several key concepts. History is defined as a narration of past events and changes affecting humanity. Geography is the study of the relationship between people and their environments. Culture describes a group's knowledge and characteristics, while civilization refers to an advanced human society with high levels of development.

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TORRELIZA, KRISZEL V.

ASSIGNMENT NO. 1
ZHI 112- 2ECE MWF 1:00-2:00

1. Why study History?


The reasons why History tend to be studied by college students,
specifically Filipinos, are as follows:

According to Peter N. Stearns, history builds experience in dealing with


and assessing various kinds of evidencethe sorts of evidence
historians use in shaping the most accurate pictures of the past that
they can. .

History also helps provide identity, and this is unquestionably one of


the reasons all modern nations encourage its teaching in some form.
Historical data include evidence about how families, groups,
institutions and whole countries were formed and about how they have
evolved while retaining cohesion.

History helps us understand change and how the society we live in


came to be. History, also, is inescapable as a subject of serious study
follows closely on the first. The past causes the present, and so the
future. Any time we try to know why something happened, we have to
look for factors that took shape earlier.

2. Different Concepts:

History- a narration of the events which have happened among


mankind, including an account of the rise and fall of nations, as well as
of other great changes which have affected the political and social
condition of the human race.

Geography- he study of places and the relationships between people


and their environments. It explores both the physical properties of
Earths surface and the human societies spread across it.

Culture- Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular


group of people, defined by everything from language, religion, cuisine,
social habits, music and arts.

Civilization- an advanced state of human society, in which a high level of culture,


science,
industry and government have been reached ;contains an overt
value judgment that civilization
is better, more advanced, and superior to
other forms of social organization.
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