History Terminology

2. The study of stories told by people through time.
3. The study of language and communication.
5. The particular details that add understanding to research.
6. The common beliefs, behaviors, and traits that define a group of people.
7. The 'point of view' from which the creator of a source described historical events. Taking a historical perspective means understanding the social, cultural, intellectual, and emotional settings that shaped people’s lives and actions in the past.
10. An expert in or student of music as an academic subject, as opposed to someone trained in performance or composition.
12. The study of people and culture in civilization.
13. The essential or characteristic customs and conventions of a community (group morals).
14. To confirm or give support to (a statement or finding).
16. The collection of people living together in a generally ordered community.
18. A book or document used to provide evidence in research.

1. The fact or process of considering something in its context (= the situation within which it exists or happens)
4. The action or fact of forming a united whole.
8. Judging people and events by the standards of our society without context.
9. The study of word parts and their origins.
11. The study of human artifacts from the past (the stuff we dig up).
13. The study of music as an academic subject, as distinct from training in performance or composition; scholarly research into music.
15. The effect of our personal beliefs and background on what we learn.
17. The process by which a society or place reaches an advanced stage of social and cultural development and organization..