LESSON 1
LEARNING EVENT 1
PRACTICAL EXERCISE FEEDBACK
1.
Answer c is correct.
Answer a is incorrect. History involves more than studying and recording the past. It also attempts to explain the
past.
Answer b is incorrect. History is more than a record of man's achievements. It also includes man's failures and
events that were not controlled specifically by man.
Answer c is correct. History can best be defined as a branch of knowledge that seeks to study, record, and explain
the past.
Answer d is incorrect. History is more than interpretation. The student must first study and record the facts of
history.
2.
Answer d is correct.
Answer a is incorrect. This partially defines one category of military history -operational history.
Answer b is incorrect. This partially defines one category of military history -Administrative and technical history.
Answer c is incorrect. This partially defines one category of military history -armed forces and society.
Answer d is correct. Military history is a record of military and related activities in peace and in war.
3.
Answer b is correct.
Answer a is incorrect. Being able to converse about history may be a nice social skill for soldiers to have. However,
it would not ensure success as a soldier -especially in General Patton's eyes.
Answer b is correct. General Patton meant that history helps to explain the forces that shape the present.
Answer c is incorrect. General Patton certainly would not have wanted his son to limit his study to this area only.
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