Question

Creating a timeline of the major events of World War II demonstrates which concept or skill associated with historical thinking?

Answer 1

The correct answer is D, chronological thinking. This is simply thinking based on the order of events that occur in time.

Historiography is the broader study of writing history, and the other answers are not as relevant to the timeline, in this scenario.

Answer 2

D. Chronological thinking

Historians tend to form periods of time, often reflected in timelines, where they include a criteria for making such choices, as it is not just an arbitrary issue.

Here is where the importance of chronological reasoning is a skill that integrates secondary skills: namely:

historical causation (finding causes and common circumstances or origins: events leading to a war),  noticing

patterns of continuity and change over time (for example, distinguishing if something is a sui generis event, or if it shows continuity from previous historical processes) we can say something is Post-Westfalia, neo... classic, etc.

periodization, (if something is happening in certain cycles or periods). Golden age, Classical age, etc..