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What are the causes and the consequences?
B e f o re starting, explain how causes and consequences are different: a consequence is the result of a problem, while a cause helps create the problem.
What are causes and consequences in history?
As you study historical events, you will discover that things do not simply ‘happen’ without reason. Historical events are caused by things that occurred before them. Also, historical events create changes that have consequences long after the event is over.
How do you analyze cause and consequence?
There are four steps to using the tool.
- Identify the problem.
- Work out the major factors involved.
- Identify possible causes.
- Analyze your diagram.
Why is there a need to understand cause and consequence?
Cause-and-effect thinking, or causality, allows us to make inferences and reason about things that happen around us. Causality helps us understand things as simple as “If I don’t water the plants they’ll die” to things more complicated such as other people’s intentions and behaviors.
What are the types of consequences?
There are three types of consequences: natural, logical, and problem-solving:
- Natural: Require no prearranged adult planning or control; are the most powerful motivator for children to learn a new skill.
- Logical: Are prearranged by adults and motivate children to use skills they already have.
What were consequences?
the effect, result, or outcome of something occurring earlier: The accident was the consequence of reckless driving. an act or instance of following something as an effect, result, or outcome. the conclusion reached by a line of reasoning; inference. importance or significance: a matter of no consequence.
What are short term causes?
Short term causes are things that happened more recently, hours, weeks or months ago, that contribute towards a new event. An examination of history prior to the new event will help to discover short term causes.
What are examples of cause and effect?
Cause and effect is the relationship between two things when one thing makes something else happen. For example, if we eat too much food and do not exercise, we gain weight. Eating food without exercising is the “cause;” weight gain is the “effect.” There may be multiple causes and multiple effects.
What are some examples of cause and effect?
For example, a man offends his neighbor by insulting him (the cause). His neighbor becomes angry (the effect and the next cause) and he in turn tells his friends (the next effect and cause). His friends also become angry (another effect and cause) and tell their friends (another effect and cause).
What are the 3 main types of consequences?
What makes an event a cause or a consequence?
Just because something occurred before the event does not mean it caused it. A cause is something that is directly related to the event. Another way of thinking about it is to say that the later event would not have occurred if the earlier one had not happened.
What are the causes and consequences of historical events?
Historical events are caused by things that occurred before them. Also, historical events create changes that have consequences long after the event is over. Causes. Every historical event occurred because of a series of events that happened beforehand. Things that directly lead to another event are called ‘Causes’.
What do you mean by consequences in history?
Things that occurred because of the event under investigation are called ‘Consequences’. Such consequences can include impacts upon people, societies, beliefs or any other facet of history. Additional Information: The more you study history, the more you realise that consequences also become causes for other events.
What does the historian mean by cause and consequence?
Cause and Consequence. The historian, like the insurance investigator, sifts through evidence to determine the causes of events — often from a multitude of possibilities. Unlike the investigator, though, the historian is also interested in the event’s consequences.