How does historical causation differ from correlation? (APEC)

A) Causation involves one variable increasing while another is decreasing.

B) Causation involves two events that occur in the same location.

C) Causation involves two events that end at the same time.

D) Causation involves one event that leads to another.

Historical causation differ from correlation as "causation involves one event that leads to another".

Answer: Option D

Explanation:

Historical causation is one circumstances like campaign, war or movement which have ability to impact another. In historical case the first situation may leads to the second or may cause fluctuations in the incidence of the second event. While correlation means that there is some type of relationship between two situations.

Historical analysis requires the capacity in a historical context to define, interpret, and assess several cause-and-effect relationships, differentiating between the long-term and the proximate relations.