Describe "the humanities" in your own words and understanding

b. identify at least three distinct subject areas in "the humanities"

For me, the humanities are the discipline that studies the different type of ways how the society/people process and document the human experiences such as history, languages, arts, religion and other social sciences.  

Three distinct subject areas in the humanities field are:

a small town is a good definition for new france in 1750. new france was the area colonized by france in north america. the area is nowadays the city of quebec in canada.