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What is the period of events before the invention of writing systems considered?
What is the period of events before the invention of writing systems considered?
- Prehistory (correct)
- Protohistory
- Historiography
- Ancient history
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
- Social media and internet forums
- Written documents, oral accounts, art, and material artifacts (correct)
- Scientific experiments and mathematical models
- Fictional stories and legends
What does history as an academic discipline use to describe, examine, and analyze past events?
What does history as an academic discipline use to describe, examine, and analyze past events?
- Poetry
- Mathematical equations
- Scientific laws
- Narrative (correct)
What do historians debate regarding the nature of history?
What do historians debate regarding the nature of history?
What is history considered to be as an academic discipline?
What is history considered to be as an academic discipline?
Which branch of science studies formal systems governed by axioms and rules?
Which branch of science studies formal systems governed by axioms and rules?
Which discipline uses scientific knowledge for practical purposes, such as in engineering and medicine?
Which discipline uses scientific knowledge for practical purposes, such as in engineering and medicine?
What is the earliest recorded period of identifiable predecessors to modern science?
What is the earliest recorded period of identifiable predecessors to modern science?
Which of the following is not typically considered a branch of modern science?
Which of the following is not typically considered a branch of modern science?
Why is there disagreement about whether the formal sciences are science disciplines?
Why is there disagreement about whether the formal sciences are science disciplines?
