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What is the period of events before the invention of writing systems called?

  • Ancient history
  • Protohistory
  • Prehistory (correct)
  • Paleohistory

    • What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?

  • Written documents, oral accounts, art, and material artifacts (correct)
  • Computer simulations and models
  • Scientific experiments and observations
  • Mathematical equations and formulas

    • What is history considered as an academic discipline?

  • A scientific experiment to predict future events
  • A narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events (correct)
  • A philosophical debate about the nature of time
  • A mathematical equation to calculate historical events

    • What do historians debate about the nature of history?

    <p>Whether it is an end in itself and its usefulness in giving meaning to the present</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'history' encompass?

    <p>Past events, memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of events</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the period of events before the invention of writing systems considered?

    <p>Prehistory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?

    <p>Written documents, oral accounts, art, and material artifacts</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does history as an academic discipline use to describe, examine, and analyze past events?

    <p>Narrative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do historians debate about the nature of history?

    <p>Whether history is an end in itself</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do historians use to investigate the patterns of cause and effect in past events?

    <p>Narrative</p> Signup and view all the answers

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