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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?

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

What does the term 'history' encompass?

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

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

Prehistory Signup and view all the answers

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

Written documents, oral accounts, art, and material artifacts Signup and view all the answers

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

Narrative Signup and view all the answers

What do historians debate about the nature of history?

Whether history is an end in itself Signup and view all the answers

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

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

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

What is history considered as an academic discipline?

What do historians debate about the nature of history?

What does the term 'history' encompass?

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

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

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

What do historians debate about the nature of history?

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

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