Exploring Human History

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

  • Fictional stories and myths
  • Scientific experiments and mathematical models
  • Written documents, oral accounts, art, material artifacts, and ecological markers (correct)
  • Internet blogs and social media posts

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

  • Ancient history
  • Medieval history
  • Renaissance
  • Prehistory (correct)

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

  • Narrative (correct)
  • Musical compositions
  • Sculptures
  • Mathematical equations

What does the term 'history' encompass?

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

What do historians debate about the nature of history?

<p>The nature of history as an end in itself, and its usefulness in giving insight into the present and future (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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