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What is history?
What is history?
- The analysis of current societal trends
- The study of future events and their implications
- The study of natural history and geological events
- The systematic study and documentation of the human past (correct)
What is considered prehistory?
What is considered prehistory?
- The period of events before the Renaissance
- The period of events before the industrial revolution
- The period of events before the invention of writing systems (correct)
- The period of events before the colonization of the Americas
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
- Scientific experiments and laboratory findings
- Social media trends and internet memes
- Written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers (correct)
- Government reports and official statistics
What does history as an academic discipline use to describe past events?
What does history as an academic discipline use to describe past events?
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What do historians debate about the nature of history?
What do historians debate about the nature of history?
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