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What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
- Personal opinions and fictional stories
- Written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers (correct)
- Scientific experiments and mathematical models
- Internet articles and social media posts
What is considered the period of events before the invention of writing systems?
What is considered the period of events before the invention of writing systems?
- Ancient history
- Prehistory (correct)
- Medieval history
- Modern history
What does the term 'history' encompass?
What does the term 'history' encompass?
- Scientific laws and theories
- Mathematical equations and formulas
- Past events, memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of events (correct)
- Future predictions and speculations
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?
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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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