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

  • Primitive era
  • Ancient times
  • Protohistory
  • Prehistory (correct)

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

  • Personal opinions and beliefs
  • Mathematical equations and formulas
  • Scientific experiments and observations
  • Written documents, oral accounts, art, and material artifacts (correct)

What does the term 'history' encompass?

  • Scientific advancements and technological innovations
  • Future predictions and speculations
  • Mythological stories and legends
  • Past events, memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation (correct)

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

<p>Narrative (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do historians debate about regarding past events and their patterns of cause and effect?

<p>The significance of different causes and effects (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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