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What does the term 'history' encompass?

  • Only the documentation of past events
  • The study of future events
  • The analysis of current events
  • The memory, discovery, and interpretation of past events (correct)

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

  • Written documents, oral accounts, art, and material artifacts (correct)
  • Only material artifacts
  • Only oral accounts
  • Only written documents

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

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

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

<p>Narrative (A)</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 meaning to the past (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Prehistory (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

What do historians debate when analyzing past events?

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

What term is used to describe the study and documentation of the human past?

<p>History (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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