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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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Prehistory</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Narrative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do historians debate when analyzing past events?

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

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

    <p>History</p> Signup and view all the answers

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