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What is the period of events before the invention of writing systems called?
What is the period of events before the invention of writing systems called?
- Ancient history
- Historiography
- Prehistory (correct)
- Protohistory
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
- Social media posts, internet articles, fictional stories, folklore
- Written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, ecological markers (correct)
- Scientific experiments, statistical data, religious scriptures, personal diaries
- Archaeological digs, DNA analysis, geological surveys, astronomical observations
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?
- Scientific laws
- Poetic devices
- Narrative (correct)
- Mathematical formulas
What do historians debate about when explaining an event?
What do historians debate about when explaining an event?
What is history considered before the invention of writing systems?
What is history considered before the invention of writing systems?
What is the period of events before the invention of writing systems considered?
What is the period of events before the invention of writing systems considered?
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
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?
What is the umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events?
What is the umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these events?
What do historians debate about when explaining an event?
What do historians debate about when explaining an event?
What is history considered before the invention of writing systems?
What is history considered before the invention of writing systems?
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
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?
What does the term 'history' encompass?
What does the term 'history' encompass?
What do historians debate about the nature of history?
What do historians debate about the nature of history?
