History Study and Documentation
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History is the systematic study and documentation of the human ______

past

History is an umbrella term comprising past events as well as the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of these ______

events

Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological ______

markers

History is an academic discipline which uses a narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events, and investigate their patterns of cause and ______

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

History differs from myth in that it is supported by verifiable ______

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

What term is used to describe the period of events before the invention of writing systems?

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

What do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?

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

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

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

What is history considered to be, in terms of the study and documentation of the human past?

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

What does history comprise, in addition to past events?

<p>Memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation</p> Signup and view all the answers

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