10 Questions
Prehistory refers to the period of events before the invention of writing systems.
True
History is only concerned with events that occurred after the invention of writing systems.
False
Historians use a variety of sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art, and material artifacts to seek knowledge of the past.
True
History is a complete and fully understood discipline without any debatable mysteries.
False
Historians do not debate the nature of history or its usefulness in understanding cause and effect.
False
History is the systematic study and documentation of the human ______
past
The period of events before the invention of writing systems is considered ______
prehistory
Historians seek knowledge of the past using historical sources such as written documents, oral accounts, art and material ______
artifacts
History is an academic discipline which uses a narrative to describe, examine, question, and analyze ______ events
past
Historians debate the nature of history as an end in itself, and its usefulness in ______ cause and effect
understanding
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