Journey Through History

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

  • Archaeological findings, scientific studies, and ancient texts
  • Written documents, oral accounts, art, material artifacts, and ecological markers (correct)
  • Personal diaries, letters, and memoirs
  • Books, newspapers, magazines, and websites

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

  • Protohistory
  • Mythical history
  • Prehistory (correct)
  • Ancient history

What does the term 'history' encompass?

  • Past events, memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation (correct)
  • Discovery and collection
  • Only past events
  • Memory and interpretation

What does the academic discipline of history use to describe, examine, and analyze past events?

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

What do historians debate about the nature of history?

<p>Its usefulness and the best narrative to explain an event (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the term 'history' encompass?

<p>Past events, memory, discovery, and interpretation (A)</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 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does history as an academic discipline use to describe past events?

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

What do historians debate regarding historical events?

<p>The best narrative to explain an event and the significance of different causes and effects (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is considered prehistory?

<p>The period of events before the invention of writing systems (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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