Journey Through History
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Journey Through History

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What is history?

  • The study of extraterrestrial civilizations
  • The systematic study and documentation of the human past (correct)
  • The study of future events and their implications
  • The analysis of current societal trends

    • What is considered prehistory?

  • The period of events before the industrial revolution
  • The period of events before the colonization of the Americas
  • The period of events before the Renaissance
  • The period of events before the invention of writing systems (correct)

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

  • Psychic readings and astrological charts
  • Social media and internet forums
  • Scientific experiments and laboratory research
  • Written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers (correct)

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

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

    What do historians debate regarding the nature of history?

    <p>The nature of history as an end in itself, and its usefulness in giving insight into the past</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the term 'history' encompass?

    <p>Past events, memory, discovery, collection, and interpretation</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

    <p>Written documents, oral accounts, art, material artifacts, and ecological markers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is considered prehistory?

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

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

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

    What is the nature of history as described by historians?

    <p>An end in itself, and its usefulness in giving insight into the past</p> Signup and view all the answers

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