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What does the term 'history' encompass?
What does the term 'history' encompass?
- Only the systematic study of the human past
- Past events, memory, discovery, and interpretation of events (correct)
- Only past events
- Only written documents and oral accounts
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
- Only oral accounts
- Written documents, oral accounts, art, material artifacts, and ecological markers (correct)
- Only written documents
- Only material artifacts
What is considered prehistory?
What is considered prehistory?
- The period of ancient civilizations
- The period of events before the invention of writing systems (correct)
- The period of documented history
- The period of events before the invention of oral accounts
What does history as an academic discipline use to describe past events?
What does history as an academic discipline use to describe past events?
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What is the nature of history as debated by historians?
What is the nature of history as debated by historians?
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