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What does the term 'history' derive from?
What does the term 'history' derive from?
- Latin 'historia', meaning 'story'
- Greek 'historÃa', meaning 'inquiry' (correct)
- Latin 'historia', meaning 'inquiry'
- Greek 'historÃa', meaning 'story'
What is considered as prehistory?
What is considered as prehistory?
- Events during the invention of writing systems
- The period without any events
- Events after the invention of writing systems
- Events before the invention of writing systems (correct)
What are some of the sources historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
What are some of the sources historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
- Only art and material artifacts
- Only oral accounts
- Written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers (correct)
- Only written documents
What is the main purpose of history as an academic discipline?
What is the main purpose of history as an academic discipline?
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What do historians debate about in relation to history?
What do historians debate about in relation to history?
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