Journey Through Time
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What does the term 'history' derive from?

  • Latin 'historia', meaning 'story'
  • Greek 'historía', meaning 'inquiry' (correct)
  • Latin 'historia', meaning 'inquiry'
  • Greek 'historía', meaning 'story'
  • 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?

  • 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?

    <p>To describe, examine, question, and analyze past events</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do historians debate about in relation to history?

    <p>Which narrative best explains an event and the significance of different causes and effects</p> Signup and view all the answers

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