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What is the term for the period of events before the invention of writing systems?
What is the term for the period of events before the invention of writing systems?
- Paleolithic era
- Ancient history
- Stone Age
- Prehistory (correct)
What do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
What do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
- Only written documents
- Only art and material artifacts
- Only oral accounts
- A combination of written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers (correct)
What is one aspect of history that historians debate?
What is one aspect of history that historians debate?
- All of these aspects (correct)
- The nature of history as an end in itself
- The best narrative to explain an event
- The significance of different causes and effects
What was the major objection of the American colonists towards the Parliament of Great Britain?
What was the major objection of the American colonists towards the Parliament of Great Britain?
What was the main purpose of the acts passed by the British Parliament during the 1760s?
What was the main purpose of the acts passed by the British Parliament during the 1760s?
What distinguished the United States after the American Revolutionary War?
What distinguished the United States after the American Revolutionary War?