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What is considered the period of events before the invention of writing systems?
What is considered the period of events before the invention of writing systems?
- Classical history
- Ancient history
- Prehistory (correct)
- Medieval history
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
- Only written documents
- Oral accounts and art only
- Written documents, oral accounts, art, and material artifacts (correct)
- Only ecological markers
What does history as an academic discipline use to describe, examine, and analyze past events?
What does history as an academic discipline use to describe, examine, and analyze past events?
- Narrative (correct)
- Statistical analysis
- Experimental data
- Predictive models
What do historians debate in relation to historical events?
What do historians debate in relation to historical events?
What is considered an umbrella term comprising past events as well as their memory, discovery, and interpretation?
What is considered an umbrella term comprising past events as well as their memory, discovery, and interpretation?