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What is considered prehistory?
What is considered prehistory?
- The period of events before the industrial revolution
- The period of events before the invention of writing systems (correct)
- The period of events before the colonization era
- The period of events before the Renaissance
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
- Social media and internet forums
- Scientific experiments and laboratory research
- Written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers (correct)
- Folklore and myths
What does history as an academic discipline use to describe past events?
What does history as an academic discipline use to describe past events?
- Scientific equations
- A narrative (correct)
- Musical compositions
- Architectural blueprints
What do historians debate about the nature of history?
What do historians debate about the nature of history?
What do historians use to investigate the patterns of cause and effect in past events?
What do historians use to investigate the patterns of cause and effect in past events?
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