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What is considered the period of events before the invention of writing systems?

  • Early civilization
  • Prehistory (correct)
  • Protohistory
  • Ancient times
  • What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?

  • Internet sources and databases
  • Written documents, oral accounts, art, and material artifacts (correct)
  • Scientific experiments and observations
  • Folklore and myths
  • What does history as an academic discipline use to describe, examine, and analyze past events?

  • Mathematical equations
  • Narrative (correct)
  • Poetry
  • Scientific laws
  • What do historians debate about the nature of history?

    <p>Whether history is an end in itself and its usefulness</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the umbrella term that comprises past events, memory, discovery, and interpretation of events?

    <p>History</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the period of events before the invention of writing systems considered?

    <p>Prehistory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?

    <p>Written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does history as an academic discipline use to describe, examine, question, and analyze past events?

    <p>Narrative</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the umbrella term that comprises past events, memory, discovery, and interpretation of events?

    <p>History</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the nature of history as an end in itself, and its usefulness in giving?

    <p>Debatable</p> Signup and view all the answers

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