Unraveling the Past
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Which of the following is the historian's main task?

  • To breathe life into the past
  • To investigate past human activities
  • To bridge the chasm between the past and the historical account (correct)
  • To record the past
  • What does history derive its knowledge from?

  • Causal relations
  • Social activities
  • Surviving records (correct)
  • Historians
  • What is the definition of history according to the text?

  • A science that investigates past human activities
  • An account of a particular sequence of events (correct)
  • A record of socially significant activities
  • A disconnected set of facts
  • What makes the recorded past meaningful and relevant in the present?

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    What is necessary for the historian to illuminate the past?

    <p>Surviving records</p> Signup and view all the answers

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