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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?
- Prehistory (correct)
- Protohistory
- Antiquity
- Ancient history
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
- Written documents, oral accounts, art, and material artifacts (correct)
- Social media and internet forums
- Scientific experiments and observations
- Fictional stories and myths
What does the term 'history' encompass?
What does the term 'history' encompass?
- Past events, memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of events (correct)
- Future predictions and speculations
- Only written documents and oral accounts
- Scientific theories and hypotheses
What is the primary purpose of history as an academic discipline?
What is the primary purpose of history as an academic discipline?
What do historians debate about when analyzing past events?
What do historians debate about when analyzing past events?
What is the period of events before the invention of writing systems called?
What is the period of events before the invention of writing systems called?
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
What sources do historians use to seek knowledge of the past?
What is history considered as an academic discipline?
What is history considered as an academic discipline?
What do historians debate about when analyzing past events?
What do historians debate about when analyzing past events?
What is the term used to describe the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of past events?
What is the term used to describe the memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation of past events?