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What is history considered before the invention of writing systems?

  • Ancient history
  • Protohistory
  • Mythology
  • Prehistory (correct)

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

  • Internet sources, textbooks, and personal opinions
  • Scientific equations and mathematical models
  • Folklore and legends
  • Written documents, oral accounts, art and material artifacts, and ecological markers (correct)

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

  • Fiction
  • Biography
  • Poetry
  • Narrative (correct)

What do historians debate about the nature of history?

<p>The significance of different causes and effects (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is history's umbrella term comprising?

<p>Past events, memory, discovery, collection, organization, presentation, and interpretation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Prehistory (C)</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, ecological markers (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Narrative (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do historians debate regarding the nature of history?

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

What do historians seek to explain when debating which narrative best explains an event?

<p>The significance of different causes and effects (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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