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The Plains Tribes

Question 11 • GJCC-OK-Oklahoma History

Which of the following descriptions most accurately defines a protohistoric era?

Answer
A
a time period between prehistory and written history
B
a time period before human beings inhabited the Earth
C
a time period before a major historical event occurred
D
a time period of a culture that left scant evidence of its existence and must be discovered by archaeologists and anthropologists

Explanation

A protohistoric era is the transitional period between prehistory, when a society has no written records of its own, and recorded history. Therefore, the best description is “a time period between prehistory and written history.” Choice D describes a culture with scant archaeological evidence, which is not the defining meaning of protohistoric.

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