Lena likes history and is talking about it to her father. He asks her what the difference between history and prehistory is. Can you help her answer the question?

Lena should say that prehistory does not exist.

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Lena should say that both prehistory and history are same.

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Lena should say that prehistory refers to history that happened before it was written and recorded, such as the time when dinosaurs were alive.

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Lena should say that prehistory is history which happened 1000 years ago.

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Solution

The correct option is C Lena should say that prehistory refers to history that happened before it was written and recorded, such as the time when dinosaurs were alive.
Prehistory refers to that period of history when there were no written records kept, while history refers to that period of time from when the important events were recorded in writing.

Suggest Corrections

1. Prehistory	few written records	archaeological sources are one of the many sources
2. Proto-history	plenty of written records	archaeological sources are the only sources
3. History	no written records	archaeological sources are the main source