chapter 11.4

Question 1

mondernism

Answer 1

the changes produced by writers and artists

Question 2

psychoanalysis

Answer 2

when a theraist could probe deeply into the patient’s memory

Question 3

social darwinism

Answer 3

belief that darwin’s theory of natural selection could be applied to modern human societies

Question 4

pogrom

Answer 4

organized massacres

Question 5

zionism

Answer 5

jews immigrated to palestine, which became home for a jewish nationalist movement called zionism

Question 6

hendrick ibsen and emile zola

Answer 6

explored the role of women in society, as well as alcoholism and urban slums

Question 7

claude monet

Answer 7

paintings captured interplay of light, water, and sky

Question 8

vincent van gogh

Answer 8

art was a spiritual experience; maintained that artists should paint what they feel

Question 9

george eastman

Answer 9

created the kodak camera

Question 10

pablo picasso

Answer 10

created cubism

Question 11

wassily kandinsky

Answer 11

one of the first people to use abstract style; sought to avoid visual reality altogether

Question 12

igor stravinsky

Answer 12

his music expressed expressive sounds and bold rhythms

Question 13

marie curie

Answer 13

discovered that an element called radium gave off energy

Question 14

albert einstein

Answer 14

new theory that stated that space and tine are not absolute but are relative to the observer

Question 15

sigmund freud

Answer 15

proposed theories; human behavior was strongly determined by past experiences and internal forces of which people were largely unaware

Question 16

herbert spencer

Answer 16

the strong advanced while the weak declined

Question 17

alfred dreyfus

Answer 17

found guilty of selling army secrets, but was really innocent

Question 18

theodore herzl

Answer 18

believed that the jews who wish it will have their state

Question 19

modernity in art and literature

Answer 19

writers and artists rebelled against the traditional literary and artistic styles that had dominated europe

Question 20

postimpressionism

Answer 20

artists should paint what they feel

Question 21

the camera

Answer 21

invented by george eastman

Question 22

cubism

Answer 22

an art style created by pablo picasso; geometric designs that re-created reality in the viewer’s eyes

Question 23

abstract art

Answer 23

avoiding visual reality altogether; art should speak directly to the soul

Question 24

the atom

Answer 24

discovered by marie curie, mater was thought to be made of bodies called atoms

Question 25

theory of relativity

Answer 25

space and time are not absolute but relative to the observer

Question 26

psychology

Answer 26

psychoanalysis; interpretation of dreams

Question 27

social darwinism

Answer 27

belief that darwin’s theory of natural selection could be applied to modern human societies

Question 28

anti-semitism

Answer 28

hostility toward/discrimination against jews

Question 29

jewish state in palestine

Answer 29

settlement in the palestine was difficult, becuase it was then part of the ottoman empire