Chapter 17: History

Question 1

the study of past places, persons, and events

Answer 1

History

Question 2

Known as the father of history for the way he gather evidence, tested it for accuracy, and wrote about it

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Herodotus

Question 3

Known for his meticulous and scientific approach

Answer 3

Thucydides

Question 4

the writing of history or the study of the methodology historians used to reconstruct historical events

Answer 4

Historiography

Question 5

something that is indisputably known to be true

Answer 5

Fact

Question 6

the believe that events are either determined influenced by discernable pattern that can be seen throughout history

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Historicism

Question 7

the belief that all events, including human actions, are the inevitable and necessary results of previous actions

Answer 7

Determinism

Question 8

the belief that society will continually improve through human initiative

Answer 8

Social progress

Question 9

the belief that human beings have the capacity voluntarily choose a course of action from among various alternatives

Answer 9

Free will

Question 10

the belief that society is guided by nature through progressive socioeconomic phases: tribalism, slavery, feudalism, capitalism, socialism, and ultimately communism

Answer 10

Historical materialism

Question 11

the Marxist ideal of classless and stateless utopian society in which all property is commonly shared

Answer 11

Communism

Question 12

Marxist historian famous for reinterpreting America’s history from a perspective of class warfare

Answer 12

Howard Zinn

Question 13

the view that the world and human existence are without meaning, purpose, comprehensible truth, or essential value

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Nihilism

Question 14

method of literary analysis that questions the ability of language to represent reality adequately and seeks to discern and expose the purported underlying ideologies of a text.

Answer 14

Deconstruction

Question 15

the act of reinterpreting the past to serve an ideological purpose.

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Historical revisionism

Question 16

belief that humanity is evolving both biologically and spiritually

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Cosmic evolution

Question 17

the belief that we are progressing through history toward the ultimate goal of realizing our own divinity

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Evolutionary godhood

Question 18

the belief that all Muslims should be united under a single Islamic state or that the world should be united under a global Islamic state.

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Pan-Islam

Question 19

the inner spiritual battle of every muslim to fulfill his religious duties and the outer struggle against the enemies of Islam

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Jihad

Question 20

muslims who teach that all of humanity will one day bow to Allah freely or by force.

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Islamists

Question 21

the Christian metanarrative that describes the course of history unfolding according to the biblical chronicle for God’s creative act, humanity’s rebellion, Christ’s redemptive sacrifice, and God’s eventual restoration of his creation.

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Redemptive narrative

Question 22

the belief that history follows a chronological pattern of cause and effect.

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Linear conception of history

Question 23

the belief that history follows a chronological pattern of cause and effect.

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Cyclical conception of history