history kineme Flashcards

1
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history was derived from the Greek noun _________

A

historia

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2
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historia means

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learning

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3
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what is history for aristotle

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it is a systematic account of a set of natural phenomena

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4
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common definition of history

A

past of mankind

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5
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german word for history

A

geschichte

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6
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geschichte means

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that which has happened

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7
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it is the experience of a generation long dead, most of whom left no records or whose records, if they exist, have never been disturbed by the historian’s truth

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fortiori

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8
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objective means

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intention of acquiring detached and truthful knowledge independent of one’s personal reactions.

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9
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subjective is

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illusory or based upon personal considerations and hence either untrue or biased

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10
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dynamic or genetic

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the becoming

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11
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static

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the being or the become

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12
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interpretative

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explaining how and how things happened and were interrelated

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13
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descriptive

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telling what happened, when, where, and who took part

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14
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descriptive data

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can be derived directly and immediately from surviving artifacts.

historical context can be given to them only if they can be placed in a human setting

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15
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whole history of the past is also called

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history as actuality

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16
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surviving record

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history-as-records

17
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process of critically examining and analyzing the records and survivals of the past

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historical method

18
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historiography is also known as

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the writing of history

19
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it is the imaginative reconstruction of the past from the data derived by that process

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historiography

20
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german historian

A

Leopold von Ranke

21
Q

true or false
are historians permitted to imagine things that could not reasonably happened

A

false

22
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he wrote his famous history of the Peloponnesian War and conscientiously told his readers how he gathered his materials and what tests he used to separate truth from fiction

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Thucydides (5th century BC)

23
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historical analysis

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1 the selection of a subject for investigation
2 collection of probable sources of information on that subject
3 examination of those sources for genuineness
4 extraction of credible particulars from the sources proved genuine

24
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archives, courthouses, or gov’t lib are considered

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official resources

25
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business houses, monument rooms of ancient castles, records of parish churches

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private papers

26
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testimonies of an eyewitness or of a witness by any other of the senses, or of a mechanical device like the dictaphone

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primary sources

27
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testimonies of anyone who is not an eyewitness that is of one who was not present at the events of which he tells

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secondary sources

28
Q

yes or no
does primary sources need to be original in the legal sense of the word original

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no

29
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how can a document may be called original

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  • if it contains fresh and creative ideas
  • if it is not translated from the language in which it was first written
  • if its the approved text, unmodified, and untampered
  • if its in its earliest, unpolished stage
  • if its the earliest available source of the information
30
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document came from the word __

A

docere

31
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docere means

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to teach

32
Q

account of individual experience which reveals the individual’s actions as a human agent and as a participant in social life

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human document

33
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human document was defined by

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sociologist

34
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any self-revealing record that intentionally or unintentionally yields information regarding the structure, dynamics, and functioning of the author’s mental life

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personal document

35
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personal document was defined by

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psychologist