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books that focus on political events in the past such as the rise of hitler to power are part of ____ histories
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Political
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Books that focus on the transmission and development of ideas or ways of thinking are called _____ histories.
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intellectual
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As a part of her Introduction to Education class, Catherine finds that she is required to read about the development of the U. S. educational system from medieval times. Catherine is reading a(n) _____ history.
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intellectual
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Writers who attempt to understand everyday life experiences of groups in the past are documenting _____ history.
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social
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A book about the lives of women pioneers in the old West is a form of _____ history
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gendered
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Histories which are often not written down, but passed orally from one generation to another are known as _____ histories.
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family
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Jeff has a sword used by his great-great-uncle Frederick in the Civil War. When his father gave him the sword, he also told him the story of how Frederick died in the arms of his sweetheart who tracked him down in a make shift Army hospital. The history represented by Jeff's sword is known as a _____ history.
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family
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The history of Muslim immigrants to the United States and their settlement in the mid west constitutes a ______ history.
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religious
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Charlene's family did not immigrate to the United States until the late 1800s. Still, Charlene is very familiar with the story of Abraham Lincoln's boyhood. Charlene has learned _____ history.
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National
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Histories not typically included in national history but which explain current demographic and sometimes economic conditions or particular groups are known as _____ histories.
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cultural group
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A massive exodus caused by war, famine, slavery or persecution that results in the dispersal of a unified group is known as a/an ______
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diaspora
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The unified story of human kind which long dominated how people thought of the past, present, and future is known as _____.
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grand narrative
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a book about the daily lives of Native Americans before European settlement is a form of _____
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social
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stories concerning persecution of gays and lesbians during world war II are part of
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sexual orientation
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The attempt to document and understand the Japanese internment camps established in the United States during World War II constitutes a form of ______ history.
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racial and ethnic
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A book detailing the migration and resettlements of the Irish all over the world as a result of the potato famine in the late 1800;s is a form of __ history
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Diasporic
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A book which details the use of Chinese immigrants in the building of the railroad across the United States in the 1800s is a form of ____ history.
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racial and ethnic
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a book which details the import of spanish settlement on central and southern america
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colonial
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A history concerning the motivation and effects of white settlement in Southern Africa is a form of ______ history.
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colonial
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An explanation of the role of poverty in the migration of people from Central America to the United States is a form of _____ history
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Socioeconomic class.
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Jerrod's family migrated to Utah with Brigham Young. He is proud that his family helped to settle what is now Salt Lake. The stories passed down to Jerrod by his father and grandfather constitutes ____ history
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family
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Accounts of past events which are not included i national or mainstream history are known as _____ histories.
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hidden
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An explanation of why Spanish is spoken in most of the western Hemisphere would constitute a _____ history
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colonial
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Typically, we learn social histories in school
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false
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socio-economic class distinctions are often overlooked in understanding migration and acculturation of groups around the world
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true
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History is constructed through narrative
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true
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Generally, a Grand Narrative includes stories of different ethnic groups as well as the intellectual and social histories of a nation
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false
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It is fairly easy to write about women's history so long as one has access to public documents and public record
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false
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what languages we speak are rooted in issues of power and dominance rather than ethnicity or cultural origin
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true
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most historical events are documented in formal histories
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false
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disporic migrations often cause people to cling more strongly to their group's density
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true
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many Japanese nationals are proud of the success of Japanese Canadians, Japanese americans, and Japanese Peruvians
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false
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a book about the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Hiroshima is a form of social history
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false
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Gays and lesbians were victims of the holocaust
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true
