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9 Cards in this Set
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CONTEMPORARY
While speaking, gesturing and behaving like contemporary Americans. page 243 |
Meaning: Mark by characteris-
tics of the present period. |
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PROPHETIC
The prophetice window into the future and it does a powerful presence in our lives. page 245 |
Meaning: characteristic of a
prophet or prophecy fortelling event or future. |
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OBSESSIVE
Despite the concern of historians, we have obsessive interest in history page 242 |
MEANING: Excessive often to
an unreasonable point. |
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FACTORS
The historians must frequently put themselves at a point in the past known as factors. page 242 |
Meaning: one that actively
contributes to the production of a result. |
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AUTHENTIC
But the problem with trying to face an authentic past is that, history that can only be pictured. page 243 |
Meaning: Real, trustworthy
genuine or authori- tive, worthy of acceptance or belief as conforming to fact or reliality. |
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IBJECTIVE/OBJECTIVITY
To what degree is the history we see, hear, know, or read objective and reliable? page 244 |
OBJECTIVE
Meaning:Expressing or dealing with fact or condition as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices or interpretation. |
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DISTORT/DISTORTION
This basic difficulty fact leads to an important amount of historical distortion page 245 If you distordt the facts, play fast and loose accuracy. page 242 |
Distortion
Meaning: falsified reproduc- tion of an audio or video signal cause by change in the waves. |
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VIRTUALLY
Because, we are overcome into the present, it is vitually impossible to know the past. page 243 |
Meaning: Almost, entirely and
nearly. |
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IBJECTIVE/OBJECTIVITY
To what degree is the history we see, hear, know, or read objective and reliable? page 244 |
OBJECTIVE
Meaning:Expressing or dealing with fact or condition as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices or interpretation. OBJECTIVITY Meaning: Limited to fixed alternatives and reducing subjective factors to a minimum |
