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CHAPTER THREE
1. Books that focus on political events in the past such as the rise of Hitler to power are part of
_____ histories.
d. family
2. Books that focus on the transmission and development of ideas or ways of thinking are called
_____ histories.
a. political
3. As 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
required to read a(n) _____ history.
a. personal
4. Writers who attempted to understand everyday life experiences of groups in the past were
documenting _____ history.
a. national
5. A book about the lives of women pioneers in the Old West is a form of _____ history.
a. national
6. Which of the following terms can be best defined as a history that occurs at the same time as
other histories but on a more personal level?
d. colonial history
7. Regan’s grandfather was a colonel in the British Army. Regan still remembers stories of his
grandfather’s adventures in India. His favorite story is the one in which his grandfather
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miraculously escaped an attack by an injured leopard. In this scenario, what kind of history is
Regan remembering?
a. national history
8. The history of Muslim immigrants to the United States and their settlement in the Midwest
constitutes a _____ history.
d. family
9. Nathan was asked by his history professor to read about George Washington, Benjamin
Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madison. In his history class last week, Nathan read
about Patrick Henry’s “Give me liberty or give me death” speech. In this scenario, Nathan has
been learning about the _____ of the United States.
d. family history
10. Histories not typically included in national history but that explain current demographic and
sometimes economic conditions of particular groups are known as _____ histories.
a. personal
11. A massive migration, often caused by war, famine, slavery, or persecution, that results in the
dispersal of a unified group is called a(n) _____.
d. migration
12. The unified story of human kind that long dominated how people thought of the past, present,
and future is known as _____.
d. oral history
13. A book about the daily lives of Native Americans before European settlement is a form of
_____ history.
a. national
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14. Stories concerning persecution of gays and lesbians during World War II are part of _____
histories.
a. national
15. The attempt to document and understand the killings of millions of people in Kampuchea
(Cambodia) after the Vietnam War, as well as the killings of millions of Africans by European
colonists in Africa and South America, concerns a form of _____ history.
d. sexual orientation
16. Amy is writing a book about eastern European Jews who migrated during World War II to
the United States. Her book includes stories about how eastern European Jews brought with
them their Jewish culture and their eastern European culture. She also describes in her book
how they adopted new cultural patterns as they became U.S. Americans. The information
included by Amy in her book is a form of _____ history.
a. family
17. A book that details the use of Chinese immigrants in the building of the railroad across the
United States in the 1800s is a form of _____ history.
a. political
18 A book that details the impact of Spanish settlement on Central and Southern America is a
form of _____ history.
a. political
19. A history concerning the motivation and effects of White settlement in South Africa is a form
of _____ history.
a. political
