The Challenge of Secularism 1800–1914

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. The declining power of religious beliefs, values, institutions, and practices is called _______.

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. The first atheists in the modern sense of believing that there are no gods appeared in the _______ century.

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. The clergyman _______ calculated that the earth was created in 4004 BCE.

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. The theory of uniformitarianism was popularized by _______.

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. Darwin's great contribution to science was the development of his theory of evolution by _______.

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. Darwin's famous work On the Origin of Species gave credit for species' change over time to the actions of _______.

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. Quantum theory was invented by _______.

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. Which came first, the theory of special relativity or the theory of general relativity? ____

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. Nietzsche called the struggle of humanity to make a mark on the world _______.

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. To Nietzsche, the root of the will to power was _______.

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. The belief in art for art's sake was called _______.

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. Aestheticism was anti-_______.

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. Critics used the metaphor of illness at the turn of the century to describe _______.

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. The inventor of psychoanalysis was _______.

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. Which of the following are part of the conscious mind, according to Freud? Select all that apply.

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. Modernism began with _______ around 1860.

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. Did modernists feel positively or negatively about mass culture and popular appeal?

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. Rerum novarum was _______.

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. Pius X's Syllabus of Errors rejected the tenets of _______.

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. Did Jewish Orthodoxy open up to science and modernism or reject it?

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. Judaism had never accepted the idea of _______ therefore the idea that humanity evolved from more primitive beginnings did not threaten their tradition.

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. _______ of the European advances and discoveries of the 19th century made an impact in the Islamic world.

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Based on this map, what was the area that the Jews fled from called?

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Is this painting representational art or modernist art? ______

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. How does this cartoon misrepresent Darwin's theory of evolution?

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