Chapter 25 - The Age of Western Imperialism

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Scientific theory

________ sought to represent physical nature as it existed in reality.

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Darwin

________ and Freud questioned the privileged status that Western intellectuals had given to humanity.

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Voltaire

________ (1694- 1778) would have felt at ease in a comprehensive discussion of scientific notions around the year 1850.

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Christianity

________ has been subjected to the most serious intellectual assault in its history.

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Hungary

________ began providing primary education in 1868, the United Kingdom in 1870, Switzerland in 1874, Italy in 1877, and France between 1878 and 1881.

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knowledgeable people

At the turn of the century, ________ saw the physical world as rational, mechanical, and trustworthy.

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Literacy

________ on the Continent increased gradually beginning in the 1860s as governments funded education.

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William Whewell of Cambridge University

The term "scientist "was coined by ________ in the early 1830s and was widely used by the end of the century.

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