10430385430 | Synthesis | The combination of ideas to form a theory or system | 0 | |
10430386367 | Context | Background, environment, framework, setting, or situation surrounding an event or occurence | 1 | |
10430389108 | Contextualization | Historical thinking skill that involves the ability to connect historical events and processes to specific circumstances of time and place as well as broader regional, national, or global processes | 2 | |
10430392764 | Thesis | A short statement that summarizes the main point or claim of an essay and is developed, argued, and supported by the text by means of examples and evidence | 3 | |
10430404962 | Cohesive | well-integrated; unified | 4 | |
10430405848 | Analyze | Usually implies at least 2 elements A) a breakdown of something into parts or ideas B) A discussion or description of those parts using a point of view or a method | 5 | |
10430408898 | Contradiction | A combination of statements, ideas, or features of a situation that are opposed to one another | 6 | |
10430411132 | Comparison | The act of finding out the difference and similarities between two or more people or things | 7 | |
10430414350 | Similarity | Two or more things with commonalities in regard to the same subject or element | 8 | |
10430416118 | Difference | Two or more things with differences in regard to the same subject or element | 9 | |
10430417919 | Continuity | The state or quality of being continous over a period of time | 10 | |
10430420252 | Historical Context | Those patterns or trends in history by which a specific occurence, property, or site is understood and its meaning (and ultimately its significance) within history or prehistory is made clear | 11 | |
10430423862 | Demography | The study of patterns in populations | 12 | |
10430425898 | Significance | The quality of being worth of attention; importance | 13 | |
10430427318 | Causation | The action of causing something; the relationship between cause and effect; causality | 14 | |
10430437369 | Periodization | The process, or study of categorizing the past into specific, named blocks of time in order to aid the study and analysis of history | 15 | |
10430441448 | "Historically Defensible" | Able to defend an argument using different kinds of historical evidence | 16 | |
10430442372 | Point of View | A particular attitude or way of considering a matter | 17 | |
10430444159 | Audience | The people who receive a message | 18 | |
10430445432 | Contraction | A combination of statements, ideas, or features of a situation that are opposed to one another | 19 | |
10430447995 | Corroboration | To support or help prove (a statement, theory, etc) by providing information or evidence | 20 | |
10430450075 | Qualify | Information that can limit the argument against other information | 21 |
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