Question 1

__________________ was an early collaborator with Freud who broke away and formed his own school of psychology.

Accepted Answer

The answer of __________________ was an early collaborator with Freud...

Question 2

According to Charles Darwin, how should the concept of God be treated?

Accepted Answer

A) God should be affirmed. 
B) God should be exalted. 
C) God should be given some consideration. 
D) God should be viewed from afar. 
E) God should be eliminated from consideration. 
A) God should be affirmed. 
B) God should be exalted. 
C) God should be given some consideration. 
D) God should be viewed from afar. 
E) God should be eliminated from consideration.

Question 3

Compare and contrast the significant changes in the physical sciences from 1860 to 1940 including biology, physics, and astronomy.

Accepted Answer

Answers would include a discussion of Ch

Question 4

What is the most significant topic of debate regarding astronomy?

Accepted Answer

A) The possibility of life on other planets. 
B) How the universe was created. 
C) How the universe will end. 
D) Whether or not humans should continue space travel. 
E) The size of the universe. 
A) The possibility of life on other planets. 
B) How the universe was created. 
C) How the universe will end. 
D) Whether or not humans should continue space travel. 
E) The size of the universe.

Question 5

The __ __________________ proposes that a colossal explosion was involved in creating the universe.

Accepted Answer

The answer of The __ __________________ proposes that a colossal...

Question 6

Term for identification: On the Origin of Species

Accepted Answer

The term "On the Origin of Species" refe

Question 7

The General Theory of Relativity was developed by which German physicist?

Accepted Answer

A) Ernst Mach 
B) Max Planck 
C) Albert Einstein 
D) Wilhelm Roentgen 
E) Max Bartolome 
A) Ernst Mach 
B) Max Planck 
C) Albert Einstein 
D) Wilhelm Roentgen 
E) Max Bartolome

Question 8

Term for identification: cultural relativism

Accepted Answer

Cultural relativism is a concept in anth

Question 9

A philosophy where ethics were evolutionary in nature and free competition fueled social progress was called ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of A philosophy where ethics were evolutionary in...

Question 10

Term for identification: Ivan Pavlov

Accepted Answer

Ivan Pavlov was a Russian physiologist p

Question 11

Which group was British Christians who did NOT accept the Anglican credo?

Accepted Answer

A) Unitarians 
B) Methodists 
C) Quakers 
D) Nonconformists 
E) Presbyterians 
A) Unitarians 
B) Methodists 
C) Quakers 
D) Nonconformists 
E) Presbyterians

Question 12

Term for identification: Max Planck

Accepted Answer

Max Planck was a German theoretical phys

Question 13

Which saw the most change, the physical or social sciences? Why? Which do you consider the most significant? Defend your answer with examples.

Accepted Answer

Answers would include a strong critical

Question 14

Which of the following statements best describes Auguste Comte's beliefs?

Accepted Answer

A) Sociology was less important than psychology. 
B) Sociology was the social science that would bring the greatest concrete changes to society. 
C) Karl Marx was the greatest 19th  century figure. 
D) Sociology was the culmination of all the sciences. 
E) Truth could not be obtained without using the senses. 
A) Sociology was less important than psychology. 
B) Sociology was the social science that would bring the greatest concrete changes to society. 
C) Karl Marx was the greatest 19th  century figure. 
D) Sociology was the culmination of all the sciences. 
E) Truth could not be obtained without using the senses.

Question 15

Whose previous work did B. F. Skinner and William James expand and supplement in the 20th century?

Accepted Answer

A) Ivan Pavlov 
B) Albert Einstein 
C) Max Weber 
D) Sigmund Freud 
E) Herbert Spencer 
A) Ivan Pavlov 
B) Albert Einstein 
C) Max Weber 
D) Sigmund Freud 
E) Herbert Spencer

Question 16

Term for identification: Big Bang Theory

Accepted Answer

The term "Big Bang Theory" refers to the

Question 17

What was the result of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck's Kulturkampf ?

Accepted Answer

A) Civil war erupted between the religious believers and atheists. 
B) Some churches closed as Germans preferred to follow their political leaders. 
C) The Catholic Church emerged stronger than ever and founded a political party. 
D) The various religious groups banded together in an underground organization. 
E) The Catholic Church asked the pope to provide protection from Bismarck. 
A) Civil war erupted between the religious believers and atheists. 
B) Some churches closed as Germans preferred to follow their political leaders. 
C) The Catholic Church emerged stronger than ever and founded a political party. 
D) The various religious groups banded together in an underground organization. 
E) The Catholic Church asked the pope to provide protection from Bismarck.

Question 18

Which of t he following was true for most churches at the end of the 19th century?

Accepted Answer

A) The Catholic peasants in France, grateful for their improved lifestyle, attended church regularly. 
B) One of the few pleasures of the European working class was attending church services on their one day off. 
C) Marxists, though they did not see any need for religion, also saw no reason to disrupt church services just to make a point. 
D) Many members of the middle classes were no longer tithing and had little respect for the local clergy. 
E) Unlike the English, the French urban workers felt that being a part of an organized church was extremely important. 
A) The Catholic peasants in France, grateful for their improved lifestyle, attended church regularly. 
B) One of the few pleasures of the European working class was attending church services on their one day off. 
C) Marxists, though they did not see any need for religion, also saw no reason to disrupt church services just to make a point. 
D) Many members of the middle classes were no longer tithing and had little respect for the local clergy. 
E) Unlike the English, the French urban workers felt that being a part of an organized church was extremely important.

Question 19

What did the encyclical Rerum novarum affirm for the Catholic Church?

Accepted Answer

A) The need for an armed guard for the Catholic Church. 
B) That Catholics and socialists had essentially the same belief pattern. 
C) The ideals of social justice and opposition to atheistic socialism. 
D) That the priests were infallible and should be followed without fail. 
E) That labor unions would solve the problems of modern societies. 
A) The need for an armed guard for the Catholic Church. 
B) That Catholics and socialists had essentially the same belief pattern. 
C) The ideals of social justice and opposition to atheistic socialism. 
D) That the priests were infallible and should be followed without fail. 
E) That labor unions would solve the problems of modern societies.

Question 20

Which scientific speciality supported the theory that rewards and punishment could control behavior?

Accepted Answer

A) behaviorism 
B) Social Darwinism 
C) psychology 
D) philosophy 
E) psychoanalysis 
A) behaviorism 
B) Social Darwinism 
C) psychology 
D) philosophy 
E) psychoanalysis

Exam 18: Modern Science and Its Implications

__________________ was an early collaborator with Freud who broke away and formed his own school of psychology.

According to Charles Darwin, how should the concept of God be treated?

Compare and contrast the significant changes in the physical sciences from 1860 to 1940 including biology, physics, and astronomy.

What is the most significant topic of debate regarding astronomy?

The __ __________________ proposes that a colossal explosion was involved in creating the universe.

Term for identification: On the Origin of Species

The General Theory of Relativity was developed by which German physicist?

Term for identification: cultural relativism

A philosophy where ethics were evolutionary in nature and free competition fueled social progress was called ____________________.

Term for identification: Ivan Pavlov

Which group was British Christians who did NOT accept the Anglican credo?

Term for identification: Max Planck

Which saw the most change, the physical or social sciences? Why? Which do you consider the most significant? Defend your answer with examples.

Which of the following statements best describes Auguste Comte's beliefs?

Whose previous work did B. F. Skinner and William James expand and supplement in the 20th century?

Term for identification: Big Bang Theory

What was the result of Chancellor Otto von Bismarck's Kulturkampf ?

Which of t he following was true for most churches at the end of the 19th century?

What did the encyclical Rerum novarum affirm for the Catholic Church?

Which scientific speciality supported the theory that rewards and punishment could control behavior?

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Religious Divisions and Political Consolidation in Europe

The Gunpowder Empires of Western and Southern Asia

Africa in the Era of Expansion

China From the Ming Through the Early Qing Dynasty

Japan and Southeast Asia in the Era of European Expansion

From Conquest to Colonies in Hispanic America

The Scientific Revolution and Its Enlightened Aftermath

Liberalism and the Challenge to Absolute Monarchy

The Early Industrial Revolution

Europe: New Ideas and New Nations

Advanced Industrial Society

The Islamic World, 1600-1917

India and Southeast Asia Under Colonial Rule

European Imperialism and Africa During the Age of Industry

China in the Age of Imperialism

Latin America From Independence to Dependent States

World War I and Its Disputed Settlement

A Fragile Balance: Europe in the Twenties

The Soviet Experiment to World War II

Totalitarianism Refined: the Nazi State

East Asia in a Century of Change

World War II

The Cold World War

Decolonization of the Non-Western World

The New Asia

Africas Decolonization and Independence

Latin America in the Twentieth Century

The Reemergence of the Muslim World

Collapse and Reemergence in Communist Europe

A New Millennium

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The ________________ proposes that a colossal explosion was involved in creating the universe.