Question 1

Einstein asserted that time itself was not an independent concept, but rather a ____________________ ____________________ of space.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Einstein asserted that time itself was not...

Question 2

Auguste Comte believed that

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 3

____________________ hold to the Christian belief that an Intelligent Being created the cosmos and all within it.

Accepted Answer

The answer of ____________________ hold to the Christian belief that...

Question 4

The underlying concept behind 20th century physics is that

Accepted Answer

A)  man can know only what his senses tell him. 
B)  it is possible to predict the possibility of certain events occurring through the study of physics. 
C)  the world is a machine that will continue to operate regardless of what humans do. 
D)  it is impossible to apply philosophical logic to physical matter. 
E)  by studying matter quantitatively, one should be able to determine what matter is and does. 
A)  man can know only what his senses tell him. 
B)  it is possible to predict the possibility of certain events occurring through the study of physics. 
C)  the world is a machine that will continue to operate regardless of what humans do. 
D)  it is impossible to apply philosophical logic to physical matter. 
E)  by studying matter quantitatively, one should be able to determine what matter is and does.

Question 5

Which of these disciplines developed, if indirectly, because of Darwinian biology?

Accepted Answer

A)  anthropology 
B)  sociology 
C)  psychology 
D)  both a and b 
E)  both b and c 
A)  anthropology 
B)  sociology 
C)  psychology 
D)  both a and b 
E)  both b and c

Exam 41: Modern Science and Its Implications

Einstein asserted that time itself was not an independent concept, but rather a ____________________ ____________________ of space.

Auguste Comte believed that

____________________ hold to the Christian belief that an Intelligent Being created the cosmos and all within it.

The underlying concept behind 20th century physics is that

Which of these disciplines developed, if indirectly, because of Darwinian biology?

The Earliest Human Societies

Mesopotamia

Egypt

Warriors and Deities in the Near East

Indias Beginnings

Ancient China to 500 Bce

The Greek Adventure

Greek Humanism: 800-100 Bce

Rome: City-State to Empire

Imperial Decline and the Birth of Christian Europe

The Americas Before Columbus

Africa From Kush to the Fifteenth Century

Islam

Mature Islamic Society and Institutions

Indian Civilization in Its Golden Age

Empire of the Middle: China to the Mongol Conquest

Japan and Southeast Asia

The European Middle Ages

The Mongol Intrusion

Late Medieval Troubles

The European Renaissance

A Larger World Opens

The Protestant Reformation

The Rise and Fall of the Muslim Empires

Foundations of the European States

China From the Ming Through the Early Qing Dynasty

Japan 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 French Revolution and the Empire of Napoleon

Europes Industrialization and Its Social Impacts

Europe in Ideological Conflict

Advanced Industrial Society

Consolidation of National States

The Islamic World, 1600-1917

Africa in the Era of Informal Empire

European Imperialism and Africa During the Age of Industry

China and Southeast Asia 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

High and Low Cultures in the West

Superpower Rivalry and the European Recovery

Decolonization and the Third World

The New Asia

Africas Decolonization and Years of 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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Einstein asserted that time itself was not an independent concept, but rather a of space.

The underlying concept behind 20^th century physics is that