Question 1

Darwin's theory of natural selection suggests that

Accepted Answer

A)  people choose their life partners based on mutual respect and a shared background. 
B)  people naturally choose to live where they can be most comfortable. 
C)  there is no need for protecting certain species; if they are strong enough to survive they will, and if they are not strong enough, the earth does not need them. 
D)  animals are able to adapt to changes more easily than are plants. 
E)  plants adapt to change easier than do animals. 
A)  people choose their life partners based on mutual respect and a shared background. 
B)  people naturally choose to live where they can be most comfortable. 
C)  there is no need for protecting certain species; if they are strong enough to survive they will, and if they are not strong enough, the earth does not need them. 
D)  animals are able to adapt to changes more easily than are plants. 
E)  plants adapt to change easier than do animals.

Question 2

Pavlov's earliest work in behaviorism was done with

Accepted Answer

A)  dogs. 
B)  cats. 
C)  children. 
D)  monkeys. 
E)  rats. 
A)  dogs. 
B)  cats. 
C)  children. 
D)  monkeys. 
E)  rats.

Question 3

Mendel's work with ____________________ contributed to the development of the study of ____________________.

Accepted Answer

The answer of Mendel's work with ____________________ contributed to the...

Question 4

In the encyclical,Rerum novarum,the Catholic Church affirmed its support of

Accepted Answer

A)  laissez-faire in thought. 
B)  creationism in schools. 
C)  liberalism in politics. 
D)  social justice for all classes. 
E)  labor unions for factory workers. 
A)  laissez-faire in thought. 
B)  creationism in schools. 
C)  liberalism in politics. 
D)  social justice for all classes. 
E)  labor unions for factory workers.

Question 5

Ernest Rutherford's discoveries included ____________________ and ____________________.

Accepted Answer

radioactivity,the sp

Question 6

In the Darwinian scheme,God was to be

Accepted Answer

A)  affirmed. 
B)  ignored. 
C)  considered supreme. 
D)  denied. 
E)  downgraded. 
A)  affirmed. 
B)  ignored. 
C)  considered supreme. 
D)  denied. 
E)  downgraded.

Exam 40: Modern Science and its Implications

Darwin's theory of natural selection suggests that

Pavlov's earliest work in behaviorism was done with

Mendel's work with ____________________ contributed to the development of the study of ____________________.

In the encyclical,Rerum novarum,the Catholic Church affirmed its support of

Ernest Rutherford's discoveries included ____________________ and ____________________.

In the Darwinian scheme,God was to be

The Earliest Human Societies

Mesopotamia

Early Africa and Egypt

India's Beginnings

Warriors and Deities in the Near East

Ancient China to 221 BCE

The Agrarian Revolution in the Americas

The Greek Adventure

Greek Humanism, 800-100 BCE

Rome from City-State to Empire

The Roman Empire and the Rise of Christianity in the West, 31 BCE-600 CE

Classical India

Imperial China in Its Golden Age

The Americas to the Fifteenth Century

Islam

Mature Islamic Society and the First Global Civilization

Africa from Axum, to 1400

The Mongols Unify Eurasia

Japan and Southeast Asia

The European Middle Ages

The Late European Middle Ages and the Renaissance

A Larger World Opens

Religious Division and Political Consolidation in Europe

Asia in the Era of the Gunpowder Empires

Africa in the Era of Expansion

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

The Early Industrial Revolution

Advanced Industrial Society

Europe: New Ideas and New Nations

The Islamic World, 1600-1917

European Imperialism and Africa During the Age of Industry

India and Southeast Asia Under Colonial Rule

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

Africa's 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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