ISS210 EXAM1 – Flashcards
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how the social sciences interrelate
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There are many different social science disciplines with varying approaches but in understanding modern problems social scientists need to know:
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Systematically gathered, classified, related, and interpreted.
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Scientific knowledge is knowledge that has been
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Cannot control the situations.
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In the social sciences, very little use can be made of controlled experiments because the investigator:
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case method
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The social science method involves making a detailed examination and analysis of a particular issue or problem situation is called the:
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africa
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The human species most probably originated five to seven million years ago in:
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mutation
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The process of random genetic changes that create new characteristics is called:
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- Extraordinarily difficult moral and political questions.
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Genetic engineering, including cloning technology, presents society with:
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"out of africa" replacement theory
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A 2003 fossil find of a modern human in Ethiopia fits recent genetic studies and supports the:
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- There was enormous economic and political change occurring during this time.
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The Age of Revolutions (1750 - 1850) is referred to as such because:
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turks
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In 1453 Constantinople fell to the:
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40 percent
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11) The percent of population who died of the Black Death in Europe is generally accepted as:
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england amd france
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The Hundred Years' War from 1337 and 1453 was:
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law
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Striking features in Roman history include engineering, political administration and:
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the basic political institution
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The gathering of the people into a spatially and ethnically defined unit organized and ran by a small group who will maintain and defend the unit is:
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kings-gods
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The leaders of early kingdoms in Egypt and Mesopotamia become:
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important factors in social change
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geography and climate are
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and so is interactions among cultures
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17) Today the rate of technological change is increasing:
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world view
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18) Benjamin Lee Whorf argued that each particular language embodies and propagates:
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why rivers flow in certain directions
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Geography considers all of the following except
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Birthrates will continue to decline as they have since 1909
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What do demographers believe to be true of worldwide birthrates?
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thomas malthus
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21) In 1798 an Essay on the "Principles of Pollution as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society" was written by:
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1896
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22) Guglielmo Marconi invented the radio in
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1760
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The Industrial Revolution began in England about the year:
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standardization
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25) The production of uniforms, substitutable parts is called:
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decreased the price of cars in the 1920s
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Interchangeability and mass production in an assembly line:
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specialized skills or knowledge
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Today modern machine technology has created great numbers of jobs that require:
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- Class distinctions no longer being embodied in technology.
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29) Michael Piori has argues that new technologies will result in:
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20,000 years ago
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30) The earliest human-made wooden shelters have been dated about:
