Foundations of Western Culture II - Exam 3

Points to study for Exam 3 of Foundations of Western Culture II.

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The concept that the social ownership of property, unlike the private ownership of property would benefit society as a whole is known as:
Socialism
According to Malthus, humanity was at great risk because:
An increase in population would out-strip food supplies.
Marx and Darwin both argued that:
Humans were locked in evolutionary struggle based on competition.
Historically, the notion that individual freedom is best safeguarded by limited government intervention in personal and economic life is known as:
Liberalism
The "Communist Manifesto" was written by:
Marx
The "underground man" was:
Sick and spiteful
What were influences on Marx?
Hegel, classical economics, socialism.
What is the theory of natural selection?
The belief that the most fit biological specimens in a given species will ultimately survive and reproduce.
According to Ricardo's "Iron Law of Wages":
Workers would not ultimately benefit from a rise in wages.
Who were three important socialists?
Owen, Fourier, St. Simon.
**Ricardo was NOT.
What most accurately reflects Malthus's theories?
The working class is responsible for its own poverty.
Who was the main architect of German unification?
Otto von Bismarck
What was positivism?
A theory that the careful study of facts would generate accurate laws of society.
Claude Henri:
Coined the terms "industrial" and "industrialist."
Who were three Utopian socialists?
Owen, Tristan, Fourier.
**Marx was NOT.