Social Science Quiz Chapter 1-3
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. Whether you’re studying it for college, career purposes or you’re simply curious about how the mind works when put in contact with other minds out in the world, let’s take a look at the study of social science, shall we? What do you know about human society and social relationships? Let’s find out.
- 1.Which of the following is not considered a social science?
- A.
Sociology
- B.
Geography
- C.
Philosophy
- D.
Economics
- 2.Social science and natural science are both scientific but differ in focus because?
- A.
Natural science deals with spiritual values
- B.
Social science deals with all aspects of the group life of humans
- C.
Social science deals mostly with matter and energy
- D.
Natural science does not deal with living things
- 3.One difference between natural and social science is that social science tends to?
- A.
Be more empirical
- B.
Utilize the scientific method more frequently
- C.
Use controlled experiments less often
- D.
Be more mathematical
- 4.________________ is a social science, while _________________ is a natural science.
- A.
Geology | geography
- B.
Astrology | astronomy
- C.
Geography | geology
- D.
Agronomy | horticulture
- 5.Anthropology most often studies the relationship between?
- A.
The natural environment and trading system
- B.
Biological traits and socially acquired characteristics of humans
- C.
Physics and biology
- D.
Marketing strategies and geography
- 6.Which social science is most concerned with the distribution of resources in society?
- A.
Psychology
- B.
Economics
- C.
Linguistics
- D.
Anthropology
- 7.In the statement "the less time you spend online, the higher your test scores are".
- A.
The amount of time spent online is the dependent variable
- B.
There is a positive relationship between time online and test scores
- C.
There is a negative relationship between time spent online and test scores
- D.
Test scores are the independent variable
- 8.How do social scientists measure concepts like happiness, frustration or satisfaction?
- A.
By inverting their meaning
- B.
By sampling them across a non-representative population
- C.
By reflexively determining their relative importance
- D.
By operationalizing the concepts
- 9.Social research that involves " Hanging out" with people in order to study them is calles?
- A.
The comparative method
- B.
Ethnographic research
- C.
The historical method
- D.
The cross-cultural method
- 10.The study of why different cultures grow different sorts of crops is a question of ?
- A.
Geology
- B.
Demography
- C.
Geography
- D.
Cartography
- 11.A stratified random sample is ?
- A.
Un-biased and not proportional
- B.
Biased and proportional
- C.
Non-proportional and biased
- D.
Un-biased and proportional
- 12.The human species most probably originated five to seven million years ago in?
- A.
Europe
- B.
Africa
- C.
Asia
- D.
South America
- 13."The family that walks on all fours" program found that some of the children's anability to walk upwright was due mainly to what cause?
- A.
Natural Selection
- B.
Mutation
- C.
Competition
- D.
Migration
- 14.The process of random genetic changes that create new characteristics is called?
- A.
Natural selection
- B.
Mutation
- C.
Competition
- D.
Migration
- 15.Genetic engineering, including cloning technology, presents society with?
- A.
Easy solutions for medical problems without ethical questions
- B.
No choices, only solution
- C.
Clear benefits, with no moral complications
- D.
Extraordinarily difficult moral and political questions
- 16.The scientific name for the human is ?
- A.
Homo ludens
- B.
Homo genous
- C.
Homo pithicus
- D.
Homo sapiens
- 17.Genetic explanations for human behaviors are the topic of study for the discipline of ?
- A.
Geobiology
- B.
Political biology
- C.
Sociobiology
- D.
Economic anthropology
- 18.The moors were armies of what group ?
- A.
Rome
- B.
England
- C.
Moravia
- D.
North African Muslims
- 19.What percent (+/-) of the population of western europe died as a result of the Black Death?
- A.
5 percent
- B.
100 percent
- C.
40 percent
- D.
90 percent
- 20.The historical era dating from the 1400's to the 1600's is called ?
- A.
The Stone Age
- B.
The Renaissance
- C.
The Victorian Era
- D.
The Iron Era
- 21.The most powerful institution in the Middle Ages in Europe was ?
- A.
The banks
- B.
The catholic church
- C.
The peasants
- D.
The explorers
- 22.Name the three important revolutions of the mid-late 18th century?
- 23.What is the scientific term for passing random beneficial genetic mutations to offspring?
- 24.What is the name of the island where Darwin developed his theory of evolution?
- 25.The kind of social system in which there are lords and serfs is called ?
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