Question 1

The transfer of Western scientific knowledge to the people of sub-Saharan Africa was impeded by

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A)  a failure by the colonial powers to train Africans. 
B)  a lack of the building of research centers. 
C)  the failure of indigenous communities to take an interest. 
D)  too little funding for scientific ventures in Africa. 
A)  a failure by the colonial powers to train Africans. 
B)  a lack of the building of research centers. 
C)  the failure of indigenous communities to take an interest. 
D)  too little funding for scientific ventures in Africa.

Question 2

According to the work of anthropologist Franz Boas,

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A)  no race was superior to any other in brainpower. 
B)  some peoples and societies were further evolved and thus superior. 
C)  people think differently in different cultures because they possess superior mental equipment. 
D)  cultural relativism is wrong. 
A)  no race was superior to any other in brainpower. 
B)  some peoples and societies were further evolved and thus superior. 
C)  people think differently in different cultures because they possess superior mental equipment. 
D)  cultural relativism is wrong.

Question 3

Why did a reaction against Western science take hold in the second half of the twentieth century?

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The reaction against Western science in

Question 4

What role did medicine play in the spread of Western science?

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Medicine played a significant role in th

Question 5

The main obstacle to the development of Western science in the Middle East came from

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A)  a lack of contact with European imperial powers. 
B)  religious objections. 
C)  a lack of interest from Muslim intellectuals. 
D)  the failure of the Ottoman Empire. 
A)  a lack of contact with European imperial powers. 
B)  religious objections. 
C)  a lack of interest from Muslim intellectuals. 
D)  the failure of the Ottoman Empire.

Question 6

According to a Dadaist artist,"the great work of destruction" was

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A)  the Great Depression. 
B)  World War I. 
C)  Hollywood cinema. 
D)  World War II. 
A)  the Great Depression. 
B)  World War I. 
C)  Hollywood cinema. 
D)  World War II.

Question 7

The first Nobel Prize won by a non-Westerner in the sciences was

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A)  Prafulla Chandra Ray for chemistry. 
B)  Jagadis Chandra Bose for physics. 
C)  Curzon Dax for chemistry. 
D)  Chandrasekhra Venkata Raman for physics. 
A)  Prafulla Chandra Ray for chemistry. 
B)  Jagadis Chandra Bose for physics. 
C)  Curzon Dax for chemistry. 
D)  Chandrasekhra Venkata Raman for physics.

Question 8

How have anthropological studies helped to reshape our understanding of other human societies and our own?

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Anthropological studies have played a cr

Question 9

What is cultural relativism,and how has it influenced and been influenced by studies in anthropology and psychology?

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Cultural relativism is the idea that a p

Question 10

William Golding's Lord of the Flies is often considered an allegory of the

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A)  failure of science and civilization. 
B)  belief that knowledge will make you wise. 
C)  success of science and civilization. 
D)  faith that human nature is basically good. 
A)  failure of science and civilization. 
B)  belief that knowledge will make you wise. 
C)  success of science and civilization. 
D)  faith that human nature is basically good.

Question 11

Put the following late nineteenth- to early twentieth-century inventions into correct sequence:

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A)  machine gun, wireless radio, automobile, and flight 
B)  telephone, flight, wireless radio, and electric light 
C)  typewriter, plastic, flight, and the telephone 
D)  automobile, wireless radio, flight, and plastic 
A)  machine gun, wireless radio, automobile, and flight 
B)  telephone, flight, wireless radio, and electric light 
C)  typewriter, plastic, flight, and the telephone 
D)  automobile, wireless radio, flight, and plastic

Question 12

What accounts for the rising popularity of Eastern philosophies during the last half of the twentieth century?

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There are several factors that account f

Exam 27: The Twentieth-Century Mind: Western Science and the World

The transfer of Western scientific knowledge to the people of sub-Saharan Africa was impeded by

According to the work of anthropologist Franz Boas,

Why did a reaction against Western science take hold in the second half of the twentieth century?

What role did medicine play in the spread of Western science?

The main obstacle to the development of Western science in the Middle East came from

According to a Dadaist artist,"the great work of destruction" was

The first Nobel Prize won by a non-Westerner in the sciences was

How have anthropological studies helped to reshape our understanding of other human societies and our own?

What is cultural relativism,and how has it influenced and been influenced by studies in anthropology and psychology?

William Golding's Lord of the Flies is often considered an allegory of the

Put the following late nineteenth- to early twentieth-century inventions into correct sequence:

What accounts for the rising popularity of Eastern philosophies during the last half of the twentieth century?

Out of the Ice: Peopling the Earth

Out of the Mud: Farming and Herding after the Ice Age

The Great River Valleys: Accelerating Change and Developing States

A Succession of Civilizations: Ambition and Instability

Rebuilding the World: Recoveries, New Initiatives, and Their Limits

The Great Schools

Postimperial Worlds: Problems of Empires in Eurasia and Africa, ca. 200 C.E. to ca. 700 C.E.

Remaking the World: Innovation and Renewal on Environmental Frontiers in the Late First Millennium

Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000–1200

The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200

Contending with Isolation: ca. 1000–1200

The Nomadic Frontiers: The Islamic World, Byzantium, and China ca. 1000–1200

The World the Mongols Made

The Revenge of Nature: Plague, Cold, and the Limits of Disaster in the Fourteenth Century

Expanding Worlds: Recovery in the Late Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries

Imperial Arenas: New Empires in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

The Ecological Revolution of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Mental Revolutions: Religion and Science in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

States and Societies: Political and Social Change in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries

Driven by Growth: The Global Economy in the Eighteenth Century

The Age of Global Interaction: Expansion and Intersection of Eighteenth-Century Empires

The Exchange of Enlightenments: Eighteenth-Century Thought

Replacing Muscle: The Energy Revolutions

The Social Mold: Work and Society in the Nineteenth Century

Western Dominance in the Nineteenth Century: The Westward Shift of Power and the Rise of Global Empires

The Changing State: Political Developments in the Nineteenth Century

World Order and Disorder: Global Politics in the Twentieth

The Pursuit of Utopia: Civil Society in the Twentieth Century

The Embattled Biosphere: The Twentieth-Century Environment

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