ISS210 EXAM1

There are many different social science disciplines with varying approaches but in understanding modern problems social scientists need to know:

Scientific knowledge is knowledge that has been

In the social sciences, very little use can be made of controlled experiments because the investigator:

The social science method involves making a detailed examination and analysis of a particular issue or problem situation is called the:

The human species most probably originated five to seven million years ago in:

The process of random genetic changes that create new characteristics is called:

Genetic engineering, including cloning technology, presents society with:

A 2003 fossil find of a modern human in Ethiopia fits recent genetic studies and supports the:

The Age of Revolutions (1750 - 1850) is referred to as such because:

In 1453 Constantinople fell to the:

11) The percent of population who died of the Black Death in Europe is generally accepted as:

The Hundred Years' War from 1337 and 1453 was:

Striking features in Roman history include engineering, political administration and:

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:

The leaders of early kingdoms in Egypt and Mesopotamia become:

geography and climate are

17) Today the rate of technological change is increasing:

18) Benjamin Lee Whorf argued that each particular language embodies and propagates:

Geography considers all of the following except

What do demographers believe to be true of worldwide birthrates?

21) In 1798 an Essay on the "Principles of Pollution as it Affects the Future Improvement of Society" was written by:

22) Guglielmo Marconi invented the radio in

The Industrial Revolution began in England about the year:

25) The production of uniforms, substitutable parts is called:

Interchangeability and mass production in an assembly line:

Today modern machine technology has created great numbers of jobs that require:

29) Michael Piori has argues that new technologies will result in:

30) The earliest human-made wooden shelters have been dated about: