Applied Social Sciences Quiz
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Which ancient Greeks are credited with early studies into human nature and the state, contributing to the origins of social sciences?

  • Plato and Aristotle (correct)
  • Homer and Archimedes
  • Socrates and Pythagoras
  • Euripides and Sophocles
  • During which historical period did social science as an academic field of study begin to develop?

  • The Renaissance
  • The Age of Enlightenment (correct)
  • The Industrial Revolution
  • The Middle Ages
  • Which intellectual figures from the 18th century laid the foundations for the study of social sciences in the Western World?

  • Adam Smith, Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (correct)
  • Marie Curie, Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein
  • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach
  • Galileo, Newton, Kepler
  • Which universities nowadays offer numerous social science programs, including 12 academic departments categorized as social sciences?

    <p>The University of California, Berkeley</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What term is used to refer to the period that flourished through much of the 18th century in Europe, during which social science began to develop?

    <p>The Age of Enlightenment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who among the following intellectuals was NOT mentioned as contributing to laying the foundations for the study of social sciences in the Western World?

    <p>Marie Curie</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What discipline began to separate into unique fields of study over time along with social sciences?

    <p>Linguistics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    'The lives they led, and their early studies into human nature...' refers to which ancient civilization's contributions to the origins of social sciences?

    <p>Greeks</p> Signup and view all the answers

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