Final Exam - Review 1 and 2

    Cards (78)

    • Europe was the center of Western Culture in the Middle Ages.
    • The Law of Moses is found in the Hebrew Scriptures.
    • God's immanence refers to his presence in creation, He is also transcendent ( beyond )
    • "Philosophy" literally means "love of wisdom"
    • According to Plato, the soul is immortal
    • The Greek Polis referred to the common life of the inhabitants of a Greek city.
    • Aristotle believed only virtue was necessary to live a happy life. (True or False)
      FALSE, he believed we needed some material goods or needs as well.
    • Virtue must be habitual to be virtue.
    • Marcus Aurelius was the last emperor of the Pax Romana. ( 100s AD )
    • Political instability contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire.
    • "The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church" means that the experience of religious persecution actually helped grow the Christian church.
    • Christian teachings in ancient times were intellectually attractive.
    • The baptism of Clovis is considered the beginning of the nation of France.
    • The Renaissance began in Italy.
    • Sola Scriptura was the Protestant principle that the Bible is the sole infallible authority for Christian belief and practice.
    • Martin Luther was never executed for his beliefs.
    • The Enlightenment emphasized the power of reason as a means of increasing knowledge.
    • Descartes confirmed his own existence as certain from the fact that he could think.
      "I think therefore I am"
    • Protestants were united in a single denomination for the first 100 years of Protestantism. (True or False)
      FALSE, they never unite into a single denomination.
    • African Slavery was a major part of the English colonies from the moment of their founding. (True or False)

      FALSE, it was not a major part of the English colonies until the colonies developed later on.
    • Britain in the 1760s was a class society with minimal social mobility.
    • Most adult males in eighteen-century Britain had the right to vote. ( True or False)
      FALSE, had to have land in order to vote, which only those of the higher class could own land.
    • A "court" government was one in which the king had placemen in Commons.
    • The population of British North America was 2.1 Million by 1770.
    • The Industrial Revolution first occurred in Western culture.
    • The pre-industrial shop was headed by a master craftsman
    • The industrial factory typically included machines and unskilled workers
    • Adam Smith asserted that human beings by nature wish to trade
      ( only human beings )
    • Adam Smith asserted that division of labor produced many efficiencies, and was very helpful with running the factories quickly.
    • Homo economicus seeks to maximize his wealth.
    • Homo economicus is inconsistent and changeable in what he desires. (True or False)
      FALSE, human beings are consistent.
    • Psychological man was on an inward quest for psychological happiness.
    • The ego includes our reasoning faculty, according to Freud.
    • The super-ego consists of our basic instincts and impulses. (True or False)
      FALSE, the "id" consists of our basic instincts and impulses
    • A teacher who focuses on developing students' self-expression would be part of therapeutic culture.
    • Natural Law is of divine origin.
    • Legal positivism places law's authority in human institutions.
    • The rise of the Nazis produced a crisis in the understanding of Western law.
    • Adolph Eichmann claimed that he had acted according to the law of Germany, human beings.
    • We should study Western Culture because it is our culture.