Philosophy
Who is considered the father of modern philosophy?
René Descartes
$200: What is the economic term for a situation in which demand exceeds supply?
a shortage
What is the term for a system of government in which power is vested in a single ruler?
autocracy
What is the fundamental force responsible for keeping planets in orbit around the Sun?
gravity
Who wrote the epic poem "Paradise Lost"?
John Milton
What is the term for the philosophical study of knowledge?
epistemology
Who wrote "The Wealth of Nations" and is considered the father of modern economics?
Adam Smith
Who wrote the political treatise "The Prince"?
Niccolò Machiavelli
Who is credited with developing the theory of relativity?
Albert Einstein
What is the name of the protagonist in Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel "Crime and Punishment"?
Raskolnikov
Who wrote the existentialist work "Being and Nothingness"?
Jean-Paul Sartre
What is the name of the economic theory that advocates for minimal government intervention in the economy?
laissez-faire economics
What is the name of the principle that individuals or entities should be treated the same by the law?
equality before the law
What is the unit of measure for electrical resistance?
the ohm (Ω)
What is the term for a play in which the main character experiences a downfall as a result of their tragic flaw?
a tragedy
What is the principle of non-contradiction?
something cannot both be and not be at the same time and in the same respect
What is the formula for calculating GDP?
GDP (Gross Domestic Product) = C + I + G + (X - M)
What is the term for a system of government in which power is divided between a central authority and constituent political units?
federalism
What is the name of the theoretical particle associated with the Higgs field and responsible for giving other particles mass?
Higgs boson
Who wrote the novel "Beloved," which won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1988?
Toni Morrison
What is the main concept in Immanuel Kant's moral philosophy?
categorical imperative
What is the term for the study of how people make decisions in the face of scarcity?
microeconomics
What is the term for a system of government in which power is derived from the consent of the governed?
democracy
What is the name of the principle that states that the total energy of an isolated system remains constant over time?
the conservation of energy
What is the name of the style of writing that emerged in the 20th century characterized by stream-of-consciousness narration and fragmented storytelling?
modernism