Sociology
The primary focus of sociology is to understand human ________ and ________.
Behavior, Societies
What event happened on December 7, 1941?
Pearl Harbor
Approximately how old is the Universe?
13.7 Trillion Years
Rosa Parks’ activism led to which key moment in the Civil Rights Movement?
Montgomery Bus Boycott
This Athenian philosopher wrote The Republic, where he described an ideal society ruled by philosopher-kings.
Plato
The “Chicago School” perspective focused on empirical research built on a central belief that people’s behaviors and personalities are shaped by their social and physical environments. Name 1 of the sociologists considered a scholar within this school of thought.
Nels Anderson, Ernest Burgess, Ruth Shonle Cavan, Edward Franklin Frazier, Everett Hughes, Roderick D. McKenzie, George Herbert Mead, Robert E. Park, Walter C. Reckless, Edwin Sutherland, W. I. Thomas, Charles Horton Cooley
Which world-changing war officially ended in 1783?
The American Revolution
What are storms produced by the sun called?
Solar Storms
Which activist co-founded and presided over the National Woman Suffrage Association?
Susan B. Anthony
Aristotle, Plato’s student, believed in this concept, which refers to the purpose or end goal of an object or being.
Teleology
Believed that the best way to understand society is by determining the logic or scientific laws governing human behavior, which he called "social physics." Founder of positivism.
Aguste Comte
What happened on July 20, 1969?
Neil Armstrong walked on the moon.
What accounts for approximately 85% of matter in the universe?
Dark Matter
Which US First Lady is known for being the first to take on responsibilities beyond hosting and entertaining in the White House?
Eleanor Roosevelt
This Scottish philosopher was a skeptic who questioned the existence of causality and the self in works like An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding.
David Hume
The first African American to receive a PhD from Harvard and the first sociologist to undertake ethnography in the African American community. Created Double-Consciousness Theory.
W.E.B. Dubois
What civilization-altering invention came about in 1440?
The Printing Press
What is another name for the North Star?
Polaris
The first woman in America to receive a medical degree, she would later open a hospital for women & children with her sister Emily.
Elizabeth Blackwell
This philosopher believed that history progresses through a dialectical process involving a thesis, antithesis, and synthesis.
Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Three Factors Needed to Establish Causality
Correlation, Time Order, Ruling Out of Alternative Explanations
Which famous person was born on April 22, 571?
Muhammad
What is the most common type of galaxy in the universe?
Elliptical Galaxy
Which of the following women was the first female US Secretary of State?
Madeleine Albright
The "trolley problem," a thought experiment in moral philosophy, was first introduced by this philosopher.
Philippa Foot