Overview of Humanities

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Which of these statements is the best description of philosophy?

A philosophy is a system of organized beliefs about a supreme being such as a god or some type of deity.

Which of these might be studied in both the natural sciences and the social sciences?

A study of how global warming affects the hunting activities of the Inuit people in Canada

Which of these statements is the best description of the social sciences?

A study of how people have organized the way they live

Which of these answers best describes the Renaissance?

A time when there was a rejection of the authority of the Catholic Church

What term can be defined as any form of literature that belongs to a particular group of works?

Genre

Which of these sciences is not a natural science?

Anthropology

Which of these terms refers to the customs, values, social institutions, art, music, dance, language, and tradition of a society's culture?

Cultural traits

Which of these is not a natural science?

Economics

Which subject could be included in both the humanities and social sciences?

History

Which of these subjects would most likely be classified as part of the humanities?

Literature

Which of these answers is the best description of prose?

Ordinary written language without the use of meter or rhyme

Which of these sciences could be classified as part of the humanities and social sciences?

Philosophy

What did humanists believe?

Society civilized people rather than made them wicked.

What science would research the voting patterns in the 2004 presidential elections?

Social sciences

What term is defined as the knowledge needed to make items that are part of material culture?

Technology


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