History 201 Midterm 1 BYU Prof.
Doxey Questions with Complete
solutions 2026 Updated.
cyclical - Answer upward or downward spirals; cultures repeating behaviors that lead to
progression or regression (think pride cycle in book of mormon)
Darwinism - Answer natural selection; the best (most advanced) people have developed and
conquered
cultural materialism - Answer humans do things for material motives (work together to
survive)
Altruism - Answer people who sacrifice for the needs of others really subconsciously do it to
help themselves
Environmental determinism - Answer environment determines who people are and how
successful they are
Mythos - Answer stories/explanations of origin; Greek word for "myth"
Logos doctrine - Answer the "word" is spoken by the Creator to start the Creation
Ex nihilo - Answer initial presence of water, all start with "something," various generations of
gods, creator figure, division of sky and earth or land from water, good vs evil, opposition,
council of gods, man created in image of god's, logos doctrine
Hindu - Answer paradox
different interpretations
desire is a quest to overcome
desire arose from the heart of the creator, so desire is the seed of early existence or creation
Mesoamerica - Answer Maya - Popol Vuh
There is only sky and water, the creator is in the water, there is a council
Similar to Genesis
Ancient persian - Answer From the Avesta
, Ahuramazda - God
Zoroastrianism
Similar to Genesis
Modern myths - Answer DNA
Judeo-Christian and LDS - Answer 2 creation myths
other parts of the bible talk about the creation or other formats from the creation
Elohim - plural. Can be figurative or explicit
Ex Nihilo - Answer Latin, "Out of Nothing' idea that gods created the world out of nothing.
Civilization - Answer establishment of permanent cities with diversified occupations and
(often) a writing system; excess of food production (i.e. agricultural surplus) which allows for
specialization.
Settled vs. nomadic - Answer staying in one place to live and subsist vs traveling around with
herds for food
Agricultural surplus - Answer more food is produced than is needed for survival, allowing
some people to take on jobs besides farming
Stratification of society - Answer when a society can have people do more jobs than food
production (Agricultural surplus creates this)
Paleolithic - Answer Old Stone Age (crude stone tools)
Neolithic - Answer New Stone Age (sophisticated stone tools, some made of metal - copper)
Domesticated animals - Answer animals kept/managed by people as livestock
Bronze Age - Answer copper and bronze were used for tools and weapons; in between stone
age and iron age
Importance of river valleys - Answer early civilizations developed next to rivers
Doxey Questions with Complete
solutions 2026 Updated.
cyclical - Answer upward or downward spirals; cultures repeating behaviors that lead to
progression or regression (think pride cycle in book of mormon)
Darwinism - Answer natural selection; the best (most advanced) people have developed and
conquered
cultural materialism - Answer humans do things for material motives (work together to
survive)
Altruism - Answer people who sacrifice for the needs of others really subconsciously do it to
help themselves
Environmental determinism - Answer environment determines who people are and how
successful they are
Mythos - Answer stories/explanations of origin; Greek word for "myth"
Logos doctrine - Answer the "word" is spoken by the Creator to start the Creation
Ex nihilo - Answer initial presence of water, all start with "something," various generations of
gods, creator figure, division of sky and earth or land from water, good vs evil, opposition,
council of gods, man created in image of god's, logos doctrine
Hindu - Answer paradox
different interpretations
desire is a quest to overcome
desire arose from the heart of the creator, so desire is the seed of early existence or creation
Mesoamerica - Answer Maya - Popol Vuh
There is only sky and water, the creator is in the water, there is a council
Similar to Genesis
Ancient persian - Answer From the Avesta
, Ahuramazda - God
Zoroastrianism
Similar to Genesis
Modern myths - Answer DNA
Judeo-Christian and LDS - Answer 2 creation myths
other parts of the bible talk about the creation or other formats from the creation
Elohim - plural. Can be figurative or explicit
Ex Nihilo - Answer Latin, "Out of Nothing' idea that gods created the world out of nothing.
Civilization - Answer establishment of permanent cities with diversified occupations and
(often) a writing system; excess of food production (i.e. agricultural surplus) which allows for
specialization.
Settled vs. nomadic - Answer staying in one place to live and subsist vs traveling around with
herds for food
Agricultural surplus - Answer more food is produced than is needed for survival, allowing
some people to take on jobs besides farming
Stratification of society - Answer when a society can have people do more jobs than food
production (Agricultural surplus creates this)
Paleolithic - Answer Old Stone Age (crude stone tools)
Neolithic - Answer New Stone Age (sophisticated stone tools, some made of metal - copper)
Domesticated animals - Answer animals kept/managed by people as livestock
Bronze Age - Answer copper and bronze were used for tools and weapons; in between stone
age and iron age
Importance of river valleys - Answer early civilizations developed next to rivers
