BIO 358 Exam 3 Practice Questions With Complete
Solutions
17. Humans take individual risks to project coercive threat on
behalf of either relatively democratized objectives (Union
soldiers in the American Civil War, say) or hierarchical
objectives (brown shirts in the early Nazi state, say). Which of
the following is the most accurate and complete description of
how the rationale for these behaviors is associated with ultimate
causation on the basis of the theoretical and empirical evidence
we now possess?
a. The human ethical sense equates the right with whatever
belief system is associated with decisive coercive power.
b. The human ethical sense defends democracy naturally but
must be defeated or deflected in order to do evil in a hierarchical
system.
c. The human ethical sense equates the right with whatever
belief system has been taught to them as children and
adolescents.
d. The human ethical sense defends whatever belief system is
associated with conspicuous instituti Correct Answers a. The
human ethical sense equates the right with whatever belief
system is associated with decisive coercive power.
18. The early modern state represents an adaptive revolution of
at least modest proportions. Which of the following best
describes the ultimate causal sequence behind the rise of the
early modern state?
a. Development of efficient financial instruments, allowing a
significant expansion of tradebased economic growth.
,b. Development of efficient gunpowder artillery, allowing the
cost-effective policing of elite conflicts of interest.
c. Development of new agricultural techniques, allowing the
feeding of a population of higher density.
d. Development of efficient gunpowder artillery, allowing elite
conquest of new territory to be cost-effective. Correct Answers
b. Development of efficient gunpowder artillery, allowing the
cost-effective policing of elite conflicts of interest.
19. Which of the following is the most accurate and complete
description of the history of the Tokugawa Shogunate and an
important prediction these data allowed us to test?
a. The Tokugawa Shogunate represents the early modern state in
Japan, emerging ~150 years after comparable events on the
mainland and immediately following the coming of gunpowder
artillery.
b. The Tokugawa Shogunate represents the first archaic state in
Japan, emerging ~600 years after comparable events on the
mainland and immediately following the coming of iron
metallurgy.
c. The Tokugawa Shogunate represents the democratization of
the modern state in Japan, emerging ~200 years after
comparable events on the mainland and immediately following
the coming of advanced gunpowder handguns.
d. The Tokugawa Shogunate represents the democratization of
the modern state in Japan, emerging ~100 years after
comparable events on the mainland and immediately Correct
Answers a. The Tokugawa Shogunate represents the early
modern state in Japan, emerging ~150 years after comparable
events on the mainland and immediately following the coming
of gunpowder artillery.
, 20. The Scientific Revolution began approximately 400 years
ago. Which of the following is the most likely ultimate causal
explanation for this remarkable phenomenon on the theoretical
and empirical evidence we possess?
a. The Scientific Revolution resulted from the effect of the
increased wealth generated by the modern economic miracle.
b. The Scientific Revolution resulted from the effect of the new
democratic belief systems developed in the course of the
maturation of the modern state.
c. The Scientific Revolution resulted from the effect of
improved deployment of social doubt made possible by
democratization of access to coercive threat.
d. The Scientific Revolution resulted from the effect of the
increased wealth generated by the improved banking systems of
the modern state. Correct Answers c. The Scientific Revolution
resulted from the effect of improved deployment of social doubt
made possible by democratization of access to coercive threat.
21. Which of the following best describes the ultimate causal
logic of the historical development of panglobal human
economic cooperation on the basis of our current knowledge?
a. Panglobal human cooperation emerged slowly, over the last
several centuries from the gradual development of modern
political belief systems.
b. Panglobal human cooperation emerged rapidly, recently after
the development of the technical capacity for cost-effective
international coercion.
c. Panglobal human cooperation emerged slowly, over the last
several millennia from the gradual development of improved
communication technologies, beginning with the printing press.
Solutions
17. Humans take individual risks to project coercive threat on
behalf of either relatively democratized objectives (Union
soldiers in the American Civil War, say) or hierarchical
objectives (brown shirts in the early Nazi state, say). Which of
the following is the most accurate and complete description of
how the rationale for these behaviors is associated with ultimate
causation on the basis of the theoretical and empirical evidence
we now possess?
a. The human ethical sense equates the right with whatever
belief system is associated with decisive coercive power.
b. The human ethical sense defends democracy naturally but
must be defeated or deflected in order to do evil in a hierarchical
system.
c. The human ethical sense equates the right with whatever
belief system has been taught to them as children and
adolescents.
d. The human ethical sense defends whatever belief system is
associated with conspicuous instituti Correct Answers a. The
human ethical sense equates the right with whatever belief
system is associated with decisive coercive power.
18. The early modern state represents an adaptive revolution of
at least modest proportions. Which of the following best
describes the ultimate causal sequence behind the rise of the
early modern state?
a. Development of efficient financial instruments, allowing a
significant expansion of tradebased economic growth.
,b. Development of efficient gunpowder artillery, allowing the
cost-effective policing of elite conflicts of interest.
c. Development of new agricultural techniques, allowing the
feeding of a population of higher density.
d. Development of efficient gunpowder artillery, allowing elite
conquest of new territory to be cost-effective. Correct Answers
b. Development of efficient gunpowder artillery, allowing the
cost-effective policing of elite conflicts of interest.
19. Which of the following is the most accurate and complete
description of the history of the Tokugawa Shogunate and an
important prediction these data allowed us to test?
a. The Tokugawa Shogunate represents the early modern state in
Japan, emerging ~150 years after comparable events on the
mainland and immediately following the coming of gunpowder
artillery.
b. The Tokugawa Shogunate represents the first archaic state in
Japan, emerging ~600 years after comparable events on the
mainland and immediately following the coming of iron
metallurgy.
c. The Tokugawa Shogunate represents the democratization of
the modern state in Japan, emerging ~200 years after
comparable events on the mainland and immediately following
the coming of advanced gunpowder handguns.
d. The Tokugawa Shogunate represents the democratization of
the modern state in Japan, emerging ~100 years after
comparable events on the mainland and immediately Correct
Answers a. The Tokugawa Shogunate represents the early
modern state in Japan, emerging ~150 years after comparable
events on the mainland and immediately following the coming
of gunpowder artillery.
, 20. The Scientific Revolution began approximately 400 years
ago. Which of the following is the most likely ultimate causal
explanation for this remarkable phenomenon on the theoretical
and empirical evidence we possess?
a. The Scientific Revolution resulted from the effect of the
increased wealth generated by the modern economic miracle.
b. The Scientific Revolution resulted from the effect of the new
democratic belief systems developed in the course of the
maturation of the modern state.
c. The Scientific Revolution resulted from the effect of
improved deployment of social doubt made possible by
democratization of access to coercive threat.
d. The Scientific Revolution resulted from the effect of the
increased wealth generated by the improved banking systems of
the modern state. Correct Answers c. The Scientific Revolution
resulted from the effect of improved deployment of social doubt
made possible by democratization of access to coercive threat.
21. Which of the following best describes the ultimate causal
logic of the historical development of panglobal human
economic cooperation on the basis of our current knowledge?
a. Panglobal human cooperation emerged slowly, over the last
several centuries from the gradual development of modern
political belief systems.
b. Panglobal human cooperation emerged rapidly, recently after
the development of the technical capacity for cost-effective
international coercion.
c. Panglobal human cooperation emerged slowly, over the last
several millennia from the gradual development of improved
communication technologies, beginning with the printing press.
