How is Indigenous Knowledge defined?

Passed from generation to generation by an oral tradition.

According to Williamson, why can imagination be used to change the world?

New ideas can change the world and that takes imagination.

The definition of personal knowledge is...

The things we store in our memories about our likes/dislikes

Which of these is NOT a function of totem poles?

Announcing which rituals are to be performed.

Which of these is NOT an historical myth studied in class?

There are alligators living in the sewers of New York.

How is socialism best defined?

An economic system characterized by social ownership.

Which of these is a TOK concept word?

Contradiction, Bias, Belief, Justification

Which of these is a NOT commonality between the aboriginal people and the Tlingit tribes?

The worship of an identifiable god.

Why do we understand a lot of aboriginal art?

They used a standard set of symbols.

How is ethics best defined?

Moral principles that govern a person's behavior

KQ's are the heart of assessment but the essay and the presentation are approached differently.

In the essay, the KQ informs the real life situation., In the presentation the real life situation informs the KQ.

What is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis of language relativity?

Our ideas, beliefs, and perspectives are shaped by language.

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TOK 1--Review for End of Course Exams

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A comprehensive Review of materials that may be part of an end of year exam in Theory of Knowledge Level 1 (Juniors)

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1
"The right moral action is one that maximizes happiness for all," is called...
Egoism
Deontology
Utilitarianism
Altruism
2
A series of shifts in the perception of science that changes our entire outlook is known as...
A paradigm shift.
A theoretical shift.
A revisional solution.
A scientific illusion.
3
Which of these is NOT a type of knowledge claim?
Rational
Metaphysical
Faith
Observational
4
Which way of knowing is considered to be the opposite of reason?
Intuition.
Faith.
Imagination.
Memory.
5
How is Indigenous Knowledge defined?
Passed from generation to generation by an oral tradition.
Culturally biased information based on storytelling.
Passed from generation to generation by a written tradition.
A display of artwork that tells the history of a people.
6
A detailed and vivid memory that is stored on one occasion and retained for a lifetime
Light bulb memory.
Lightning bolt memory.
Flashlight memory
Flashbulb memory.
7
True or false. Flashbulb memories are not necessarily accurate in every respect
True.
False.
8
A scientist, philosopher and author revolutionized the way we look at science.
Galileo Galilei
Thomas Kuhn.
Nicolaus Copernicus
Sir Isaac Newton.
9
Which author is often considered the "patron saint of TOK"?
John Steinbeck
Mark Twain
Jane Austen
George Orwell
10
Samuel Taylor Coleridge said that art is only successful when we can form...
A truth that defies reason.
An illusion of reality.
An associative memory.
A suspension of belief.
11
According to Williamson, why can imagination be used to change the world?
New ideas can change the world and that takes imagination.
Things that could change us have not been thought of yet.
Because the great thinkers have all had great imagination.
His point is that it cannot change the world!
12
Nobody today remembers the Old Ways, It was wiped out by the Celts, the Romans and the church.
Anthropological decimation.
The Colonial Wars.
The Great Forgetting.
The Lost Ones
13
The character of Old Major represents which Bolshevik leader?
Tsar Nicholas II
Vladimir Lenin.
Joseph Stalin
Leon Trotsky
14
The definition of personal knowledge is...
String of memories in which we can contextualize ourselves.
much of what you know is because someone has told you
Examples of how to do things like ride a bike.
The things we store in our memories about our likes/dislikes
15
He explained the nuances of neurology in a way that proved captivating to a wide audience.
James Parkinson.
Oliver Sacks.
Alois Alzheirmer
Sigmund Freud.
16
In Animal Farm, Stalin and Trotsky are represented by which characters?
Snowball and Squealer
Napoleon and Squealer
Old Major and Boxer
Napoleon and Snowball
17
Shakespeare's famous "to be or not to be" soliloquy can be found in which play?
Julius Caesar
Macbeth
Richard III
Hamlet
18
The use of written and spoken words.
Reason.
Imagination.
Language.
Human Science.
19
Which of these is NOT a function of totem poles?
Negotiations.
Announcing which rituals are to be performed.
Memorials or funeral poles.
Telling a family's history and cultural.
20
If a map is to be useful, it must be imperfect. The Map is Not the Territory.
Paradox of cartography.
Contradiction.
Revisionist theory.
Mental maps.
21
Author and philosopher Iris Murdoch says that we see art through a veil that she calls our
The shaping of morality.
Moral consciousness
Quality of conciousness
The Sovereignty of Good
22
Who said, "We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize truth."
Sculptor Michelangelo
Musician: Shostakovich
Painter Pablo Picasso
Poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge
23
True or false. Aborigines have a nuclear family like us--mom, dad and kids.
True
False
24
A traditional aboriginal art form that used sticks, reeds and fingers to paint.
Cave drawing.
Dot art.
Pointillism.
Bark painting.
25
Which of these is NOT a form of propaganda that Squealer uses in his speech to the animals?
Plain Folks
Fear
Bandwagon
Hasty generalization
26
A first-person perspective of an area and how they interact with it is called...
Mental map.
Mental timeline.
Media map.
Image mapping.
27
A simple letter substitution in cryptograms is called:
Polyalphabetic.
Gregorian.
Soduko
Caesarian.
28
According to the theory of relativism...
Truth must be based on knowledge.
Everything is true.
There is no absolute truth.
Truth is merely an illusion.
29
Something that deceives the eye by appearing to be other than it is, is known as a(n)...
Persistence of vision.
Sensory misperception.
Optical illusion.
Illusionary imagination.
30
Which of these is an art form practiced by the Polynesian culture exclusively?
Ritualistic dance
Basket/rug weaving
Pottery/clay vessels.
Wayfinding
31
Man arrives on the last day, modern civilization in the last 14 seconds.
The Caesarian Calendar.
The Cosmic timeline.
The Cosmic Calendar.
The Gregorian calendar.
32
The branch of ethics that says we decide what to do based on an duty to do what is right.
Utliitarianism
Teleological
Absolutism.
Deontology
33
True or false. Graffiti is NOT considered an art form.
False
True
34
Mrs. Dilks' favorite sculpture, looked at in class, was carved by Michelangelo and called...
Death of a Virgin
The Hand of God
Mona Lisa
La Pieta
35
Our ability to remember how to do things is called...?
Procedural knowledge
Shared knowledge
Personal Experience
Personal knowledge
36
Which of these is NOT an historical myth studied in class?
The pilgrims celebrated the first Thanksgiving in 1621.
There are alligators living in the sewers of New York.
King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table are real.
Ring a ring a roses is related to the plague.
37
People used to believe the earth was flat. Now we believe it is round. This is called a...
Paradigm shift.
Rationalization.
Syllogism.
Justified true belief.
38
How is socialism best defined?
An economic system characterized by social ownership.
A political system in which the state holds total authority
Trade and industry are controlled by private owners.
Aims to replace private economy with public ownership.
39
According to the video "Abstraction in Art" how long has abstract art been around?
Only 50 years or so.
About 100 years.
1000 years.
Since the Civil War.
40
Which of these theories are used to explore the Arts?
Artist intention.
Art IS a theory.
Quality of the work.
Spectator reaction.
41
Which of these is a TOK concept word?
Contradiction
Bias
Belief
Justification
42
Which of these is a NOT commonality between the aboriginal people and the Tlingit tribes?
The reliance on the land for survival.
The worship of an identifiable god.
The ties to the land
The embedding of mythology and values into their artwork.
43
Why do we understand a lot of aboriginal art?
They used a standard set of symbols.
They used similar materials to ours today.
Because it is written in a similar language to English.
The drawings and art works are very basic.
44
What is the first step in the scientific method?
Prediction.
Observation.
Hypothesis.
Formulate a question.
45
How is ethics best defined?
Unconcerned with the rightness or wrongness of something.
Standards of behavior concerning what is and is not right
Moral principles that govern a person's behavior
One's judgment of what is important in life.
46
In traditional Tlingit art, what three shapes were used in FORMLINE?
Triangles, U-forms and ovals.
Feathers, circles and squares.
Triangles, animals and chevrons.
Birds, trees, and the sky.
47
True or false. The saying "low man on the totem pole" signifies the least important person.
False
True
48
The study of knowledge is called..
Epistemology
Eschatology
Episiology
Epicureology
49
KQ's are the heart of assessment but the essay and the presentation are approached differently.
In the essay the real life situation informs the KQ.
In the presentation the KQ informs the real life situation.
In the essay, the KQ informs the real life situation.
In the presentation the real life situation informs the KQ.
50
What is the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis of language relativity?
It treats language as a uniquely human, cognitive capacity.
Our ideas, beliefs, and perspectives are shaped by language.
A process by which humans use the capacity to acquire words.
The scientific study of language and its structure,
51
Choices that have no moral consequences.
Hypothetical imperatives.
Categorical Imparatives.
Dictums.
Maxims.
52
Historian Arthur Marwick answers the question "Why do History?" as follows:
There is poetic appeal in understanding the past.
The most compelling reason is to understand the present.
A defense against misleading messages of the 21st century.
To be able to contextualize art, music and literature.
53
The theory which holds that space exists only as relations between objects.
Relationalism.
Deism.
Viewpoints.
Rationalization.
54
The TOK presentation starts with...
A knowledge question.
A claim.
A real life situation.
A counterclaim.
55
What is the foundation of most of our beliefs?
Religion.
Family.
School.
Culture.
56
If Squealer was equated to a modern political figure, who would he represent?
Secretary of State
POTUS
Leader of the Joint Chiefs
Press Secretary
57
Which birds are used most often in Native American art of the Northwest Pacific?
Eagle and the Raven.
The Hawk and the Condor.
The Raven and the Crow.
The Eagle and the Flamingo.
58
Which of these is NOT a reason that history gets rewritten?
History needs to pin the blame on someone(thing).
Evidence used selectively.
The availability of evidence.
Social, political and psychological paradigms of the time.
59
True or false. The film Awakenings is based on a true story of encephalitis patients.
True.
False.
60
Gestalt theory states that we perceive in patterns. True or False.
False
True
61
Theory that derives moral obligation from what is good or desirable as an end to be achieved
Absolutism.
Teleological Ethics
Deontological Ethics.
Kantism.
62
Of what is Animal Farm and allegorical account?
World War I.
The Bolshevik Revolution.
The Russian Revolution of 1917.
The fall of the USSR.
63
"The greatest happiness for the greatest number" was the slogan of...?
Jeremy Bentham
Plato
Oliver Sacks.
Immanuel Kant.
64
Who was the major proponent of what we know as "The Golden Rule"?
Plato
Immanuel Kant.
Aristotle.
Jeremy Bentham.
65
Wayfinding is a method of navigation that uses...
Compasses and sextants.
The position of the stars, waves and clouds.
Elaborate maps.
Spyglasses that show land masses.
66
In the traditional Tlingit dance forms, why do the dancers enter backwards?
It's symbolic of turning your back on evil ways.
So that the intricate design of their robes is seen.
The audience is not supposed to see behind their masks.
It's a surprise as to which story they are telling.
67
The memory of our personal experiences for as long as we’ve been alive is known as...?
Episodic Memory
Cultural knowledge
Personal knowledge
Flashbulb memory
68
Historian E. H. Carr says that history is a WOK not an AOK and ...
Historians are in a constant dialogue with the evidence.
The role of the historian is to be a ‘midwife to the facts’,
There is no truth in history.
The outlook is entirely bounded by our own situation.
69
Which of these elements are characteristics of the Modern Paradigm.
There is no purpose to life.
There is no God or path to truth.
All of these.
Humans are randomly evolutionary accidents.
70
Which of these are ways of knowing?
Emotion and reason.
Imagination and faith.
Language and sense perception.
Intuition and memory.
71
Besides breaking Enigma, Alan Turing's imagination is credited with designing...
Modern day encryption tools.
War plans for World War II.
The computer.
A modernized printing press.
72
Which of these is NOT a Grand Paradigm?
Enlightenment.
Classic
Technological.
Modern
73
What is the difference between belief and certainty?
Belief needs no evidence, certainty requires evidence.
Certainty is when you are convinced of validity with proof.
Certainty is when you are convinced of without any proof.
Belief is when a person is convinced without any proof.
74
Our tendency to see only the evidence that supports our beliefs.
Certainty.
Confirmation bias.
Idealization.
Apathy.
75
True or False. Morse Code is a form of cryptology.
False.
True.
76
Judgement should be used for all the following reasons except...?
To confirm ones biases.
To question flimsy evidence.
To balance open-mindedness and skepticism.
To avoid gullibility.
77
Which of these is NOT an element of the Classical Paradigm?
Humans are at the center of the Universe.
Humans were placed here by God(s).
Religion is the path to truth.
Humans purpose is to explore the Universe.
78
Which of these Ways of Knowing can modify a flashbulb memory?
Sensory Perception.
Emotion.
Reason.
Faith.
79
Picasso's statement on war is evidenced in his painting...
The Charge of the Lancers
Guernica
The Third of May
The Battle of Kearsage and the Alabama
80
Most modern maps have a tendency to be...
Eurocentric
America-centric
Asiacentric
Afro-centric
81
The knowledge we gain from art is
Intellectual
Aesthetic
Moral
Emotional
82
The crest on the totem pole speaks to the history of the people and appears
Twice on each pole to signify continuation.
At eye level so everyone can see it.
At the top of the pole.
At the bottom of the pole. The most prominent position.
83
Define conceptual art.
Art in which the idea is more important than the product,
Art based on modern popular culture and the mass media.
A form of abstract art that gives the illusion of movement.
The effect uses shapes, forms, colors, and textures,
84
Why were the Polynesians frightened by the Spanish invaders who came from the west?
The west was the afterworld and the Spaniards were demons.
The believed they were the gods in personage.
They were all sick and they were afraid of germs.
They were outnumbered and the Spaniards held weapons.
85
Elements of this paradigm say man is rationally superior and science is the source of truth.
Classic.
Modern.
Post-modern.
Enlightenment.
86
The oldest form of aboriginal art is...
Rock drawings.
Weaving.
Dot art.
Bark painting.
87
True or false. Aborigines cannot tell/paint a story that does not belong to their family.
False
True
88
Williamson states that imagination can change the world because it is a means to knowledge...
And knowledge can change the world.
And imagination is more important than knowledge.
Knowledge can be used for good or bad.
And knowledge is all we need.
89
Albert Camus stated, "A guilty conscience needs to confess..."
"We confess in our stream of consciousness."
"Art relieves us of this obligation."
"And all have a guilty conscience."
"A work of art is a confession."
90
Which of these best defines the ethical theory called Egoism?
It's all about establishing time targeted objectives.
Moral impact derives solely from the effect on others.
Autocracy--one person holds all the power.
Treats self interest as the foundation of morality.
91
Indigenous cultures share some commonalities. Which of these are shared?
Location and culturally specific.
Show critical concern for nature and animal life.
Not systematically documented.
Oral traditions, storytelling.
92
Analytical thinking such as deduction and induction.
Mathematics.
Sensory perception.
Faith
Reason.
93
All that knowledge that has been stored.
Shared memory.
Both cultural and shared memory.
Neither cultural or shared memory.
Cultural memory.
94
Who defined knowledge as "justified true belief"?
Socrates
Aristophanes
Aristotle
Plato
95
What language was Winston working on in the excerpt we read from 1984 by George Orwell?
Newspeak.
Latin.
Doubletalk.
Romani.
96
Which of these is NOT a good question starter for a Knowledge question?
Under what circumstances...
What is...
To what extent...
What role does...
97
How the landscape can shape people's and animal behaviors is called the study of...
Geographic animalism.
Situational geography.
Behavioral geography.
Animalistic behaviorism.
98
A good knowledge question will address the WoK and AoK as well as use some...
Make claims.
Evidence.
TOK concepts.
Provide counterclaims.
99
Which of this is NOT a type of Knowledge claim?
Observational.
Metaphysical.
Faith.
Rational.
100
That there are absolute standards against which moral questions can be judged is...
Egoism.
Imperativism.
Altruism.
Absolutism.

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