Social Darwinism

What is social Darwinism

• the process of which organisms adapt better to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

• the idea that certain people become powerful in society because they are innately better.

• I don’t care

• Statement that goes beyond the individual case

Who founded this theory?

• Herbert Spencer

• James Darwin

• Spencer Herbert

• Charles Darwin

What is natural selection?

• I don’t know

• A general statement of how some parts of the world fit and work together.

• the process whereby organisms better adapted to their environment tend to survive and produce more offspring.

• A statement that goes beyond the individual case.

What book did Charles Darwin publish his theories in?

• Books for animals

• The Origin of Species

• The Jungle Book

• Social Darwinism

According to the video, what are the 3 important concepts in understanding Charles Darwin’s theories?

• Natural selection, evolution, and the origin of species

• Generalization, evolution, natural selection

• Natural selection, origin of species, and generalization

• The origin of species, survival of the fittest, and evolution