AP Success - AP European History: Darwin's Evolutionary Impact
Source 1
"Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
Charles Darwin, "On the Origin of Species," 1859
Question 1
Which of the following best describes the impact of Charles Darwin's 'On the Origin of Species' on 19th-century European thought?
Question 2
Darwin's reference to 'the war of nature, from famine and death' most directly suggests which of the following concepts?
Question 3
The idea that 'endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved' would have most likely contradicted the views of which of the following groups?
Question 4
The phrase 'this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity' reflects Darwin's reliance on which of the following scientific principles?
Question 5
Darwin's work, as exemplified in the provided passage, contributed to intellectual debates in Europe by:
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