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HUM 101 – Western Civ
Midterm
Short answers/Multiple choice
1) Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
2) What crimes was Socrates charged and found guilty of?
3) Who was history’s first Western philosopher?
4) Which 2 Greeks are considered the greatest Western philosophers?
5) Who fought in the Peloponnesian War? Who won?
6) What is the Pax Romana?
7) What do Jainism, Hinduism and Buddhism all share?
8) What is the Fertile Crescent?
9) Who was the strategos (archon) during Athens Golden Age?
10) Which Chinese Dynasty created the system of writing that is based on what is still
used today? A) Zhou b) Qin c) Shang d) Han
11) Which dynasty unified China? A) Zhou b) Qin c) Shang d) Han
12) What was the shu jing?
13) What was the shi jung?
14-16) List 3 Chinese inventions/innovations.
17-21) List the 5 main Chinese religions.
22) What is the main Japanese indigenous religion?
23) What is the Kojiki?
24) Who are the Kami?
25) What is the Bhagavad Gita?
26-29) What are the 4 castes that Indian society is divided into?
30-33) What are the 4 major religions that exist in India?
34) Define Brahman.
35-37) Name the 3 gods and their functions that the Brahman is divided into.
38) What is the Middle Path that the Buddha taught?
39-42) What are the 4 Noble Truths of Buddhism?
43) Which of these was NOT a major Aegean Greek civilization?
a) Mycenaeans
b) Trojans
c) Minoans
d) Cycladic
44) Which of these was NOT a group of archaic Greeks?
a) Ionians
b) Spartans c) Dorians d) Aeolians
45) Which building had the world’s first plumbing system?
a) Palace of Knossos b) Colosseum c) Baths of Caracalla d) Livia’s Palazzo
46) Who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey?
a) Pindar b) Plato
c) Thucydides
d) Homer
47) What was the main Greek fighting formation?
a) The Legion b) The Phalanx c) The Turtle d) The Pilon
48) Who did the Greeks adopt the alphabet from?
a) The Phoenicians b) The Egyptians c) The Romans d) The Etruscans
49) Who was Minoan civilization named for?
a) King Minoa b) King Noan c) King Minos d) King Mionataur
50) What is considered the most perfect ancient Greek building according to modern
architects?
a) Erechtheion
b) Propylaia c) Temple of Athena Nike d) The Parthenon
51) Which building has the best natural acoustics in the world?
a) Colosseum b) Pompey’s Theater c) Theater of Epidauros
d) Pantheon
52) Which of these was NOT considered a masterpiece of Hellenistic Art?
a) Venus di Milo
b) Laocoon c) Winged Victory d) Farnese Bull
53) Which 2 languages of the ancient world have still not been fully deciphered?
a) Minoan and Etruscan b) Minoan and Linear B c) Etruscan and Byzantine
54) Which artwork is now the symbol of the city of Rome?
a) Augustus Prima Porta b) She-Wolf c) Colosseum d) Pantheon
55) When was the founding of Rome?
a) April 21, 753 BCE b) April 29, 1965 c) March 5, 776 BCE
56) Who founded the city of Rome?
a) Mars and Venus b) Aeneas c) Romulus and Remus d) It was never lost
57) What country did Rome fight against in the Punic Wars?
a) Punicia b) Phoenicia c) Carthage d) Greece
58) What is the masterpiece of Roman Imperial Art?
a) Colosseum b) Ara Pacis c) Altar of Peace d) Pantheon
59) What was the real name for the Colosseum?
a) Caesar’s Forum b) Imperial Forum c) Flavian Amphitheater d) Colosseum
60) What year did the fall of the Roman Empire in the West occur?
a) 1453 b) 476 c) 776
d) 1816
61) What happened on August 24, 79 CE?
a) Great Fire of Rome b) Mt Vesuvius erupted
and c
c) Pompeii was destroyed d) both b
62) Who was the first Roman Emperor?
a) Augustus Caesar b) Julius Caesar c) Diocletian d) Constantine
63) Which of these is NOT a period of Roman history?
a) Imperial b) Monarchial c) Republican d) Democratic
64) What statue was the first monumental nude in history?
a) Kritios Boy
b) Female Kore c) Standing Youth (Kouros) d) Aphrodite of Knidos
65) What was the first statue to use contrapposto in its stance?
a) Kritios Boy
b) Female Kore c) Standing Youth (Kouros) d) Spear Bearer
66) Which of these was NOT a period of Greek history?
a) Helladic b) Hellenistic c) Classical d) Ionic Age e) Doric Dark Age
67) What aspects of life is the Hindu god Ganesha associated with?
68) Who created the first anthtopomorphic icons of the Buddha?
69) What purpose was the Taj Mahal built for?
70) What was unique about the discovery of Tutankhamen’s (King Tut’s) tomb?
71-73) Name 3 Egyptian gods.
74-75) Which of these was NOT a Persian god?
a) Ahura-mazda b) Anu c) Ahriman
76) What was the Egyptian scientific innovation that we still use today?
a) Solar calendar b) Boats c) the Wheel d) Astronomy
77) Name the world’s first nation state.
a) Sumer b) Assyria
c) Egypt
d) Babylonia
78) Which of these was not one of the 4 ancient river valley civilizations?
a) Tigris and Euphrates Rivers b) Songhai River c) Nile River d) Yang Tze River e) Indus
River
79) Which civilization created the world’s first empire?
a) Assyrian b) Neo-Sumerian c) Akkadian d) Babylonian
80) What is the name of the event in which Nebuchadnezzar II captured Jerusalem and
placed the Jews in slavery?
a) Babylonian Captivity b) Exodus c) Armageddon d) Captivity of the Jews
81) Which culture was the first to use iron weapons?
a) Kassites b) Elamites c) Hittites d) Babylonian
82) When were the earliest known cave paintings created?
a) 15,000 BCE b) 10,000 BCE c) 40,000 BCE d) 28,000 BCE
83)Which of these is NOT a location where cave painting can be found?
a) Ariege b) Lascaux c) Chauvet d) Altamira
84-86) What are the names for the 3 eras of prehistory?
87-88) What were 2 Sumerian innovations/inventions?
89) Why is Hatshepsut important historically?
a) Builder of many temples b) first peace treaty c) first woman pharaoh
90) Which of these was NOT a Sumerian god?
a) Anu
b) Ahriman
c) Enki d) Ishtar
e) Ea
91) Which artwork is considered the masterpiece of the Ancient Near East?
a) Bust of Nefertiti b) Standard of Ur c) Hunting Reliefs d) Mona Lisa
92) Which artwork is considered the masterpieces of the Sumerians?
a) Bust of Nefertiti b) Standard of Ur c) Hunting Reliefs d) Mona Lisa
93) Who wrote the first complete set of laws?
a) Ur-Nammu b) Napoleon c) Justinian d) Hammurabi
94) Who was the first known artist?
a) Michelangelo b) Imhotep c) Djoser d) Ramesses II
95=97) List the 3 major periods of Egyptian history
98) What is the oldest stone structure in history?
a) Ziggurat of Ur b) Great Pyramid c) Step Pyramid d) Mastaba
99) What is the largest stone structure in history?
a) Ziggurat of Ur b) Great Pyramid c) Step Pyramid d) Mastaba
100)What were pyramids mainly used for?
a) Observing the heavens b) Alien landing platforms c) Tombs for pharaohs
101) Who wrote the first code of laws (incomplete)?
a) Hammurabi b) Moses, c) Ur-Nammu d) Justinian
102) What was the greatest/most important Sumerian invention?
a) boats b) schools c) religion d) writing
103) What is the oldest work of written literature?
a) Epic of Gilgamesh b) The Iliad c) The Bible d) Book of the Dead
104) Which Roman Dynasty was the first?
a) Flavian
b) Severan
c) Julio-Claudian
d) Antonine
105) What tragic event occurred on March 15, 44 BCE?
Art Characteristics – Please write 2 art characteristics from each of the periods below:
106-107) Roman
108-109) Hellenistic Greece
110-111) Classical Greece
112-113) Minoan Greece
114-115) Mycenaean Greece
116-117) Egypt
118-119) Amarna Egypt
120-121) Paleolithic
122-123) Neolithic
124-125) Assyrian
125-126) Akkadian
127-128) Sumerian
129-130) Etruscan
Matching 1 – Place the capital letter in the space provided.
131) 1st triumvirate _____
A) citadel on a hill in Greek city-states
132) 2nd triumvirate _____
B) female statue that serves as a column
133) 1st Roman Civil War _____
C) Greek public square
134) 2nd Roman Civil War _____
D) “general” in Greek, one of 10 leaders in Athens
135) 3rd Roman Civil War _____
E) Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Pluto, Venus, Mercury
136) Greek Gods _____
F) Julius Caesar, Pompey, and Crassus
137) Roman Gods _____
G) first Christian emperor, legalized Christianity
138) pax romana _____
H) emperor during Great Fire of Rome, persecuted
Christians, killed his own mother and his wife
139) veristic _____
I) the sickest, most twisted emperor, made his horse
Consul, had incest with his sister
140) agora _____
J) Zeus, Poseidon, Hades, Hera, Aphrodite, Hermes
141) acropolis _____
K) first great Western philosopher
142) faience _____
L) “Roman Peace” lasted 200 years from Augustus –
Commodus
143) caryatid _____
M) Octavian Ceasar, Marc Antony, Lepidus
144) contrapposto _____
N) Sulla v Marius, Sulla wins
145) strategos _____
O) Octavian v Marc Antony , Octavian wins
146) fresco _____
P) Caesar v Pompey, Caesar wins
147) Caesar _____
Q) painting on wet plaster upon a wall
148) Nero _____
R) considered greatest military leader in ancient world, defeated the
Persians, nicknamed ‘the Great’
149) Augustus _____
S) glazed earthenware (pottery)
150) Alexander _____
T) true to natural appearance
151) Pericles _____
U) a stance used by the Greeks to show shifted weight,
comes from the Italian word
152) Socrates _____
V) first Roman emperor, changed his name from Octavian, began the
pax romana
153) Caligula _____
W) chosen dictator for life, he was assassinated on March
15, 44 BCE, member of 1st triumvirate, defeated Gauls
154) Constantine _____
X) Strategos of Athens during the Golden Age, died of
plague
Matching 2. Choose the best answer for each selection. Place the lower case letter in the
space provided.
155) ____ Menhir
a) Egypt’s greatest pharaoh; builder of first
transcontinental empire during Golden Age
156) ____Megalith
b) upright walking man
157) ____ Dolmen
c) builder of Step Pyramid; world’s first known artist
158) ____Theocracy
d) government ruled by religious authority
159) ____ Polytheism
e) ruler (king) of Egypt
160) ____Cuneiform
f) Egyptian sacred picture writing
161) ____monarchy
g) handy man, first tool maker, opposable thumb
162) ____Monotheism
h) Sumerian writing script
163) ____Hieroglyphics
i) large stone monument
164)____Hierarchic Scale
j) belief in many gods
165)____Pharaoh
k) single upright standing megalith
166)____Thutmoses III
l) two upright stones with one on top of them
167)____Imhotep
m) belief in one god
168)____homo habilis
n) a government ruled by one person, usually a king
169)____homo erectus
o) the more important a person/object the larger it is
Mixed questions.
170) Which discovery separates Paleolithic from the Neolithic period?
a) writing b) domestication of animals c) agriculture d) both b and c
171) What is the oldest city in the world?
a) Catal Huyok b) Jericho c) Jerusalem d) Rome
172) What is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world?
a) Catal Huyok b) Jericho c) Jerusalem d1-3) List 3 Roman innovations
173-175) List 3 names of the imperial forums that could be found in Rome.
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Bonus Short Essay: Choose 1
1) List the differences between Greek and Roman Theaters and Greek and Roman Temples
2) List the difference between Aristotle’s Realism and Plato’s Idealism philosophies.
3) Which common threads can be found in all the ancient religions of Greece, Rome, Egypt and the
Etruscans?