Download Humanities 1301 Assessment: Chapters 1-12

Humanities 1301 Assessment: Chapters 1-12
Part I: Historical Periods and Significant Events
1. This term is used to describe the Late Stone Age when agricultural skills had
been developed but stone was still the principal material for tools and weapons.
2. This is the sight of the great Sphinx that stands near the three colossal
pyramids built for Pharaohs Cheops, Chefren, and Mycerinus.
3. A code of laws was developed by this Babylonian ruler.
4. This statue marks the “turning point” between the late Archaic world and the
early Classical world.
5. What field is the basis for the philosophical system devised by Pythagoras?
6. Who is considered the “Father of History”?
7. This is the author of the History of the Peloponnesian War.
8. A Greek word meaning “virgin,” this term is the source from which the Greeks
derived the name for Athena’s temple atop the Acropolis.
9. Which two powers were involved in the Peloponnesian War?
10. This is Rome’s first emperor, under whose rule the empire achieved
unequaled peace and prosperity.
11. During this Roman emperor’s reign, the Pantheon was built.
12. This system in India divides all of society into several subgroups.
13. This Chinese ruler directed construction of the Great Wall to defend his
empire from outside invaders.
14. This term literally means “the enlightened one.”
15. This Chinese philosopher believed that a state run by a wise ruling class
would produce similar characteristics in its people.
16. This term refers to the belief in one God.
17. The term identifies a father of a tribe.
18. Literally meaning “going out,” this term is used to refer to Moses’ leading the
Hebrews out of Egyptian captivity.
19. This Roman emperor established the eastern capital of the Empire in
Byzantium and renamed the city.
20. A term used to refer to Muhammad’s flight from Mecca to Medina, this marks
the beginning of the Islamic religion.
21. This city served as the Muslims’ Spanish capital in the 8th Century.
22. To what destination does a Muslim travel in making the Haj?
23. The “Carolingian Renaissance” concerns the rise of the kingdom of the
Franks under what ruler?
24. The Carolingian world was essentially this.
25. In contrast to the Carolingian period, the “High Middle Ages” saw the growth
of what things?
26. On the social ladder, which group stood between the rural peasant and the
landed royalty?
27. Medieval Paris, from about 1150 to 1300, was what? (Think of qualities or
assets)
28. “Unparalleled natural calamity, institutional decay and cruel violence”
describe which century most closely?
29. Around what major devastation does the Decameron, by Boccacio, center?
30. This city became the first important center of the early Italian Renaissance
31. Who was the most important Christian humanist in Europe during the
1500’s?
32. Which member of the Medici family established and endowed an academy
for the study of Plato?
33. This is the most famous composer of the fifteenth century, whose
accomplishments include introducing a familiar folk tune into the music for the
Mass.
Part II: Aesthetic Changes in Cultural Periods
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back of your scantron, labeling that section, “Part 2.”
51. This term identifies an upright stone slab decorated with relief carvings,
frequently used as a grave marker.
52. This Sumerian king who ruled Uruk about 2700 B. C. E. is also the subject of
an epic story that predates the Iliad and the Odyssey.
53. This is the Egyptian architect who designed the earliest pyramid as a tomb
for the Pharaoh Zoser.
54. This is a type of standing male statue, always shown nude.
55. This term identifies a sculptural technique in which figures are carved out of
a block of stone, part of which is left to form a background.
56. This Greek sculptor created Discobolus (Discus Thrower), an idealized
portrayal of an athlete.
57. This sculptor’s Aphrodite of Cyrene is considered one of the first attempts in
Western art to introduce the elements of sensuality into
the portrayal of the female form.
58. Which of the following is considered the Romans’ most important
contribution to the classical style in architecture?
59. This culture first invented the system of so-called Arabic numerals in the late
3rd century B.C.E.
60. Inspired by Taoism during the T’ang Dynasty, this writer became the best
known of all Chinese poets.
61. What Hebrew word is the part of the Bible meaning “the Law”?
62. Derived from the Greek for “image,” this term is often used to identify a
painting of a religious figure or a religious scene that is used
in the public worship in the Byzantine Christine tradition.
63. This is Justinian’s most famous building project, legendary for the beauty
and opulence of its decoration.
64. Written by Augustine as an analysis of his spiritual and intellectual
development from his youth until his conversion to Christianity.
65. What is included among the Islam’s Five Pillars?
66. This is the Arabic term meaning “beautiful writing.”
67. Charlemagne’s reign saw the standardization of what things or areas?
68. Scholasticism during the “High Middle Ages” is often associated with whom?
69. Name the situation which divided European Christianity into hostile camps.
70. This Italian artist is noted as one of the creators of modern sculpture.
71. Name the Italian author celebrated for his vernacular poetry, including well
over three hundred sonnets.
72. Latin for “keep death before your eyes,” this motif was common in medieval
morality plays.
73. This author of The Prince was considered the greatest Renaissance political
theorist.
Part III: Artistic Expression as a Revelation of Cultural Values (1 point
each)
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101. The epic of Gilgamesh provides insights about which ancient culture?
102. The Book of the Dead provides insights into the beliefs about the afterlife of
which ancient culture?
103. The discovery of this pharaoh's almost undisturbed tomb in 1922 was filled
with remarkable artifacts that revealed the opulence of ancient Egyptian culture.
104. This is a Greek term meaning "character," used to describe music's ability
to affect human behavior in a specific way.
105. In the Greek's war with Troy, he was the Greek's greatest warrior whose
argument with Agamemnon is the subject of Homer's Iliad.
106. In this comedy by Aristophanes, the women of Athens refuse to make love
with their husbands until peace is negotiated.
107. Sophocles' best-known play, which Aristotle used as his model in
discussing the nature of tragedy.
108. This emperor commissioned Vergil to write the Aeneid to celebrate the
legendary founding of Rome.
109. This Roman author wrote bitter and stinging satires that got him into trouble
with Rome.
110. Often included in Buddhist art, these saints invite prayer and meditation.
111. This is the Hindu path or discipline in which one does one's duty according
to one's caste obligations and not out of greed or ambition.
112. Literally meaning "going out," this term is used to refer to Moses' leading
the Hebrews out of Egyptian captivity.
113. This is an early Christian symbol representing "peace."
114. Under the direction of this emperor, the enormous undertaking of codifying
Roman law was accomplished.
115. With which Old Testament character is St. Catherine's Monastery at Mt.
Sinai associated?
116. This library and study center, which attracted scholars from throughout the
Muslim world, is credited with having preserved the works of Aristotle for later
generations.
117. Hegira identifies…what?
118. What epic poem during the reign of Charlemagne served to raise him to
almost mythic status.
119. Monastic guidelines that became the Magna Carta of monasticism in the
West are known by this name.
120. During the 13th Century, he was the most famous and influential of the
Parisian masters, whose lifetime study concerned the balance between reason
and revelation.
121. These are ribald tales, such as those found in the Decameron.
122. This is the first great example of the entire Ordinary of the Mass set to
polyphonic music by a single composer.
123. Which Biblical story was the assigned subject in the competition for the
right to decorate the doors of the Florence Baptistery?
124. Which work was placed in the Palazzo del Vecchio as a symbol of the civic
power of Florence?