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Name __________________ Date_______________ 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. Name the following works of art and list the style and importance of it. 177) 176) 178) 180) 179) 181) 182) 184) 186) 183) 185) 187) 188) 189) 190) 191) 192) 194) 196) 193) 195) 197) 198) 199) 200) 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?