HUMA 1301 Final Exam :( Questions With Explanations Of Answers

What are some of the oldest paintings of humankind found? - Correct Answers Lascaux What development during the Neolithic period made possible the growth of communities and villages? - Correct Answers Writing Which is NOT a characteristic of civilization? - Correct Answers cities with government, social classes with specialized tools/skills, WELL DEVELOPED MILITARY, or written communication and religion What do archaeologists believe the Venus of Willendorf depicts? - Correct Answersa female fertility figure Where did the Sumerians 1st settle? - Correct Answers the Fertile Crescent What was Sumerian writing invented for? - Correct Answers economics What was the first great literary work of ancient Mesopotamia? - Correct Answers Ashurbanipal What did Sumerian literature communicate regarding the meaning of life? - Correct Answersthe journey is the purpose This Sumerian King who ruled Uruk around 2700 BCE is also the subject of the epic story that predates the Iliad and the Odyssey - Correct AnswersGilgamesh According to legend, Shamash dictated the laws to which king who then wrote the 1st Law Code? - Correct AnswersHammurabi What is most striking about Egyptian culture over the centuries? - Correct Answersits unity and consistency What does Egyptian art primarily communicate? - Correct Answerspower How did the art of Akhenaton BCE differ from conventional Egyptian art? - Correct Answersit had greater lightness and naturalism What happened in Egypt after Akhenaton's death? - Correct Answersit returned to its conservative past What is the subject of black=figure pottery? - Correct Answersthe Iliad and Odyssey What Greek epic poem recounts the story of Achilles and the Trojan War? - Correct Answersthe Iliad What was the polis? - Correct Answersthe city-state What role did mythology serve in the lives of the Greeks? - Correct Answersmythology was understood to help humans understand their own lives This is a type of standing male statue, always shown nude - Correct Answerskouros This statue marks the "turning point" between the late Archaic world and the early Classical world - Correct AnswersKritios Boy Which area of study did the Greek NOT pioneer? - Correct Answersphilosophy, theater, history, or THEOLOGY Who was the 1st great historian ("Father of History") that wrote the History of the Peloponnesian War? - Correct AnswersHerodotus The theatre was dedicated to which Olympian god? - Correct AnswersDionysius In the Greek's was with Troy, he was the greatest warrior whose argument with Agamemnon is the subject of Homer's Iliad - Correct AnswersHector Which 2 powers were involved in the Peloponnesian War? - Correct AnswersAthens and Sparta The Classical ideal includes - Correct Answersorder, human potential, human reason, or ALL OF THE ABOVE This Greek sculptor created Discobolus (Discus Thrower), an idealized portrayal of an athlete - Correct AnswersMyron Who wrote the Allegory of the Cave? - Correct AnswersPlato What does the Allegory of the Cave teach? - Correct Answerssensory experience is like a shadow, people are prisoners of their senses, the world of Forms is reality, or ALL OF THE ABOVE Sophocles' best-known play, which Aristotle used as his model in discussing the nature of tragedy - Correct AnswersOedipus the King What accounts for the powerful position of Athens during the 1st half of the Classical period? - Correct AnswersAthens' assistance in defeating the Persians What was the cause of the Peloponnesian War? - Correct AnswersAthens' use of the Delian League's treasury Which political leader is most associated with the achievements of the Athenian Golden Age? - Correct AnswersPericles What building was built with Delian League money and a demonstration of reasons use of balance, proportion, and perspective? - Correct Answersthe Parthenon What sculpture is the embodiment of the Canon? - Correct Answersthe Diskus What school did Aristotle found in 335 BCE? - Correct Answersthe Lyceum What was the subject of the Canon by Polyclitus? - Correct Answersa mathematical formula for human proportions How did the Peloponnesian War influence the plays of Euripides? - Correct Answershe wrote realistic plays that dealt with the consequences of war This Roman author whose Aeneid is recognized as the Roman national epic - Correct AnswersVirgil This Roman author wrote bitter and stinging satires that got him into trouble with Rome - Correct AnswersJuvenal What are the 2 main periods of Roman history called? - Correct AnswersRepublican and Imperial Rome In what intellectual/academic activity did Rome demonstrate originality? - Correct AnswersLegal Studies What Greco-Roman philosophy is associated with Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius? - Correct AnswersStoicism Who was the 1st emperor of the Roman empire? - Correct AnswersAugustus What Roman class was represented in the Senate? - Correct Answerspatricians What temple did Hadrian build the demonstrated the wealth, power, and extent of the Roman Empire? - Correct Answersthe Pantheon Whose assassination ended the Roman Empire? - Correct AnswersJulius Caesar TRUE or FALSE. Roman culture grew in strength by assimilating other cultural strengths. - Correct AnswersTrue