HUMN I final Exam Questions With Answers
The Greek word eudaimonia refers to?
the good or flourishing life
the Parthenon's 40 foot ivory and gold statue of Athena was intended to represent?
Athens political power
The Sophists differed from the Pre-Socratics in their focus on?
The actions of human beings
Socrates differed from the sophists, most notably, in his emphasis on?
philosophical wisdom
According to Aristotle, a person could come to know universal truths by?
Observing the material world itself, in which reality exists
Roman culture traces its origins to the
Greeks and Etruscans
The Etruscan homeland, Etruria, was located in?
The present day Italian region of Tuscany
According to the Etruscan founding myth, why was Rome named after Romulus, not his twin brother
Remus?
Romulus killed Remus and became Rome's first king
According to the Roman poet Virgil, the Romans trace their origins to?
the Trojans
In exchange for protection and assistance, the Plebian owed the patrician?
total obedience
In the sculpture Augustus of Primaporta, Cupid rides a dolphin at Augustus's feet to?
show Augustus's divine descent from venus
Oracle bones were used to?
foretell the future
The writing inscibed on anient oracle bones is easily understood today because?
ancient chinese is closely related to modern chinese
The ying-yang symbolizes?
perpetual interplay and mutual relation among all things
, Confucianism became extremely popular amoung Chinese leaders and the artists they patronized
because of its emphasis on?
respect for age, authority, and morality
The Qin Dynasty embraced legalism because it?
advocated state power over the individual
Why was the Silk Road Important in South East Asia's development?
it spurred the cultural interchange between East and West, India and China
The Aryans were responsible for bringing to India the?
Hindu religion
Around the time of the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, Judaism became increasingly
messianic, meaning that greater emphasis was placed on the?
coming of God on the day of judgement
By the early forst century CE, Judaism had split into three distinct sect because of differences in?
philosophy
The Jerusalem temple was considered corrupt by the?
Pharisees
The word Evangelist comes from a greek word meaning?
"bearer of good"
Why are the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke called synoptic?
they tell the same stories in the same sequence
Early christians developed symbols to identify themselves to each other because they?
feared persecution for their faith
The Roman emperor Constantine actively supported Christanity in Constantinople by?
openly favoring christians as officials
The Byzantine emperor Justinian began construction of Hagia Sophia in 532 CE to?
divert attention from domestic turmoil stirred up by warring gangs
The word Islam means?
submission
The Kaaba is significant to Muslims because it is believed to?
The Greek word eudaimonia refers to?
the good or flourishing life
the Parthenon's 40 foot ivory and gold statue of Athena was intended to represent?
Athens political power
The Sophists differed from the Pre-Socratics in their focus on?
The actions of human beings
Socrates differed from the sophists, most notably, in his emphasis on?
philosophical wisdom
According to Aristotle, a person could come to know universal truths by?
Observing the material world itself, in which reality exists
Roman culture traces its origins to the
Greeks and Etruscans
The Etruscan homeland, Etruria, was located in?
The present day Italian region of Tuscany
According to the Etruscan founding myth, why was Rome named after Romulus, not his twin brother
Remus?
Romulus killed Remus and became Rome's first king
According to the Roman poet Virgil, the Romans trace their origins to?
the Trojans
In exchange for protection and assistance, the Plebian owed the patrician?
total obedience
In the sculpture Augustus of Primaporta, Cupid rides a dolphin at Augustus's feet to?
show Augustus's divine descent from venus
Oracle bones were used to?
foretell the future
The writing inscibed on anient oracle bones is easily understood today because?
ancient chinese is closely related to modern chinese
The ying-yang symbolizes?
perpetual interplay and mutual relation among all things
, Confucianism became extremely popular amoung Chinese leaders and the artists they patronized
because of its emphasis on?
respect for age, authority, and morality
The Qin Dynasty embraced legalism because it?
advocated state power over the individual
Why was the Silk Road Important in South East Asia's development?
it spurred the cultural interchange between East and West, India and China
The Aryans were responsible for bringing to India the?
Hindu religion
Around the time of the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem, Judaism became increasingly
messianic, meaning that greater emphasis was placed on the?
coming of God on the day of judgement
By the early forst century CE, Judaism had split into three distinct sect because of differences in?
philosophy
The Jerusalem temple was considered corrupt by the?
Pharisees
The word Evangelist comes from a greek word meaning?
"bearer of good"
Why are the Gospels of Matthew, Mark, and Luke called synoptic?
they tell the same stories in the same sequence
Early christians developed symbols to identify themselves to each other because they?
feared persecution for their faith
The Roman emperor Constantine actively supported Christanity in Constantinople by?
openly favoring christians as officials
The Byzantine emperor Justinian began construction of Hagia Sophia in 532 CE to?
divert attention from domestic turmoil stirred up by warring gangs
The word Islam means?
submission
The Kaaba is significant to Muslims because it is believed to?
