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The Great Pyramids at Giza were constructed roughly around the year:
a.2000 BC
b.2500 BC
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The area that is now modern day Iraq is also called Mesopotamia, which means between:
a.the mountains
b.the rivers
c.the deserts
d.the walls |
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In the Ancient Near East, the earliest known domesticated plants were:
a.wheat and barley
b.rice and wheat
c.corn and barley
d.corn and oats |
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| Which of the following is a violation of the Academic Integrity Code: |
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When Homer composed his great epics, he was writing about an earlier people known as the:
a.Mycenaeans
b.Mesopotamians
c.Messenians
d.Minoans |
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During the Ice Age, the oceans of the world were how much lower than today:
a.300ft
b.30ft
c.3000ft
d.3ft |
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Which piece of ancient literature refers to the people smiling and laughing:
a.the Hymn to the Nile
b.the Egyptian Book of the Dead
c.the Epic of Gilgamesh
d.the Law Code of Hammurabi |
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One of the only known female pharaohs in Egyptian history was:
a.Hatshepsut
b.Tutankhamena
c.Nefertiti
d.Khafre |
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The Egyptian form of writing known as hieroglyphics translates as:
a.people's writing
b.tomb writing
c.king's writing
d.sacred writing |
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The Greeks were great borrowers. From which area did the Greeks borrow their alphabet:
a.Asia Minor
b.Phoenicia
c.Ionia
d.Egypt |
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Which of the following artworks depicts men singing, including a representation of a man's ribs:
a.Warrior Vase
b.The Cupbearers
c.Harvester Vase
d.Toreador Fresco |
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The actual purpose of the Palette of Narmer was to:
a.serve as a dinning plate
b.serve as a weapon
c.hold human organs
d.grind materials for makeup |
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Archaeologists rely on which of the following to understand Prehistoric cultures:
a.all of these
b.literature
c.law codes
d.artifacts |
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In the Epic of Gilgamesh, the hero Gilgamesh goes in search of the plant of:
a.immortality
b.happiness
c.fertility
d.power |
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Who wrote the famous phrase, "Egypt is the gift of the Nile":
a.Thucydides
b.Rameses II
c.Hammurabi
d.Herodotus |
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The Illiad and the Odyssey reflect a major value of the Greeks, which was arete, meaning:
a.power
b.right order
c.divine favor
d.excellence |
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When a pharaoh died, the pharaoh's power passed first to his
a.eldest son
b.eldest daughter
c.sister's husband
d.wife's brother |
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The earliest extant written story of the Great Flood can be found in the:
a.Old Testament
b.Epic of Gilgamesh
c.Egyptian Book of the Dead
d.Hymn to the Nile |
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In the Odyssey, Penelope is depicted as an ideal Greek wife; she waiter for Odysseus for:
a.five years
b.ten years
c.twenty years
d.fifteen years |
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The Ancient Near East had a form of government called a theocracy, which means rule by:
a.the kings
b.the people
c.the gods
d.the stars |
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Who discovered King Tut's tomb in 1922 and caused a major fad known as Egyptomania:
a.Colburn
b.Schliemann
c.Evans
d.Carter |
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The construction of the Stonehenge was made possible by the invention of:
a.writing
b.the wheel
c.agriculture
d.metal tools |
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| In HUM 111, make-up exams are permitted if the circumstances for missing an exam are: |
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Egyptian hieroglyphics were finally translated in the early 19th century AD through the use of the:
a.Book of the Dead
b.Rosetta Stone
c.early computer
d.Napoleonic Code |
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The Ancient Greeks began their chronology with the first Olympics, which were held in our year:
a.767 BC
b.676 BC
c.667 BC
d.776 BC |
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During Egypt's Second Intermediate Period, who introduced the horse, chariot and wheel:
a.the Hurrians
b.the Hittites
c.the Hyksos
d.the Syrians |
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The Great Pyramids of Giza were constructed almost entirely by:
a.Egyptian farmers
b.Egyptian priests
c.foreign slaves
d.Egyptian slaves |
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About the year 1200 BC, the Dorians entered Greece and introduced which age:
a.both of these
b.neither of these
c.the Dark Ages
d.the Iron Age |
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The Woman of Willendorf was created by a nomadic society, which is reflected in her:
a.large hands
b.large feet
c.facial features
d.small size |
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The principle responsibility of the Egyptian pharaoh was to maintain maat, which means:
a.the great house
b.right order
c.divine rule
d.supreme power |
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Greek theatre is believed to have developed out of the worship of:
a.Athena
b.Dionysus
c.Zeus
d.Apollo |
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Which Hellenistic sculpture depicts a Trojan priest and his sons being devoured by snakes:
a.Dying Gauls
b.Spearbearer
c.Laocoon
d.Kritios Boy |
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Who is known as the first "true" historian because he removed divine intervention in events:
a.Herodotus
b.Demosthenes
c.Pericles
d.Thucydides |
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The Monument to Lysicrates at Athens displays which of the following traits:
a.Realism
b.Idealism
c.Abstractionalism
d.Individualism |
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The Classical Era of Greece occurred during which century BC:
a.eighth
b.fourth
c.fifth
d.sixth |
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In Greek, the suffixes ia and ium mean:
a.day and night
b.gates
c.male and female
d.place |
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Which ancient writer tells us that the Etruscans came from Lydia in Asia Minor:
a.Demosthenes
b.Herodotus
c.Homer
d.Thucydides |
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Within each Greek polis, there was a special space set aside for citizens to meet called an:
a.auditorium
b.agora
c.acroterion
d.acropolis |
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In their democracy, what percentage of the population of Athens was permitted to vote:
a.15%
b.100%
c.25%
d.75% |
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| Which ancient statue was made with the bronze of the defeated Persians? The Athena: a.Promachus b.Nike c.Persiana d.Perthenos |
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The Eutruscan practice of hepatoscopy involves telling the future by:
a.looking at livers
b.throwing dice
c.consulting priests
d.watching birds |
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Alexander dreamed that all persons in his empire would speak a common language called:
a.metropoleis
b.hegemony
c.koine
d.cosmopolitan |
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In the West, grid plans for city planning were first used during which era:
a.Etruscan
b.Classical
c.Archaic
d.Hellenistic |
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Who said we are like people chained in a cave looking at flickering illusions on the wall:
a.Socrates
b.Aristotle
c.Plato
d.Pericles |
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Who said "Buildings live on long after man's deeds are forgotten":
a.Philip II
b.Pericles
c.Herodotus
d.Alexander |
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Who said we are like charioteers driving chariots with two horses, appetite and reason:
a.Plato
b.Pythagoras
c.Socrates
d.Aristotle |
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The famous words "Know Thyself" are found over the door to the Temple of:
a.Apollo at Delphi
b.Ares at Sparta
c.Zeus at Olympia
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The Hellenistic Era is generally dated from the death of Alexander to the Battle of Actium, or:
a.499-400 BC
b.900-509 BC
c.336-323 BC
d.323-31 BC |
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The Parthenon was constructed using which order of columns:
a.Minoan
b.Doric
c.Corinthian
d.Ionic |
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The Battle of Marathon took place during which war:
a.Olympian War
b.Second Persian War
c.First Persian War
d.Peloponnesian War |
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In anticipation of a third Persian invasion, the Greek poleis united in:
a.the Corinthian League
b.the Delian League
c.the Hellenic League
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The position of Etruscan women was probably similar to women in which earlier culture:
a.Minoan
b.Athenian
c.Mesopotamian
d.Mycenaean |
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Philip II spent three years as a hostage in Thebes where he learned:
a.not to use paid soldiers
b.about the Greek's failure to unify
c.all of these
d.to love Greek culture |
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Etruscan tombs were carved down into the ground of Italy which was composed mainly of:
a.clay
b.tufa
c.limestone
d.marble |
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Known today as the Socratic Method, Socrates used a method of question and answer called:
a.dialectic
b.dialogos
c.diacritic
d.diamotic |
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In his famous work the Doryphorus, Polykletios perfected:
a.the Canon of Proportion
b.the Chiastic Principle
c.Idealism
d.all of these |
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The Spartans captured their neighbors the Messenians and turned them into laborers called:
a.helots
b.kouros
c.metopes
d.heterai |
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At which famous battle did the Macedonians conquer the Greeks:
a.Thermopylae
b.Platea
c.Chaeronea
d.Marathon |
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Which of the mainland Greek poleis assisted the Ionians in their revolt against Persian rule:
a.Thebes
b.Sparta
c.Corinth
d.Athens |
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During which era do we first see nudity in female sculptures:
a.Archaic
b.Classical
c.Hellenistic
d.Etruscan |
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The Investiture Controversy about who could appoint a bishop was finally settled by the:
a.Council of Nicea
b.Concordat of Worms
c.Treaty of Verdun
d.Peasant's Crusade |
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Which Roman Emperor issued the Edict of Milan in the year 313 AD:
a.Diocletian
b.Constantine
c.Augustus
d. Charlemagne |
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The Romans created a network of roads across their empire consisting of approx:
a.15,000 miles
b.50,000 miles
c.5,500 miles
d.150,000 miles |
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In Virgil's Aeneid, Virgil says the Roman Task is for the Romans to be good at:
a.government
b.sculpture
c.astronomy
d.all of these |
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Old St. Peter's Basilica in Rome was constructed on the site of Peter's:
a.house
b.tomb
c.martyrdom
d.birth |
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Over 90% of the population of Rome lived in apartment buildings called:
a.triumvirates
b.latifundia
c.caldariums
d.insulae |
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Which individual was taken hostage by the Goths when they attacked Rome in 410 AD:
a.Pepin the Short
b.Galla Placidia
c.Theodosius
d.Louis the Pious |
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In Dante's Divine Comedy, Dante is the pilgrim hero, reflecting the medieval value of:
a.pietas
b.arete
c.maat
d.piety |
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Which Roman leader got rid of the land ownership requirement for Roman soldiers:
a.Julius Caesar
b.Pompey
c.Marius
d.Sulla |
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During the early Roman Republic, the plebeians demanded rights from the patricians in the:
a.Battle of the Constitution
b.Civil Wars
c.Punic
d.Struggle of the Orders |
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Who said that he found Rome a city of brick and and he left it a city of marble:
a.Augustus
b.Romulus
c.Constantine
d.Julius Caesar |
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If the Pope wishes to excommunicate an entire group it is called:
a.a remission
b.an interdict
c.simony
d.extreme unction |
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Many of the earliest images of Christ in the West show him as:
a.a Good Shepard
b.an Infant
c.a Judge
d.a King |
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Which of the following inspired European knights to join the Crusades:
a.all of these |
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Augustus claimed that he was a descendant of which of the following:
a.Juno
b.Jupiter
c.Mars
d.Venus |
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The Roman Republic began when the last king was overthrown in the year:
a.476 BC
b.753 BC
c.509 BC
d.31 BC |
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In the system of feudalism, the individuals who actually worked the land are called:
a.serfs
b.helots
c.slaves
d.mita workers |
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Vows of asceticism such as chastity, poverty, and obedience, are known as the:
a.Law of 12 Tables
b.Monastic Rule
c.Benedictine Rule
d.Law of St. Gall |
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The principle value of the Romans was duty, especially duty to the state of Rome, known as:
a.maat
b.pietas
c.arete
d.piety |
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The Treaty of Verdun is especially noteworthy because it formed the basis for the modern:
a.Economic Union
b.French law code
c.United Nations
d.European states |
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The term feudalism is based on the Germanic word feudum, which means:
a.hierarchy
b.property
c.division
d.farm |
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Which of the following was referred to as the "Poor Man's Palace":
a.The Pantheon
b.The Colosseum
c.The Cloaca Maxima |
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Taking existing symbols, motifs and building types and adapting them to new purposes is called:
a.symbolism
b.syncretism
c.synchronism
d.spiritualism |
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The Holy Book of the Muslims is called the Koran, which translates as:
a.poem
b.divine word
c.recitation
d.song |
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Which Frankish leader defeated the Muslims at the Battle of Tours:
a.Charles Martel
b.Charlemagne
c.Louis the Pious
d.Peppin the Short |
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New Roman cities typically grew up around Roman:
a.trade centers
b.sacred sites
c.military camps
d.palaces |
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Islam is the youngest of the world's major religions, founded in the year:
a.843 AD
b.313 AD
c.732 AD
d.622 AD |
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Which of the following do Muslims believe to be a prophet:
a.all of these |
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During the Second Punic War, Rome saw the rise of large commercial farms known as:
a.insulae
b.latifundia
c.triumvirates
d.cubiculae |
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Octavian defeated Marc Antony and Cleopatra in the Battle of Actium in the year:
a.13 AD
b.31 BC
c.31 AD
d.13 BC |
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