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| Define Culture and Civilization |
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Culture- The sum of human endeavors, including the basic political, economic, and social institutions and the values, beliefs, and arts of those who share them.
Civilization- The way humans live in a complex political economic and social structure usually in an urban environment with some development in technology literature and art. |
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| What is the primary distinction between history and prehistory |
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| Prehistory is the time period before events were written down or documented |
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| What new method of settlement did the agrarian pattern allow? |
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| Which cultural traits are directly associated with geographical differences between ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia? |
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| Egypts isolationism and Mesopotamias more aggressive nature |
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| Which civilization developed writing first? |
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| "Man is the measure of all things" refers to what ancient Greek belief about human conduct? |
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| Humans must develop their own code of conduct |
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| Who were the makers of the first high civilization in the Aegean region? |
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| What is distinctive about the period known as the Dark Ages? |
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| vestiges of high civilizations including writings have been lost |
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| Which polis allowed its women the most freedom? |
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| Which group of philosophers is seen to mark the movement toward scientific explanations of natuarl phenomena? |
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| Presocratic (natural philosophers) |
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| What are the dominant features of the Hellenic Age? |
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| competitiveness, rivalry, tension extreme, high regaurd for the higher life |
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| Apollo and Dionysus represent what 2 aspects of human nature? |
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Rational= Apollo
Irrational= Dionysus |
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| Where is reality located in each Platonist and Aristotelian philosophy? |
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Platonist= the world of ideas
Aristotelian= Reality is here |
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| What principles are emphasized in Classicism? |
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simplicity over complexity
ideal form over individual
restraint over excess |
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| Which architectural order is considered masculine? |
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| Both Greek sculpture and Pottery Painting changed in what major ways? |
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| increasingly more realistic now |
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| When did Greek sculpture become most theatrical or emotional? |
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| Who is the Peloponnesian war between? |
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| Athenian emire and the Peloponnesian League |
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| What does Humanism focus upon? |
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| When were women best able to become prosperous in their own right? |
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