hum 104 exam 1

Which of the following is the central character in the Iliad, which focuses on his "rage"?

Achilles

Which of the following terms translates as "top of the city" and refers to the portion of an ancient Greek city-state that functioned as its religious center?

Acropolis

Who is the playwright for the Oresteia trilogy that includes events after Agamemnon's return from the Trojan War?

Aeschylus

Which ancient Greek city-state intentionally positioned itself as the city-state to which all others looked for leadership, despite tension with Sparta, which considered "leadership" a form tyranny?

Athens

The 6th C. statues of maidens associated with the virgin goddesses such as Athena were called

Kore

A standing male figure in archaic Greek sculpture was called a

Kouros

Who is considered the author of the The Way and Its Power, which is Daoism's primary philosophical treatise?

Lao Zi

What Hellenistic sculpture represents the Trojan priest who warned his countrymen against accepting the "gift" of a wooden horse from the Greeks?

Laocoön

Which of the following cave paintings depict a human figure wearing a bird's-head mask?

Lascaux, France

In ancient Egyptian religion, which of the following was comparable to an enduring "soul" or "life force" a concept shared by many other religions?

Maat

Which of the following terms refer to one of the "big stones" used in the construction of a site such as Stonehenge?

Megalith

Which of the following ancient Egyptian leaders ruled circa 3,000 B.C.E and is credited with unifying both Upper and Lower Egypt?

Narmer

Which of the following terms refers to a place or state free from worry, pain, and external world?

Nirvana

On which of the following continents did the Anasazi build their cliff dwellings?

North America

In ancient Egyptian religion, which of the following ruled the underworld and was god of the dead?

Osiris

Who cast the bronze statue known as Doryphoros (Spear bearer), which was celebrated throughout the ancient world as a demonstration of a treatise on proportions of the human body?

Polyclitus

Who is responsible for one of the most famous of all Greek dictums: "Man is the measure of all things"?

Protagoras

Who developed the theorem that states that in a right triangle, the square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides?

Pythagoras

The pharaoh controlled the visible world in the same way

Re imposed order on the universe

Which of the following leaders guided the Akkadians to conquer virtually all other cities in Mesopotamia and named himself "King of theFour Quarters of the World?"

Sargon

Which of the following ancient Chinese political figures was buried along with 8000 life-size earthenware soldiers, each armed with actual swords and crossbows?

Shihuangdi

Which of the following is the son of King David and also built the magnificent temple in Jerusalem?

Solomon

The famed author of Oedipus the King and Antigone is

Sophocles

Which of the following armies captured Jerusalem, destroyed its temple, and deported many of the Hebrews?

The Babylonians

Which of the following rivers is associated with ancient Egypt?

The Nile

Which impressive Roman structure is associated with a grand dome and an oculus and was a metaphor for Rome's idea of empire?

The Pantheon

Which of the following ancient structures is a citadel city that depended on cyclopean masonry for its construction and was entered through a massive Lion Gate?

The ancient city of Mycenae

Which of the following terms refers to a stated rules by a god or by god's representative?

Theocracy

Who is the Author of the History of the Peloponnesian Wars?

Thucydides

Which of the following terms refers to what many modern architects and engineers would label as post-and-lintel construction?

Trilithon

According to the Epic of Gilgamesh, who among the following is the only mortal known to have attained eternal life?

Utanapishtim

The Roman author of The Aeneid who later influenced many writers of Western civilization including Dante was

Virgil

The central principle of the Greek Classical Ideal was

a perfectly balanced order.

The Egyptian world view was conditioned by

a theocratic government inseparable from everyday life a a stable climate, plentiful harvest, and a geography with natural defenses.

Which of the following terms refers to the portion of an ancient Greek city-state that served as public meeting place, marketplace, and civic center?

agora

The development which was the primary stimulus to civilization in southern Mesopotamia was

agriculture

Which of the following Greek terms can be translated as "virtue," and can be interpreted as "reaching one's highest potential'?

areté

Which of the following pairs of metals combine to form bronze?

copper and tin

Which of the following terms refers to good and righteous conduct reflecting the cosmic moral order that underlies all existence?

dharma

On an ancient Greek temple, the columns swell about one-third of the way and contract again near the top. Which of the following terms refers to this characteristic?

entasis

The primary concerns of Greek philosophers were

how man should live and what is the nature of reality.

Which of the following terms can be defined as an exaggerated pride and self-confidence-- that often brought retribution from the gods?

hubris

Although the authenticity of the Snake Goddess statue from Crete is in question, there are numerous artifacts whose iconography suggests that the Minoan religion may have been

matrifocal

The number and style of female figurines from the Paleolithic era suggest that Paleolithic culture and religion may have been...

matrifocal

The outlook of the Mesopotamians in general could be described as

pessimistic

Which of the following terms refer to a religion that includes many gods (and goddesses) often associated with natural forces and realms?

polytheism

Which of the following was NOT among the accusations that Socrates faced when he was placed on trial?

stealing from the treasury

By what name do we know the new style of art that developed during the rule of Amenhotep IV/ Akhenaten?

the Amarna style.

Which of the following ancient cultures lived in cliff dwellings and considered the kiva, a partly underground ceremonial enclosure with a hole in the floor that symbolizes the emergence of the people from the underworld?

the Anasazi

On the Athenian Acropolis, which of the following features caryatids ?

the Erechtheion

Among the following residents of Mesopotamia, which was the only monotheistic group?

the Hebrews

On the Athenian Acropolis, which of the following was considered the centerpiece?

the Parthenon

During which of the following ancient Chinese dynasties did the Book of Changes and the yin-yang originate?

the Shang dynasty

Which of the following rivers is associated with ancient Mesopotamia?

the Tigris

The architecture associated with religion and government of Western civilization, such as cathedrals, capitol buildings and civic structure, is characterized by which elements used in Roman architecture?

the arch, vault, and dome

According to Aristotle's Poetics, who undergoes the catharsis (the cleansing purification, or purgation of the soul)?

the audience

"Beauty consists of the proportion of the parts." This statement is characteristic of the Greek Classical version because

the balanced interrelationships of the human body are the standard for ideal beauty.

Roman portait sculpture which celebrates pietas

was creative in using physical appearance to convey character. was individualistic rather than idealized. was psychologically revealing.

In ancient Greek architecture, which of the following orders featured scrolled capitals?

Ionic

The two cultures which helped to shape the Roman culture were the

Etruscans and the Greeks.

which book of the Hebrew Bible records the story of the creation of the world and the story of Noah?

Genesis

Who is considered responsible for having introduced the principle of talion to Mesopotamian culture?

Hammurabi

Who is the Trojan prince and warrior that killed Patroclus and enraged Achilles during the action of the Iliad?

Hector

Who is the author of the extensive History of the Persian Wars and is recognized as the first writer in the Western tradition who devoted himself to historical writing?

Herodotus

Which of the following terms refers to the pictorial convention in which the most important figures are represented in a larger size than the others?

Hierarchy of scale

Who is considered the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey?

Homer

Which of the following terms can be translated as "Enlightened One"?

Buddha

Which of the following terms refers to a column sculpted in the form of a woman?

Caryatid

Who was the Roman rhetorician who recognized the power of the Latin language to communicate with the people?

Cicero

Which of the following terms refer to the category of megalithic structure that includes Stonehenge?

Cromlech