Humanities Study Guide

27. Which of the following is NOT among Tutankhamun's accomplishments?

1. Became King/Pharoah of Egypt for a very short time (died young) 2. Abandoned el-Amarna 3. Moved the royal family to Memphis 4. Reaffirmed Thebes as the nation's religious center

5. During the action of the Iliad, who is considered the greatest warrior among the Greeks battling against the Trojans?

Achilles

18. Which of the following is not among Buddhism's Four Noble Truths?

Acquiring material things is the key to overcoming and eliminating ignorance.

38. 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

37. 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

47. Which of the following is the Arab word for God?

Allah

42. Which of the following terms refers to the sand that covered the floor of the Colosseum?

Arena

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

Aretè

24. Who served as bishop of Hippo and wrote Confessions and City of God?

Augustine

20. Which of the following is translated as "surrender" or "submission"?

Islam

16. What is the modern name for Constantinople?

Istanbul

45. After the Hagia Sophia burned to the ground in 532, which of the following included a giant new Hagia Sophia in his massive campaign to rebuild Constantinople?

Justinian

39. Who instituted the first Athenian democracy in 508 B.C.E.?

Kleistenes

43. Who was among those who stabbed Gaius Julius Caesar on the floor of the Senate on March 15, 44 B.C.E.?

Marcus Junius Brutus

26. 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

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

Nirvana

32. In ancient Egyptians religion, which of the following ruled the underworld and was god of the dead?

Osiris

36. Which of the following ancient structures was known as the "House of the Double Axes'?

Palace of Minos at Knossos

9. Which of the following structures is associated with the oculus?

Pantheon

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

Parthenon

46. Ravenna's church of San Vitale includes a celebrated mosaic that features Emperor Justinian, Maximian, clergy, courtiers, and soldiers. What is the emperor carrying in his hand?

Paten (Plate for the Bread for the Eucharist)

11. Which of the following terms refers to the land-owning aristocrats who served as priests, magistrates, lawyers, and judges in ancient Rome?

Patricians

10. Which of the following terms refers to the "dutifulness" - a relationship that prescribed that a family and clients equally owed "total obedience" to the pater in ancient Rome?

Pietas

41. Which of the following terms refers to the poorer class who were the craftspeople, merchants, and laborers in ancient Rome?

Plebeians

30. Which of the following terms refers to a religion that includes many gods and goddesses often associated with natural forces and realms?

Polytheism

49. Who translated the Hebrew Bible and the Greek books of the New Testament into Latin to form the Vulgate?

Saint Jerome

2. Which of the following leaders guided the Akkadians to conquer virtually all other cities in Mesopotamia and named himself "King of the Four quarter of the World"?

Sargon

22. Which of the following terms refers to a type of burial mound which were erected by the emperor Ashoka and which served as reliquaries for the Buddha's remains?

Stupa

33. Which of the following terms refers to a state ruled by a god or by the god's representative?

Theocracy

3. Which of the following rivers is associated with ancient Mesopotamia?

Tigris-Euhrates Rivers

25. The Christian Old Testament is known to the Judaic Culture as the _____.

Torah (Hebrew Bible)

12. Who is the author of Aeneid?

Virgil

Which of the following pairs correctly identifies the subjects illustrated in the two main panels of the rectangular box known as the Standard of Ur?

War and Peace

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

ka

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

Ionic Order

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

Entasis

17. Which Christian symbol is derived from the Greek word ichthys?

Fish

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

Hammurabi

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

Herodotus

4. 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 (Social Perception)

19. Which of the following is the English translation for Hagia Sophia?

Holy Wisdom

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

Homer

48. Which of the following terms refers to the practice of destroying religious images?

Iconoclasm

29. Which of the following rivers is associated with ancient India?

Indus-Ganges Rivers

50. Which of the following was NOT a symbol for Christ in the early Christian church?

Bull

23. Which of the following terms refers to the art of producing artistic, stylized writing?

Calligraphy

15. Ravenna's church of San Vitale includes a celebrated mosaic that features Empress Theodora with courtiers and ladies of her court. What is the empress carrying in her hand?

Chalice (Cup of Wine for the Eucharist)

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

Cicero

35. Which ancient Greek city-state built a towpath to drag ships over a series of rollers as an aid to those who traveled by sea?

Corinth

8. What is the name of the bronze statue known as the Spear Bearer which was celebrated throughout the ancient world as a demonstration of a treatise on proportions of the human body?

Doryphoros