Humanities 1 Test 1 Review

An example of Sumerian architecture used for religious practices:

What does the term “polis” refer to?

The term “hubris” refers to which of the following?

What is the term for stone sculpture that projects from its background?

What important archaeological discovery was made during the 1920s?

According to legend, who dictated to King Hammurabi the laws that he would later include in the Law Code of Hammurabi?

What characterizes early Greek music?

Which of the following statements about the philosopher Pythagoras is true?

What Greek epic poem recounts the story of Achilles and the Trojan War?

Who was the first great Greek historian (the “Father of History”)?

Which Greek god represented supreme good?

What city was buried beneath the Roman city of Ilium?

Which war provided the background for Homer’s Iliad and Odyssey?

The center of Minoan civilization was:

During the Neolithic period, a major development in agriculture was the ability to:

By the 8th century BCE, what had become the principal subject of Greek art?

What is lyric verse?

An upright stone slab decorated with relief carvings:

Which philosopher, called the "first Western philosopher," believed that all change in the world was caused by water?

What do archaeologists believe the Venus of Willendorf depicts?

What was the first great literary work of ancient Mesopotamia?

What are two Semitic languages?

In general terms, what is most striking about the long history of Egyptian culture?

Who are Achilles, Agamemnon, Hector, Patroclus, and Priam?

A lyre is which of the following:

What colossal sculpture stands next to the pyramids at Gizeh?

Where are some of the oldest paintings of humankind found?

Who was the first woman to leave a literary record of her personal feelings?

What did a smile on the face of an archaic-period sculpture signify?

Who was the first known “author” in the history of western literature?

Which family of languages includes Arabic, Aramaic, and Hebrew?

Which was a river in Mesopotamia?

What was Sumerian religion based upon?

What impact did the tyrant rulers have on Greek society?

What role did mythology serve in the lives of the Greeks?

In Greek mythology, who is the king of the Underworld?

Which civilization succeeded in uniting Mesopotamia in about 1800 B.C.E.?

Which Egyptian pharaoh built the Great Sphinx?

Which Egyptian god symbolized death and rebirth?