WC final Pt 1

Question 1

How did trade routes influence religion in Mecca?

Accepted Answer

Travelers brought different spiritual traditions.

Question 2

The Dome of the Rock is located in what city?

Accepted Answer

Jerusalem

Question 3

The Parthenon was built to honor which Greek God/Goddess?

Accepted Answer

Athena

Question 4

How did contact with the Minoans affect the development of Mycenaean civilization?

Accepted Answer

The Mycenaeans used the Minoan writing system and adapted, it to the Greek language.

Question 5

Which statement about Ancient Greece is accurate?

Accepted Answer

Many ancient Greek communities were connected only by the sea.

Question 6

The hajj requires Muslims to fast during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.

Accepted Answer

false

Question 7

Some of the people who settled on the Greek mainland in 2000 BC were called...

Accepted Answer

Mycenaeans

Question 8

The Trojan War was fought between...

Accepted Answer

The Mycenaeans and Troy

Question 9

Greece set lasting standards in art, politics, literature, and philosophy that are still influential today.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 10

Philosophers means "lovers of wisdom."

Accepted Answer

true

Question 11

Why did Socrates' teachings threaten Athenian society?

Accepted Answer

Socrates called into question Athenian traditions

Question 12

Which statement best characterizes Muhammad's efforts to spread his message in Mecca and Medina?

Accepted Answer

In Mecca, many Arabs were reluctant to abandon their earlier beliefs.

Question 13

The Greeks developed a rich set of myths that were based on...

Accepted Answer

Traditional stories about their Gods and Goddesses

Question 14

Muhammad unified the Arab people both politically and through the religion of Islam.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 15

How are Christianity and Islam similar?

Accepted Answer

The expectation of a day of judgement.

Question 16

Tiny fertile valleys cover about one-fourth of Greece.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 17

Which of the following accurately characterizes ancient Greek lyric poetry?

Accepted Answer

Lyric poems expressed emotional themes.

Question 18

How did Pericles pay for Athens' great artistic achievements and employ Greece's best artists?

Accepted Answer

He took money from the Delian League treasury.

Question 19

The roots of Greek culture are based on the interaction among Mycenaean, Minoan, and Dorian cultures.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 20

How many times a day are Muslim's required to pray?

Accepted Answer

5

Question 21

The holy book of Muslims is called...

Accepted Answer

The Qur'an.

Question 22

According to sources, Greek written murals and wall paintings often included scenes from the Illiad and the Odyssey.

Accepted Answer

true

Question 23

Muslims refer to Christians as "people of the book" because each religion has a holy book witteachingsto thoseoftheQuarn

Accepted Answer

true

Question 24

The Mycenaean empire collapsed after many of its cities were destroyed

Accepted Answer

true

Question 25

Around what year was Muhammad was born?

Accepted Answer

570

Question 26

An epic is...

Accepted Answer

A narrative poem that celebrates heroic deeds

Question 27

The two types of Greek drama were...

Accepted Answer

Tragedy and Comedy, Tragedy and Romance

WC final Pt 1

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WC final Pt 1

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