Test #1 Chapters 1-4 HUM2020

What term/topic would be most useful in discussing the form+technique of the Homeric poems, the Iliad and the Odyssey

What term/phrase best describes the Roman stoic principle: the best citizens are of the world + deliberate nothing?

Which of the categories of arts that make up humanities does theater best go under?

Hammurabi's Code would be most relevant to a discussion of what topic in the development of ancient civilization?

Which of the following is not a question that is best answered by religion?

Which of these works is the best example of propaganda designed to glorify the person and power of the Roman emperor?

The philosophy of stoicism, propounded by the Roman slave-philosopher Epictetus, declared what basic principle or idea?

Which qualities best characterize the Minoan civilization of ancient Crete?

Virgil’s greatest poetic work, the Aeneid, most closely resembles what Greek model?

In which of these would one expect to encounter a depiction of the exploits of Gilgamesh?

Ancient Indian civilization of South Asia was most noted for which of these works?

In what aspect was Roman civilization markedly different from Greek civilizations?

The Kristin’s Boy, w/ subtly tilted shoulders+hips, can be seen as the beginning of what period of ancient greek art?

Which of the following is not an example of informally passing on traditions?

What features is distinctive of an Ionic column on a classical building?

What Greek thinker/phil. group 1st asserted that a mathe. harmony could be found in the universe's underlying structures

During what period of greek civ. would 1 see an idealized+rationally propo. statue of a god/athlete, poised in balance?

What Roman building served as a setting for great public entertainment-gladiatorial combats and slaughters of animals?

Which of the following is one of the great questions of philosophy?

Which of these structures functioned as an elaborate tomb for god-like rulers?

What figure rose during the period of the Roman civil war via military+administrative skills+was assassinated

Which of these structures, a masterpiece of Roman engineering, was supported by arches+vaulting?

The great cities of Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa were discovered in what ancient region or empire?

Which of these is an example of hubris, that arrogant+pride which often led to violation of the Greek ideal of balance?

The first great cities of the ancient world arose in what region?

Who defined Western phi. + was the 1 who rejected theory of forms, believed in a creator god + taught Ale. the Great?

Which of the following is not one of the three main types of arts associated with the study of the humanities?

In which of these civilizations or sites would one expect to find a mythic tiger carved of precious jade?

What historical event inaugurated the Hellenistic era of Geek civilization?

The Sumerians were the 1st ppl of the ancient world to accomplish which of the following?