WGUC100 Humanities Final Exam Study Guide Graded A

1. What is the relationship between the humanities and technology? a. Technology has led to an increase in globalization by making the world smaller and connecting people together through social networks via the internet b. Technology has increased our ability to preserve, document and share works of art, literature, and music in a way that is unprecedented 2. What theme is found in multiple historical periods? a. Individualism 3. How do we identify themes in a literary or artistic work? a. Look for the unifying or main ideas 4. What is true of myths? a. They are traditional stories of a people or culture that are told to explain natural phenomena and to record values and belie systems from generation to generation b. They utilize archetypes and symbols to find a deeper understanding of life 5. Part of public ceremony, ritual, or entertainment dates back to the earlies human civilizations a. Dance 6. Stems from the early Greeks, with their development of tragedy and comedy a. Theater 7. Concerned with the interplay of form and function a. Architecture 8. Can include any system of ethics, values, and beliefs a. Religion 9. Which discipline of the Humanities is primarily concerned with critical inquiry and reasoned argument? a. Philosophy 10. The Bayeux Tapestry’s depiction of the Norman Conquest of England fulfills which purpose of art? a. Art as political propaganda 11. What are the Humanities? a. The study of how the human race understands and documents the human experience through creative contributions in art, music, literature, philosophy, religion, dance, etc 12. What are examples of universal themes? a. Love and the Hero 13. Brotherly or selfless love a. Agape 14. A recurrent example or model of human behavior a. Archetypes 15. An experience of beauty that is its own justification a. Aesthetic 16. Passionate or sexual love a. Eros 17. A myth that is embraced by a majority of people throughout history a. Monomyth 18. Why is E.O. Wilson’s theory of consilience important to the study of the Humanities? a. It reinforces interdisciplinary study and facilitates the exchange of information necessary to create a more holistic understanding of who we are 19. How was Humanism reflected in the non-western world? a. Ancient Chinese culture embraced principles in Confucianism and Buddhism that mirrored Humanist principles 20. How does studying the Humanities increase cross-cultural communication? a. It helps us to interact with and understand a variety of people from different times and different places through their creative contributions