CSTU 101- Quiz 1-CHP.1 questions and answers graded A+

CSTU 101- Quiz 1-CHP.1Humanities Definition: - correct answer the study of how a culture expresses its values through the creation, preservation, and transmission of ideas and works of art. Culture - correct answer Culture is the sum total of the common things that bind people together in a society. -political, social, philosophical, educational, and economical aspects Values - correct answer If you take the word back to its original meaning, the word "value" has to do with weighing something. ~Our deepest values are the things we believe are worth living for and worth dying for. ~The gold in the mine is valued by the miner, because he's risking his life to get it. The apostle Paul writes one verse to define Biblical Christian values: - correct answer Philippians 1:21 "For to me to live is Christ and to die is gain." ~Whats worth living for? Christ. ~Whats worth dying for? To gain the promise of all we have in Christ-eternal life. How does a culture express its values? - correct answer three ways: "the creation, the preservation, and the transmission of ideas and works of art." Creation of art - correct answer involves the productive, creative process that the artist engages in. Study of humanities - correct answer The study of the humanities, then, is not just the study of art. It's the study of all the things that a culture produces as an expression of its values and beliefs. What exactly is created, preserved and transmitted within a culture? - correct answer Two things: "ideas and works of art."