Western Civilization 1 StraighterLine
Final Exam
The major cities of Phoenaicia
were
Select
one:
a. Uruk, Akkad, and
Ur.
b. Sidon, Tyre, and
Byblos.
c. Memphis, Cairo, and
Thebes.
d. Sparta, Athens, and Corinth. correct answers b. Sidon, Tyre, and
Byblos.
Hammurabi of Babylon was
known for
Select
one:
a. being the first ruler of Sumer and
Akkad.
b. his irrigation
projects.
c. authoring The Epic of
Gilgamesh.
d. his law code. correct answers d. his law
code.
During the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages, human tools were made
primarily of
Select
one:
a.
stone.
b.
iron.
c.
bronze.
d. copper. correct answers a.
stone.
Zoroaster's religious beliefs had a similarity to Jewish ideas in all the
following areas
EXCEPT
Select
the
one:
a. need to live an ethical
life.
b. need to observe strict dietary
laws.
c. ultimate prevalence of the forces of good over the
forces
d. of evil.of the will of God to man. correct answers b. need to observe
revelation
strict dietary
laws
.
The Greek political reformer
Cleisthenes
Select
one:
a. wrote epic
poetry.
b. established an Athenian constitution with many democratic
features.
c. preached equal rights for Athenian
women.
d. became a tutor to Alexander the Great. correct answers b. established
an Athenian with many democratic
constitution
features.
,The great historian of the Persian Wars, justifiably know as the "father
of Western
history,"
was
Select
one:
a.
Homer.
b.
Archimedes.
c.
d. Sargon. correct answers c.
Herodotus.
Herodotus.
The Minoan
civilization
Select
one:
a. was centered in
Mesopotamia.
b. had artists who often painted frescoes featuring
religious
c. rituals. by the Middle Kingdom of
was destroyed
Egypt.
d. produced, as its greatest military leader, Alexander the Great. correct
answers
had b. who often painted frescoes feauturing
artists
religioius rituals.
Which of the following was NOT a result of the widespread violence and
movement
peoples of eastern Mediterranean around 1200
in the
B.C.E.?
Select
one:
a. a besieged and weakened Egyptian
Empire
b. the Trojan War and destruction of
Troy
c. the establishment of democracy at
Athens
d. the decline of Mycenaean civilization and its invasion by Dorian
Greeks correct
answers c. the establishment of democracy at
Athens
The Greek Dark Ages commenced
when
Select
one:
a. the Mycenaean culture
collapsed.
b. the eruption of the volcano on Thera caused dust that
dimmed
c. glaciers the sun.the Ice Age spread all over
from
d. Homer died, leaving his epics unfinished. correct answers a. the
Greece.
Mycenaean culture
collapse
d.
During the Persian
Wars,
Select
one:
a. Athens defeated
b. Xerxes of Persia conquered Greece, ending Athenian
Sparta.
democracy.
c. Athens and Sparta invaded Persia and destroyed the Persian
Empire.
d. None of these answers is correct. correct answers d. None of these
answers is
correc
t.
Which of the following applies to Pericles, the architect of Athen's
Golden Age?
Select
one:
a. He was elected chief strategos, or commander, from 443 to
429
b. HeB.C.E.
provided the leadership for the rebuilding of the
Acropolis.
c. He advocated the supremacy of Athens over other members of the
Delian League.
, d. All these answers are correct. correct answers d. All of these answers
are correct.
The Hellensistic school of philosophy that advocated the rejection of the
goods in
world oforder
this to achieve happiness was that
of the
Select
one:
a.
Sophists.
b.
Cynics.
c.
Epicureans.
d. Stoics. correct answers d.
Cynics.
The monument at Alexandria regarded as one of the seven wonders of
the ancient
world
was
Select
one:
a. the
Museum.
b. the Royal
Palace.
c. Alexander's
tomb.
d. the lighthouse, or Pharos. correct answers d. the lighthouse,
or Pharos.
Hellenistic
science
Select
one:
a. was clearly inferior to the early Greek science of Thales and
Pythagoras.
b. perfected the manufacture of
steel.
c. culminated in the work of
Homer.
d. made important advances in mathematics and astronomy. correct
answers d.advances
important made in mathematics and
astronomy.
Which of the following was NOT a change experienced by the Greek
poleis in the
Hellenistic
age?
Select
one:
a. Specialists took over from citizens such roles as soldier and
b. The gap between rich and poor widened, with the rich
athlete.
controlling
c. politics. and freedmen became citizens, diluting the sense of
Many immigrants
community.
d. The common citizens reasserted control of the governments, making
them more correct answers d. The common citizens reasserted
democratic.
control of the making them more
governments,
democratic.
Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the
Great,
Select
one:
a. participated in several Greek wars during the fourth
century
b. B.C.E.
reformed the Macedonian army, especially the phalanx, to make it more
formidable.
c. hoped to unite the Greek city-states under his
leadership.
d. All these answers are correct. correct answers d. All these answers
are correct.
During the Hellenistic
period,
Select
one:
Final Exam
The major cities of Phoenaicia
were
Select
one:
a. Uruk, Akkad, and
Ur.
b. Sidon, Tyre, and
Byblos.
c. Memphis, Cairo, and
Thebes.
d. Sparta, Athens, and Corinth. correct answers b. Sidon, Tyre, and
Byblos.
Hammurabi of Babylon was
known for
Select
one:
a. being the first ruler of Sumer and
Akkad.
b. his irrigation
projects.
c. authoring The Epic of
Gilgamesh.
d. his law code. correct answers d. his law
code.
During the Paleolithic and Neolithic ages, human tools were made
primarily of
Select
one:
a.
stone.
b.
iron.
c.
bronze.
d. copper. correct answers a.
stone.
Zoroaster's religious beliefs had a similarity to Jewish ideas in all the
following areas
EXCEPT
Select
the
one:
a. need to live an ethical
life.
b. need to observe strict dietary
laws.
c. ultimate prevalence of the forces of good over the
forces
d. of evil.of the will of God to man. correct answers b. need to observe
revelation
strict dietary
laws
.
The Greek political reformer
Cleisthenes
Select
one:
a. wrote epic
poetry.
b. established an Athenian constitution with many democratic
features.
c. preached equal rights for Athenian
women.
d. became a tutor to Alexander the Great. correct answers b. established
an Athenian with many democratic
constitution
features.
,The great historian of the Persian Wars, justifiably know as the "father
of Western
history,"
was
Select
one:
a.
Homer.
b.
Archimedes.
c.
d. Sargon. correct answers c.
Herodotus.
Herodotus.
The Minoan
civilization
Select
one:
a. was centered in
Mesopotamia.
b. had artists who often painted frescoes featuring
religious
c. rituals. by the Middle Kingdom of
was destroyed
Egypt.
d. produced, as its greatest military leader, Alexander the Great. correct
answers
had b. who often painted frescoes feauturing
artists
religioius rituals.
Which of the following was NOT a result of the widespread violence and
movement
peoples of eastern Mediterranean around 1200
in the
B.C.E.?
Select
one:
a. a besieged and weakened Egyptian
Empire
b. the Trojan War and destruction of
Troy
c. the establishment of democracy at
Athens
d. the decline of Mycenaean civilization and its invasion by Dorian
Greeks correct
answers c. the establishment of democracy at
Athens
The Greek Dark Ages commenced
when
Select
one:
a. the Mycenaean culture
collapsed.
b. the eruption of the volcano on Thera caused dust that
dimmed
c. glaciers the sun.the Ice Age spread all over
from
d. Homer died, leaving his epics unfinished. correct answers a. the
Greece.
Mycenaean culture
collapse
d.
During the Persian
Wars,
Select
one:
a. Athens defeated
b. Xerxes of Persia conquered Greece, ending Athenian
Sparta.
democracy.
c. Athens and Sparta invaded Persia and destroyed the Persian
Empire.
d. None of these answers is correct. correct answers d. None of these
answers is
correc
t.
Which of the following applies to Pericles, the architect of Athen's
Golden Age?
Select
one:
a. He was elected chief strategos, or commander, from 443 to
429
b. HeB.C.E.
provided the leadership for the rebuilding of the
Acropolis.
c. He advocated the supremacy of Athens over other members of the
Delian League.
, d. All these answers are correct. correct answers d. All of these answers
are correct.
The Hellensistic school of philosophy that advocated the rejection of the
goods in
world oforder
this to achieve happiness was that
of the
Select
one:
a.
Sophists.
b.
Cynics.
c.
Epicureans.
d. Stoics. correct answers d.
Cynics.
The monument at Alexandria regarded as one of the seven wonders of
the ancient
world
was
Select
one:
a. the
Museum.
b. the Royal
Palace.
c. Alexander's
tomb.
d. the lighthouse, or Pharos. correct answers d. the lighthouse,
or Pharos.
Hellenistic
science
Select
one:
a. was clearly inferior to the early Greek science of Thales and
Pythagoras.
b. perfected the manufacture of
steel.
c. culminated in the work of
Homer.
d. made important advances in mathematics and astronomy. correct
answers d.advances
important made in mathematics and
astronomy.
Which of the following was NOT a change experienced by the Greek
poleis in the
Hellenistic
age?
Select
one:
a. Specialists took over from citizens such roles as soldier and
b. The gap between rich and poor widened, with the rich
athlete.
controlling
c. politics. and freedmen became citizens, diluting the sense of
Many immigrants
community.
d. The common citizens reasserted control of the governments, making
them more correct answers d. The common citizens reasserted
democratic.
control of the making them more
governments,
democratic.
Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the
Great,
Select
one:
a. participated in several Greek wars during the fourth
century
b. B.C.E.
reformed the Macedonian army, especially the phalanx, to make it more
formidable.
c. hoped to unite the Greek city-states under his
leadership.
d. All these answers are correct. correct answers d. All these answers
are correct.
During the Hellenistic
period,
Select
one:
