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WGU C100 Humanities FINAL Study
Guide Questions and Correct Answers/
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Classical Period Acronym (BRTH PRD)
Ans: BRTH- Balance, Reason, Truth, Humanism
PRD- Polytheism, Republic, Democracy
Renaissance Period Acronym (RUSH RoCS - Michealangelos Rock
sculpture)
Ans: RUSH- Reformation, University System, Scientific Expansion, Humanism
RoCS- Rebirth of Classicism & Self fashioning
Neoclassical &
Enlightenment Period Acronym (CORDES- classical cords)
Ans: CORDES- Classicism, Order, Rationalism, Deism, Empiricism,
Skepticism
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Romantic Period Acronym (INNER HP- Inner romantic hero & passion)
Ans: INNER- Individiualism, Nationalism, Nature, Exoticism, Revolution
HP- Heroism, Passion
Realism Period Acronym (I ID AoD - I Identify Age of Doubt)
Ans: I- Industrialization
ID- Individualism, Darwinism
AoD- Age of Doubt
Classical Period
Ans: artists and philosophers were concerned with harmony and
balance* in their works
Classical Philosophers
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Ans: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
engaged in pursuit of truth through logic and reason.
Classical Period
Ans: democracy and republic governments formed
Classical religion
Ans: mainly polytheistic
Classical theme
Ans: humanism—simply a focus on humans.
Socratic Method
Ans: where questions and ideas were shared to solve problems in an
open discussion. Classical Period.
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Greek Epic Poetry
Ans: Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey. Which use exalted language and
celebrate the cultural values of the heroic age. Classical Period.
Greek Lyrical Poetry
Ans: poetry that explored everyday objects using more intimate
language. Followed Epic Poetry. Classical Period
Roman poetry
Ans: poetry that follows much of the form and content of Greek poetry
while exalting the Roman Empire.
The Greek poet Sappho explored human emotions, such as love and
desire, in her poem "A Lament for Adonis." Classical Period.
Classical Period Theater
WGU C100 Humanities FINAL Study
Guide Questions and Correct Answers/
Latest Update / Already Graded
Classical Period Acronym (BRTH PRD)
Ans: BRTH- Balance, Reason, Truth, Humanism
PRD- Polytheism, Republic, Democracy
Renaissance Period Acronym (RUSH RoCS - Michealangelos Rock
sculpture)
Ans: RUSH- Reformation, University System, Scientific Expansion, Humanism
RoCS- Rebirth of Classicism & Self fashioning
Neoclassical &
Enlightenment Period Acronym (CORDES- classical cords)
Ans: CORDES- Classicism, Order, Rationalism, Deism, Empiricism,
Skepticism
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Romantic Period Acronym (INNER HP- Inner romantic hero & passion)
Ans: INNER- Individiualism, Nationalism, Nature, Exoticism, Revolution
HP- Heroism, Passion
Realism Period Acronym (I ID AoD - I Identify Age of Doubt)
Ans: I- Industrialization
ID- Individualism, Darwinism
AoD- Age of Doubt
Classical Period
Ans: artists and philosophers were concerned with harmony and
balance* in their works
Classical Philosophers
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Ans: Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle
engaged in pursuit of truth through logic and reason.
Classical Period
Ans: democracy and republic governments formed
Classical religion
Ans: mainly polytheistic
Classical theme
Ans: humanism—simply a focus on humans.
Socratic Method
Ans: where questions and ideas were shared to solve problems in an
open discussion. Classical Period.
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Greek Epic Poetry
Ans: Homer's The Iliad and The Odyssey. Which use exalted language and
celebrate the cultural values of the heroic age. Classical Period.
Greek Lyrical Poetry
Ans: poetry that explored everyday objects using more intimate
language. Followed Epic Poetry. Classical Period
Roman poetry
Ans: poetry that follows much of the form and content of Greek poetry
while exalting the Roman Empire.
The Greek poet Sappho explored human emotions, such as love and
desire, in her poem "A Lament for Adonis." Classical Period.
Classical Period Theater
