CLCV 115 EXAM #1 (UIUC) 2026
COMPLETE PRACTICE QUESTIONS,
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS AND
COMPREHENSIVE CLASSICAL
CIVILIZATION STUDY GUIDE
Boreas - CORRECT ANSWER -child of Eos=astraios, and was the North
winds Hominids - CORRECT ANSWER -the group consisting of all modern
and extinct Great Apes (that is, modern humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and
orangutans plus all their immediate ancestors)
Paleolithic - CORRECT ANSWER -This is the Old stone age period group,
they performed human burials, acquired fire, language, hand tools, belief in
the great goddess emerges, cave paintings seen, and were around from
100,000-c.--> 12,500 BC
Mesolithic - CORRECT ANSWER -This is the Middle Stone Age, where
people acquired improvements in hunting and fishing, smaller tools; bone
and antler jewelry. These individuals lived from 12,500 to 8500 BC
Neolithic - CORRECT ANSWER -This is the New Stone Age, where we begin
to see agriculture, domestication of animals; pottery, wheeled
transportation, we see Jericho [Israel] (8500 BC) - stone fortifications,
skull (ancestor) worship. We also see the city of Catalhoyuk [Turkey] (6000
,BC) - bull shrine/bucrania (cow skulls). This period of the New Stone Age
lasted from 8500-3000 BC
Animism - CORRECT ANSWER -This is defined as people finding a spirit in
something else, Anima "soul spirit", hence why the early gods are spoken of
as stars, suns, etc, they are "animated to having souls"
Venus Figurines - CORRECT ANSWER -These great goddess venus figurines
were found at 20,000 BC, and displayed anthropomorphic traits. We also
found ones at 35,000 BC, and we believe that this is when spirituality began
to develop
The Great Goddess - CORRECT ANSWER -This goddess was believed to have
been worshipped for the fertility of Humans/human fertility, crops fertility,
domesticated animal fertility. There was not only 1 of these, every
community had a different version, and it was as powerful as our concept of
god is. Basically a female goddess of fertility
Anthropomorphic - CORRECT ANSWER -This term means having
characteristics that are human like, if a god is possessing ______ traits, it
means he/she has a human like form. "In the form or shape of a human".
Theriomorphic - CORRECT ANSWER -The Egyptians were especially fond of
_________ gods, or gods in the shape of wild animals. They were
especially fond of this in their hybrids, where we can see animal heads on
human bodies etc
, Gynomorphic - CORRECT ANSWER -This term literally means having the
shape of a woman, or female-like shape. ________-woman, morph -
shape
Bucrania - CORRECT ANSWER -Cow skulls
Polytheism - CORRECT ANSWER -This means the belief in or worship of
more than one god
Monotheism - CORRECT ANSWER -This means the belief that there is only
one God
Parthenogenesis - CORRECT ANSWER -This term literally means Virgin
birth. We see Night gives _____________ to day and Aether
(brightness).
Variant - CORRECT ANSWER -A variant, in terms of mythology, means an
alternative version of a myth, which happens quite frequently. Just know
that these exist, and that there are various alternative interpretations
Syncretism - CORRECT ANSWER -The combination of different forms of
belief or practice, or the fusion of two or more originally different religious
belief systems into a new system
Personification - CORRECT ANSWER -This term literally means to make
something into a person
COMPLETE PRACTICE QUESTIONS,
VERIFIED CORRECT ANSWERS AND
COMPREHENSIVE CLASSICAL
CIVILIZATION STUDY GUIDE
Boreas - CORRECT ANSWER -child of Eos=astraios, and was the North
winds Hominids - CORRECT ANSWER -the group consisting of all modern
and extinct Great Apes (that is, modern humans, chimpanzees, gorillas and
orangutans plus all their immediate ancestors)
Paleolithic - CORRECT ANSWER -This is the Old stone age period group,
they performed human burials, acquired fire, language, hand tools, belief in
the great goddess emerges, cave paintings seen, and were around from
100,000-c.--> 12,500 BC
Mesolithic - CORRECT ANSWER -This is the Middle Stone Age, where
people acquired improvements in hunting and fishing, smaller tools; bone
and antler jewelry. These individuals lived from 12,500 to 8500 BC
Neolithic - CORRECT ANSWER -This is the New Stone Age, where we begin
to see agriculture, domestication of animals; pottery, wheeled
transportation, we see Jericho [Israel] (8500 BC) - stone fortifications,
skull (ancestor) worship. We also see the city of Catalhoyuk [Turkey] (6000
,BC) - bull shrine/bucrania (cow skulls). This period of the New Stone Age
lasted from 8500-3000 BC
Animism - CORRECT ANSWER -This is defined as people finding a spirit in
something else, Anima "soul spirit", hence why the early gods are spoken of
as stars, suns, etc, they are "animated to having souls"
Venus Figurines - CORRECT ANSWER -These great goddess venus figurines
were found at 20,000 BC, and displayed anthropomorphic traits. We also
found ones at 35,000 BC, and we believe that this is when spirituality began
to develop
The Great Goddess - CORRECT ANSWER -This goddess was believed to have
been worshipped for the fertility of Humans/human fertility, crops fertility,
domesticated animal fertility. There was not only 1 of these, every
community had a different version, and it was as powerful as our concept of
god is. Basically a female goddess of fertility
Anthropomorphic - CORRECT ANSWER -This term means having
characteristics that are human like, if a god is possessing ______ traits, it
means he/she has a human like form. "In the form or shape of a human".
Theriomorphic - CORRECT ANSWER -The Egyptians were especially fond of
_________ gods, or gods in the shape of wild animals. They were
especially fond of this in their hybrids, where we can see animal heads on
human bodies etc
, Gynomorphic - CORRECT ANSWER -This term literally means having the
shape of a woman, or female-like shape. ________-woman, morph -
shape
Bucrania - CORRECT ANSWER -Cow skulls
Polytheism - CORRECT ANSWER -This means the belief in or worship of
more than one god
Monotheism - CORRECT ANSWER -This means the belief that there is only
one God
Parthenogenesis - CORRECT ANSWER -This term literally means Virgin
birth. We see Night gives _____________ to day and Aether
(brightness).
Variant - CORRECT ANSWER -A variant, in terms of mythology, means an
alternative version of a myth, which happens quite frequently. Just know
that these exist, and that there are various alternative interpretations
Syncretism - CORRECT ANSWER -The combination of different forms of
belief or practice, or the fusion of two or more originally different religious
belief systems into a new system
Personification - CORRECT ANSWER -This term literally means to make
something into a person
