WGU C100 HUMANITIES QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Capital - ✔✔Top part of the column between the Column and the Entablature.
Classic Period.
✔✔Entablature - ✔✔Horizontal layers of the building that are supported by columns or
walls. Classic Period.
✔✔Friezes - ✔✔Broad horizontal band that is sculpted or that is painted. Usually on the
wall or near the ceiling. Classic period.
✔✔Pediment - ✔✔The triangular upper part of the front of a building in classical style.
Classic period.
✔✔Classical Period Music - ✔✔typically consisted of simple four note successions
played as a perfect fourth, drawing similarities to the Middle Eastern tradition of music.
The played a variety of instruments, including the lyre, a stringed instrument similar to a
harp.
✔✔Lyre - ✔✔a stringed instrument similar to a harp. Classic Period.
✔✔The incubator of western civilization - ✔✔Greece and Rome's proximity to the
Mediterranean Sea. It facilitated cultural exchange among the ancient civilizations in
southern Europe, western Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Classic Period.
✔✔Kouros. - ✔✔The Greeks borrowed the proportions of the three-dimensional
sculptures of the ancient Egyptians in developing the life-like male, human figure.
Classic Period.
✔✔Classical Period - ✔✔The Greeks borrowed the alphabet of the Phoenicians and
imitated Egyptian mythological creatures and artistic motifs in their artwork.
,✔✔Silk Road - ✔✔provided access to Asia and brought the valuable Chinese good of
silk to the Romans. In return, the Romans sent their glass to the east. It also opened the
door for Eastern religions—such as Buddhism, Manichaeism, and Daoism—to spread to
Europe. Christianity also spread quickly along the same trade route. Classical Period.
✔✔Classical Period influences - ✔✔They can be seen in the United States today in the
political system because of democracy and republic, in architecture through Lincolns
estate, and in the arts as in "O Brother Where Art Thou" & retelling of "The Odyssey".
✔✔Renaissance Period - ✔✔French for "rebirth," was characterized by a revival of
classical art, literature, philosophy, architecture, and an emphasis on humanism.
✔✔Renaissance Period - ✔✔This cultural flourish overlapped the Age of Discovery and
advancements in science, thus making science a legitimate source of knowledge.
✔✔Renaissance Period - ✔✔
✔✔Urbanization - ✔✔Cities accumulated wealth and channeled some of this newfound
wealth into funding the arts. Artists applied scientific principles to solve problems of
perspective and devised new techniques for representing light and shade. Renaissance
Period.
✔✔Renaissance Period - ✔✔Rebirth of Classicism: there was a rebirth of classical
ideals, mainly humanism, rationalism, and balance, based on the belief that classical
literary, scientific, and philosophical works provided additional resources for learning
and living.
✔✔Rationalism & Scientific Expansion - ✔✔Many people in the Renaissance embodied
a strong interest in rationalism and scientific inquiry, leading to deeper understanding of
the world and technological developments in such areas as medicine, transportation,
and warfare.
✔✔Expansion of the University System - ✔✔The Renaissance approach to education
produced the ideal of the well-rounded individual who was not bound to any one
discipline. As the university system spread across Europe, it represented a significant
change in epistemology.
✔✔epistemology - ✔✔The study of thinking. Renaissance Period.
✔✔Individualism & Self-fashioning - ✔✔This became important during the Renaissance
as artists sought public recognition and reputation. Artists and nobles represented their
identity with choices in dress and behavior, a process known as self-fashioning.
, ✔✔Reformation - ✔✔Took place in the form of Protestantism, sparked by Martin
Luther's outspoken disagreement with many Church practices he believed were corrupt.
Changing the Roman Catholic Church was a very significant movement in the
Renaissance that separated it from the Middle Ages.
✔✔Renaissance Period - ✔✔Witnessed the revival of classical art, literature,
philosophy, architecture, and learning,
spawned renewed study of the great works of ancient Greco-Roman civilizations, and
produced among the finest artistic and intellectual achievements in the history of
Western Humanities.
✔✔Renaissance Man - ✔✔Individual with broad knowledge and versatile talents
spanning many intellectual and artistic disciplines. Renaissance Period.
✔✔Renaissance Period - ✔✔One of the most significant ideas to emerge from this
period is the value of education, particularly in the Humanities. The catalyst for the
classical revival was the belief that one could realize his or her full humanity only
through classical education. This rebirth reasserted the superiority of ancient Greco-
Roman creative and intellectual contributions
✔✔Age of Exploration - ✔✔Europeans sailed around the globe and transferred foods,
plants, goods and slaves. Renaissance Period.
✔✔Heresy - ✔✔a challenge or rejection of the orthodox doctrines of the religion or
church. Renaissance Period.
✔✔The Protestant Reformation - ✔✔This challenged the doctrine of papal infallibility
and rejected the Catholic Church as a necessary intermediary between the faithful and
God. However, disagreements among Protestants caused multiple sects to form.
Renaissance Period.
✔✔Renaissance Humanism - ✔✔emphasized not only scholarly achievement but also
moral and athletic development.
encouraged the individual to engage with the world ("The whole glory of man lies in
activity").
rejected much of medieval thinking as irrelevant to a changing world. general
responsibilities of citizenship and respect for public duty.
✔✔Niccolò Machiavelli - ✔✔The Prince: defended the principle that "the ends justify the
means" . It is one of the best-known political treatises. His treatise advanced the
abandonment of conventional morality for the sake of power and authority. The Prince is
considered to represent the darker side of the Renaissance's belief in human possibility
and potential.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Capital - ✔✔Top part of the column between the Column and the Entablature.
Classic Period.
✔✔Entablature - ✔✔Horizontal layers of the building that are supported by columns or
walls. Classic Period.
✔✔Friezes - ✔✔Broad horizontal band that is sculpted or that is painted. Usually on the
wall or near the ceiling. Classic period.
✔✔Pediment - ✔✔The triangular upper part of the front of a building in classical style.
Classic period.
✔✔Classical Period Music - ✔✔typically consisted of simple four note successions
played as a perfect fourth, drawing similarities to the Middle Eastern tradition of music.
The played a variety of instruments, including the lyre, a stringed instrument similar to a
harp.
✔✔Lyre - ✔✔a stringed instrument similar to a harp. Classic Period.
✔✔The incubator of western civilization - ✔✔Greece and Rome's proximity to the
Mediterranean Sea. It facilitated cultural exchange among the ancient civilizations in
southern Europe, western Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. Classic Period.
✔✔Kouros. - ✔✔The Greeks borrowed the proportions of the three-dimensional
sculptures of the ancient Egyptians in developing the life-like male, human figure.
Classic Period.
✔✔Classical Period - ✔✔The Greeks borrowed the alphabet of the Phoenicians and
imitated Egyptian mythological creatures and artistic motifs in their artwork.
,✔✔Silk Road - ✔✔provided access to Asia and brought the valuable Chinese good of
silk to the Romans. In return, the Romans sent their glass to the east. It also opened the
door for Eastern religions—such as Buddhism, Manichaeism, and Daoism—to spread to
Europe. Christianity also spread quickly along the same trade route. Classical Period.
✔✔Classical Period influences - ✔✔They can be seen in the United States today in the
political system because of democracy and republic, in architecture through Lincolns
estate, and in the arts as in "O Brother Where Art Thou" & retelling of "The Odyssey".
✔✔Renaissance Period - ✔✔French for "rebirth," was characterized by a revival of
classical art, literature, philosophy, architecture, and an emphasis on humanism.
✔✔Renaissance Period - ✔✔This cultural flourish overlapped the Age of Discovery and
advancements in science, thus making science a legitimate source of knowledge.
✔✔Renaissance Period - ✔✔
✔✔Urbanization - ✔✔Cities accumulated wealth and channeled some of this newfound
wealth into funding the arts. Artists applied scientific principles to solve problems of
perspective and devised new techniques for representing light and shade. Renaissance
Period.
✔✔Renaissance Period - ✔✔Rebirth of Classicism: there was a rebirth of classical
ideals, mainly humanism, rationalism, and balance, based on the belief that classical
literary, scientific, and philosophical works provided additional resources for learning
and living.
✔✔Rationalism & Scientific Expansion - ✔✔Many people in the Renaissance embodied
a strong interest in rationalism and scientific inquiry, leading to deeper understanding of
the world and technological developments in such areas as medicine, transportation,
and warfare.
✔✔Expansion of the University System - ✔✔The Renaissance approach to education
produced the ideal of the well-rounded individual who was not bound to any one
discipline. As the university system spread across Europe, it represented a significant
change in epistemology.
✔✔epistemology - ✔✔The study of thinking. Renaissance Period.
✔✔Individualism & Self-fashioning - ✔✔This became important during the Renaissance
as artists sought public recognition and reputation. Artists and nobles represented their
identity with choices in dress and behavior, a process known as self-fashioning.
, ✔✔Reformation - ✔✔Took place in the form of Protestantism, sparked by Martin
Luther's outspoken disagreement with many Church practices he believed were corrupt.
Changing the Roman Catholic Church was a very significant movement in the
Renaissance that separated it from the Middle Ages.
✔✔Renaissance Period - ✔✔Witnessed the revival of classical art, literature,
philosophy, architecture, and learning,
spawned renewed study of the great works of ancient Greco-Roman civilizations, and
produced among the finest artistic and intellectual achievements in the history of
Western Humanities.
✔✔Renaissance Man - ✔✔Individual with broad knowledge and versatile talents
spanning many intellectual and artistic disciplines. Renaissance Period.
✔✔Renaissance Period - ✔✔One of the most significant ideas to emerge from this
period is the value of education, particularly in the Humanities. The catalyst for the
classical revival was the belief that one could realize his or her full humanity only
through classical education. This rebirth reasserted the superiority of ancient Greco-
Roman creative and intellectual contributions
✔✔Age of Exploration - ✔✔Europeans sailed around the globe and transferred foods,
plants, goods and slaves. Renaissance Period.
✔✔Heresy - ✔✔a challenge or rejection of the orthodox doctrines of the religion or
church. Renaissance Period.
✔✔The Protestant Reformation - ✔✔This challenged the doctrine of papal infallibility
and rejected the Catholic Church as a necessary intermediary between the faithful and
God. However, disagreements among Protestants caused multiple sects to form.
Renaissance Period.
✔✔Renaissance Humanism - ✔✔emphasized not only scholarly achievement but also
moral and athletic development.
encouraged the individual to engage with the world ("The whole glory of man lies in
activity").
rejected much of medieval thinking as irrelevant to a changing world. general
responsibilities of citizenship and respect for public duty.
✔✔Niccolò Machiavelli - ✔✔The Prince: defended the principle that "the ends justify the
means" . It is one of the best-known political treatises. His treatise advanced the
abandonment of conventional morality for the sake of power and authority. The Prince is
considered to represent the darker side of the Renaissance's belief in human possibility
and potential.
