CSTU 101 - Exam 1 (Liberty U) || with Errorless Answers.
Culture correct answers What we make of the world
Western culture correct answers A set of shared culture generally in Europe and related areas
Humanities correct answers What makes us human
Epic correct answers A long narrative recounting heroism, centered on the hero with a sense of
national identity
Golden Age of Athens (Greece) correct answers • Persian Wars - Destruction of Athens by the
Persians, followed eventually by Greek victory
• Pericles - Leader during the Golden Age
• Parthenon - Physical embodiment of the classical Greek spirit
Plato's Theory of Forms correct answers Changing reality is founded on higher forms, which
through reasoning, we could get a glimpse of
Plato's Allegory of the Cave correct answers Allegory of Plato's Theory of Forms. Essentially,
men are trapped in a cave all their life seeing only shadows. One breaks free and sees life out of
the cave, going back to show the others, but all they can see is the cave.
Greek humanism correct answers Human reason is the surest truth (a confidence in human power
and ingenuity)
, Why has Homer been called the earliest shaper of the Greek outlook and character? correct
answers Homer uses his epics to: Recognize universal order & Emphasize individual excellence.
The Greek contribution to Western culture correct answers • Art/Architecture
• Thought (philosophy)
• Freedom (political & moral)
• Humanism
Describe the ideal government as suggested by Plato and by Aristotle. Identify at least three areas
of contrast and/or comparison. correct answers Plato: the perfect polis, a utopia governed by
enlightened authoritarianism
• Structure in some form of ruling, absolute enlightened ruler
• Ruler with absolute power, since the ruler is enlightened
• Separated classes: elites, military, workers
Aristotle: constitutional democracy, power equally to the virtuous and the wealthy
• Similar - Structure in some form of ruling, ruler of the people
• Ruler with constitutionally limited power, in order to uphold rights
• More a spectrum of classes: wealthy, middle-class, poor
Identify the major characteristics of Roman culture and compare/contrast with the Greeks.
correct answers Romans more focused on doing: Imperialism (conquering), Imitation/adaptation
(preserving), Engineering (innovating).
Greeks more focused on thinking: Philosophy, art and architecture, politics and morality
The most important ways in which Islamic civilization contributed to Western culture correct
answers • Mathematics - concept of zero, algebra, "Arabic" numerals
Culture correct answers What we make of the world
Western culture correct answers A set of shared culture generally in Europe and related areas
Humanities correct answers What makes us human
Epic correct answers A long narrative recounting heroism, centered on the hero with a sense of
national identity
Golden Age of Athens (Greece) correct answers • Persian Wars - Destruction of Athens by the
Persians, followed eventually by Greek victory
• Pericles - Leader during the Golden Age
• Parthenon - Physical embodiment of the classical Greek spirit
Plato's Theory of Forms correct answers Changing reality is founded on higher forms, which
through reasoning, we could get a glimpse of
Plato's Allegory of the Cave correct answers Allegory of Plato's Theory of Forms. Essentially,
men are trapped in a cave all their life seeing only shadows. One breaks free and sees life out of
the cave, going back to show the others, but all they can see is the cave.
Greek humanism correct answers Human reason is the surest truth (a confidence in human power
and ingenuity)
, Why has Homer been called the earliest shaper of the Greek outlook and character? correct
answers Homer uses his epics to: Recognize universal order & Emphasize individual excellence.
The Greek contribution to Western culture correct answers • Art/Architecture
• Thought (philosophy)
• Freedom (political & moral)
• Humanism
Describe the ideal government as suggested by Plato and by Aristotle. Identify at least three areas
of contrast and/or comparison. correct answers Plato: the perfect polis, a utopia governed by
enlightened authoritarianism
• Structure in some form of ruling, absolute enlightened ruler
• Ruler with absolute power, since the ruler is enlightened
• Separated classes: elites, military, workers
Aristotle: constitutional democracy, power equally to the virtuous and the wealthy
• Similar - Structure in some form of ruling, ruler of the people
• Ruler with constitutionally limited power, in order to uphold rights
• More a spectrum of classes: wealthy, middle-class, poor
Identify the major characteristics of Roman culture and compare/contrast with the Greeks.
correct answers Romans more focused on doing: Imperialism (conquering), Imitation/adaptation
(preserving), Engineering (innovating).
Greeks more focused on thinking: Philosophy, art and architecture, politics and morality
The most important ways in which Islamic civilization contributed to Western culture correct
answers • Mathematics - concept of zero, algebra, "Arabic" numerals
