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    Humanities Final EXAMS The Humanities could be defined as the study of what? B. the cultural as distinguished from the scientific branches of learning. C. the creative process of tradition as it occured in the past and continues in the present. Which of the following is NOT typically referred to when discussing Pictorial Art (Painting, drawing, etc.)? B. Relief "Full - round" is a term used to describe an aspect of what art form? C. Sculpture The "Old Stone Age" was also known as? D. The Paleolithic period The first great cities of the ancient world arose in what region - also known as the "Cradle of Civilization"? A. Mesopotamia The belief in many gods or deities is called? C. Polytheism The term megalith is properly applied to what work of the ancient world? B. Stonehenge In an ancient mythic story a universal image of a hero, villain, monster, or deity is called what? C. An archetype Stonehenge is an example of what type of ancient construction? B. Post and Lintel Ancient Egyptian civilization endured for how many years? C. 3,000 The Egyptian Pyramids were built for what purpose? B. Elaborate tombs for their leaders to live on in after death. At the end of the Mycenaean civilization Greece entered a 250 year Dark Age in which what happened? D. All writing, artistic crafts, and other cultural skills and knowledge were lost. In which of these would the author or artist have employed the epic form? A. Homer's Iliad Homer's poems - The Iliad and The Odyssey - were based on what events?

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    D. The Trojan wars of the Mycenaean civilization What is the style of poetry that expressed the speaker's inner thoughts and feelings, often identified with Sappho? B. Lyric A Doric Column can be recognized by what? A. A simple capital and lack of base. Throughout their civilization Greek sculpture became more what? C. Naturalistic which of these statements best describes the Acropolis? A. The hilltop home of the Parthenon and other Greek temples in Athens How could Tragedy in Greek Theatre be described? B. Drama involving mythic characters whose pride leads them into suffering and death. What historical event spread Greek culture and civilization throughout the known world? D. Alexander the Great's conquests in Egypt, Mesopotamia, and Asia. What charismatic Roman general rose to prominence due to his military victories in Gaul and named himself dictator before his assassination? C. Julius Caesar A government of representatives chosen to act for the people at large is known as a? B. Republic Which of these works contained a sculptural narrative glorifying the victories of a Roman Emperor? D. Column of Trajan A vault consists of? C. Multiple arches joined together to form a tunnel like support structure. Pictures made from tiny bits of colored marble or ceramic cemented in a pattern on a floor or wall are called? A. Mosaics Though it borrowed much of the art from the Greeks and other cultures, Roman civilization was markedly different from the Greek civilization in its? B. Interest in the practical and useful. According to tradition, who was the first patriarch or chieftain of the Israelites and the founder of the Israelite nation? C. Abraham Monotheism is defined as the belief in what? D. One all powerful and beneficent God.

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