Humanities Final (fall) Exam Flashcards

1
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Cave paintings dating back to 30,000 years ago have been found at the following locations:

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Chauvet, France
Altamira, Spain
Lascaux, France
Cosquer, France

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In what country was the Willendorf Venus discovered?

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Austria

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3
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what term refers to the “big stones” used in the construction of a site such as Stonehenge?

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megalith

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4
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what term refers to the category of megalithic structures that includes the Stonehenge?

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cromlech

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5
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what god was considered the resident god at Ur?

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Sin, the god of the moon

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What is the Babylonian Empire credited with doing?

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capturing Jerusalem, destroying its temples, and deporting many of the Hebrews

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the ancient Egyptian leader, ruled circa 3,000 BCE, and is credited with unifying Upper and Lower Egypt is who?

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Narmer

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the new style of art that was developed during the rule of Amenhotep IV/Akhenaten was known as what?

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Amarna style

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9
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what two creatures are on the jade disk known as Pi?

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a dragon and a phoenix

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what three things were commonly used among the people of Thera?

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elaborately decorated homes, clay pipes which connected toilets and baths to sewers, and straw which was used to reinforce the walls of their homes

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the bull was a creature that was associated with what two things by the inhabitants of Crete?

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male virility and strength

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12
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Pasiphae, the legendary Minoan queen is credited with giving birth to what?

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the Minotaur

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13
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who was the wife of Odysseus?

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Penelope

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14
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the term Acropolis is translated to mean what?

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top of the city

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15
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the term Acropolis refers to what?

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the portion of an ancient Greek city state that functioned as its religious center

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what refers to the portion of an ancient Greek city state that served as public meeting place, marketplace, and civic center?

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agora

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17
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what is the column that swells about one-third of the way up and contract again near the top?

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entasis

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18
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what term refers to a part of the Athenian political system and refers to small local areas comparable to precincts or wards?

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demes

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18
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the 92 metopes on the four sides of the temple narrate battles between Greeks and what four enemies?

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Trojans
Giants
Amazons
Centaurs

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19
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who was among those who stabbed Gaius Julius Caesar on the floor of the Senate?

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Marcus Junius Brutus

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20
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what refers to the wax death masks used to create the high level of naturalism in portrait busts?

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imagines

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21
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In the sculpture of Augustus of Primaporta, Cupid is pictured riding what?

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a dolphin

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22
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Augustus did not view the writings of Ovid favorable, causing him to do what?

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permanently banish him from Rome

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23
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the literary pieces that celebrated Augustus’ gift of farmlands to veterans of the civil wars was the what?

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Georgics

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24
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each level of the Colosseum used different architectural order, on the ground floor was what?

A

tuscan

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25
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each level of the Colosseum used different architectural order, on the second floor was what?

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Ionic

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26
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each level of the Colosseum used different architectural order, on the third floor was what?

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Corinthian

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27
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what architectural order was favored by the Romans?

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Corinthian

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28
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The Pantheon contained an oculus, a circular opening at the top, which Hadrian conceived a the what?

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Eye of Jupiter

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29
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what term refers to the land owning aristocrats who served as priests, magistrates, lawyers, and judges in ancient Rome?

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patricians

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30
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what term refers to the poorer class who were the craftspeople, merchants, and laborers in ancient Rome?

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plebeians

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31
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Anglo Saxon law was based on the idea of what? (or life price of an individual)

A

wergeld

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32
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what epic poem provides and account of a Scandinavian warrior who rids a community of monsters that have ravaged the land?

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Beowulf

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33
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Augustine is credited with doing what?

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building a cathedral at Canterbury and a church dedicated to St. Paul in London

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34
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Bishop Eadfrith designed what?

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Lindisfarne Gospels

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35
Q

Roland’s horn was made from what?

A

ivory of an elephants tusk

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36
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the dining hall where monks ate their meals was known as what?

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refectory

37
Q

what is the elongated arched masonry structure spanning an interior space and shaped like a half cylinder?

A

barrel vault

38
Q

what refers to the wedge shaped stones that form the arch in a Romanesque church?

A

voussoir

39
Q

what was considered the center of the cult of the Virgin throughout the twelfth and thirteenth centuries?

A

Chartres

40
Q

what is considered the most cherished relic at Chartres Cathedral?

A

the tunic Mary wore at Jesus’ birth

41
Q

what was the chief purpose of the stained glass programs in all Gothic cathedrals?

A

to tell the stories of the Bible

42
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One of the stained glass windows at the Chartres Cathedral shows the genealogy of Christ. The window called what depicts the Virgin Mary as descended from Jesse, the father of King David, thus fulfilling a prophecy in the book of Isaiah?

A

“Tree of Jesse”

43
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in a gothic church, what was traditionally built against an exterior wall to provide support for more windows and brace it against strong winds?

A

flying buttresses

44
Q

The figure of who found on the jamb of Chartres’ south transept portal stands in a contrapposto postion?

A

Saint Theodore

45
Q

the trivium consisted of what?

A

grammar, rhetoric, and dialect

46
Q

what was the first city to found a university, establishing itself as a center for the study of law?

A

Bologna

47
Q

what language was mandatory for all students to study in all courses of their first four years of study?

A

Latin

48
Q

who played a significant role in organizing theology students in Paris?

A

Robert de Sorbon

49
Q

Peter Abelard, a logician and author of the treatise ______ taught by the dialectal method?

A

Sic et Non

50
Q

Trotula is widely recognized as the author of what?

A

On the Diseases of Women

51
Q

Who wrote the Summa Theologiae and was one of the most prominent spokesmen for Scholasticism?

A

Thomas Aquinas

52
Q

The Gothic church of what features the highest ratio of glass to stone?

A

Sainte-Chapelle

53
Q

Ambrogio Lorenzetti is credited with painting the fresco known as the what?

A

Allegory of Good Government

54
Q

who composed Fifth Symphony?

A

Beethoven

55
Q

What is Beethoven’s nationality?

A

German

56
Q

Who composed the Unfinished Symphony?

A

Schubert

57
Q

what is Schubert’s nationality?

A

Austrian

58
Q

who composed New World Symphony?

A

Dvorak

59
Q

what is Dvorak’s nationality?

A

Czech

60
Q

who composed Grand March?

A

Verdi

61
Q

what is Verdi’s nationality?

A

Italian

62
Q

who composed Tonight We Love?

A

Tchaikovsky

63
Q

what is Tchaikovsky’s nationality?

A

Russian

64
Q

who composed the Toreador’s Song?

A

Bizet

65
Q

What is Bizet’s nationality?

A

French

66
Q

Who composed Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini?

A

Rachmaninoff

67
Q

What is Rachmaninoff’s nationality?

A

Russian

68
Q

Who composed Swan Lake?

A

Tchaikovsky

69
Q

who composed the Blue Danube Waltz?

A

Strauss II

70
Q

what is Strauss’s nationality?

A

Austrian

71
Q

Who composed Bolero?

A

Ravel

72
Q

What is Ravel’s nationality?

A

French

73
Q

Who composed Eine Kleine Nacthmusick?

A

Mozart

74
Q

what is Mozart’s nationality?

A

Austrian

75
Q

who composed Barber of Seville?

A

Rossini

76
Q

What is Rossini’s nationality?

A

Italian

77
Q

who composed Ride of the Valkyries?

A

Wagner

78
Q

what is Wagner’s nationality?

A

German

79
Q

who composed Fanfare for the Common Man?

A

Copeland

80
Q

what is Copeland’s nationality?

A

American

81
Q

Who composed the Hallelujah Chorus?

A

Handel

82
Q

what is Handel’s nationality?

A

German

83
Q

who composed the Wedding March?

A

Mendelssohn

84
Q

what is Mendelssohn’s nationality?

A

German

85
Q

who composed the Lullaby?

A

Brahms

86
Q

what is Brahms nationality?

A

German

87
Q

who composed Greensleeves?

A

Williams

88
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what is Williams’ nationality?

A

American

89
Q

who composed Ave Maria?

A

Schubert