Humanities @ Gwinnett Tech - Midterm Review

In art, representations that imitate the reality in appearance of natural objects is best defined as:

• Naturalism

• Abstract

• Messianic

• Humanism

 The period when humans grouped together in small societies such asbands,  and subsisted by gathering plants and hunting or scavenging wild animals, and used stone tools is best defined as:

• Neolithic Era

• Paleolithic Era

• Mesolithic Era

• Common Age

A distinctive kind of monumental stone architecture that were constructed without the use of mortar and represent the most basic form of architectural contrstuction.

• Pyramid

• Ziggurat

• Megalith

• Cave

An ancient region of southwest Asia between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in modern-day Iraq. Probably settled before 5000 b.c., the area was the home of numerous early civilizations, including Sumer, Akkad, Babylonia, and Assyria. It declined in importance after Mongol invaders destroyed its extensive irrigation system in a.d. 1258.

What is a pyramidal temple structure consisting of successive platforms with outside staircases and a shrine at the top?

The oldest story ever recorded is about a Sumerian king named ___________.

• Ishtar

• Iliad

• Homer

• Gilgamesh

Which Fertile Crescent culture was monotheistic and forced out of their homeland in about 2000 BCE?

• Egyptians

• Hebrews

• Akkadians

• Sumarians

The sacred chest that the Hebrews used to carry the ten commandments given to Moses, as told by the Bible?

Polythiesm means to hold a belief in multiple:

• Governments

• Gods

• Chiefs

• Sacred texts

A form of writing invited by the ancient Egyptians using pictograms, phonograms and determintives meaning "writing of the gods" is called hieroglyphs.

• True

• False

Born to aristocratic parents in the provence of Shandong in 551 BCE, this person had begun teaching a way of life based on self discipline and proper relations among people. Traditional Chinese values such as self control, propriety and respect for one's elders lie at the core of this system. Who is this person?

• Buddah

• Confucius

• Shiva

• Tutankamun

This image is found where?

• Lascaux Cave, Dordogen France

• Susa, southwest Iran

• Chauvet Cave, Vallon-Pond-d;arc, Ardeche gorge, France

This image was created approximately when?

• 25,000-20,000 BCE

• 15,000-13,000 BCE

• 8,000-5,000 BCE

• 18,000-16,000 BCE

This figure was created when?

• 8,000-5,000 BCE

• 15,000-13,000 BCE

• 25,000-20,000 BCE

• 18,000-16,000 BCE

The name of this figure is?

• Venus of Vienna

• Venus of Neolith

• Venus of Lawrenceville

• Venus of Willendorf

The ziggurat at Ur, modern Muqaiyir, Iraq was built when?

• Circa 1200 BCE

• Circa 2100 BCE

• Circa 1200 CE

• Circa 2100 CE

The above peice, from tomb 779, cemetery at Ur (modern Muqaiyir, Iraq), circa 2600 BCE is titled what?

• Royal Standard of Ur

• Royal Pillow of Ur

• Standard Pillow of Ur

• Royal Happiness of Ur

 The law code of Hammurabi survives on a giant structure know as what? (created in Susa, modern Shush, Iran, circa 1760 BCE) It records decisions or decrees made by Hamurabi over 40 years of his reign.

• Stele of Law

• Stele of Shamash

• Stele of Hammurabi

• Stele of Babylon

The object seen here is know as what? (from Hierakonpolis, Dynasty 1, circa 3000 BCE)

• Narmer's Palette

• Palette of Narmer

• Ritual disc

• Ritual shield

This is inner coffin of _________ _______________'s sarcophagus, from his tomb, Valley of the Kings, Western Thebes. Dynasty 18, circa 1335-1327 BCE.

The Great Wall, near Bejing, China begun in the ________ _____ __________ BCE is approximately 4,100 miles long with an average height of 25 feet.

• Late 4th century

• Early 4th century

• Late 3rd century

• Early 3rd century

This place  is a flat-topped rock that rises 150 m (490 ft) above sea level in the city of Athens with  a surface area of about 3 hectacres. It served as the city's citadel (a fortress meant for protecting a town).

• Acropolis

• Parthenon

• Theater

• Sanctuary

This culture flourished on Crete after the collapse of Knossos from about 1450 BCE. They lived in communities surrounding fortified hilltops and battle and hunting scenes dominate their art. They were essentially feudal in nature. They engaged in trade, especially for copper and tin to make bronze.

• Minoan culture

• Mycenean culture

• Cycladic culture

The king of the gods and master of the sky, usually bearded and associated with the eagle and the thunder bolt.

• Ares

• Apollo

• Zeus

• Hermes

Goddess of war, but also, through her association with Athens, of civilization; the daughter of Zeus, born from his head. Often helmeted, shield and spear in hand. The owl and the olive tree are sacred to her.

• Aphrodite

• Athena

• Demeter

• Persephone

The ___________ order of column is considered sturdy and simple. It is also the heaviest of columns.

• Corinthian

• Ionic

• Doric

The ______________ order of column is considered more elegant in detail, it's capital characterized by a scroll like motif.

• Corinthian

• Ionic

• Doric

The ______________ order of column is considered the lightest and smallest of the three orders. It is also considerably more elaborate than the other two orders. It's distinguished by it's flowery burst of leaves.

• Corinthian

• Ionic

• Doric

____________ meaning "young man" was a widespread genre of sculpture that celebrated the male body.  The celebration of the nude male form is distinctly Greek.

• Kouros

• Kore

_____________ meaning "miadens"was a genre of sculptural renderings that were typically smaller/shorter than their male counter parts. They were probably votive offerings to Athena.

• Kouros

• Kore

This monument was built to give thanks to Athena for the salvation of Athens and Greece in the Persian wars, but it was also a tangible sign of the power and might of the Athenian state. It is the centerpiece of the Acropolis. It's architects, Ictinus and Callicrates, used the Doric order in it's perfect form. Construction was concluded in 432 BCE.

• Temple of Athena Nike

• Parthenon

• Alter of Zeus

• Pantheon

The ______________ was considered by the Greeks to be the most beautiful of all proportions. They recognized that it could easily be divided and subdivided into identically proportioned sections.

• Golden Rule

• Golden Section

• Golden Rectangle

• Golden Arrow

The architectural ornament consisting of a horizontal sculptured band between the architrave and the cornice is called what?

• Metope

• Frieze

• Pediment

In ancient Greece, ________ were a category of teachers who specialized in using the tools of philosophy and rhetoric  for the purpose of teaching arete - excellence, or virtue - predominantly to young statesmen and nobility.

• Humanists

• Thespians

• Sophists

• Pre-Socratics

In antient Greece, a  ____________ was an amusing or light hearted play designed to make its audience laugh.

• Comedy

• Tragedy

• Satyr

• Tetralogies

In ancient Greece, a _____________ often explored the physical and moral depths to which human life can descend.

• Comedy

• Tragedy

• Satyr

• Tetralogies

The main character in a play or other literary work is called the ______________.

• Sophist

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Cyclops

The principal character(s) in opposition to the main character in a play or literary work is called the _______________.

• Sophist

• Antagonist

• Protagonist

• Cyclops

This is the site of the best preserved of all Greek theaters, built in the early third century BCE.

• Athens

• Sparta

• Epidaurus

• Lawrenceville

The _________________ _____ was ushered in when Alexander the Great defeated the forces of Athens and Thebes and unified Greece. Alexander established the greatest empire in the known world. Aristotle taught that by observing the material world one could come to know universal truths. The art of this period displayed a sense of animation, drama and psychological complexity.

• Golden Era

• Hellenistic Age

• Peaceful Period

• Philosopher's Rule

This person lived from ~356 BCE to 323 BCE. He created a legacy that established Greece as the model against which all cultures in the West had to measure themselves. He founed over 70 cities throughout his empire, naming many of them after himself. Who was he?

This marble figure entitled Figurine of a Woman from the Cyclades was created when?

• Circa 10,000 BCE

• Circa 2500 BCE

• Circa 200 BCE

• Circa 2012

Built circa 1300 BCE this gate found in Mycenae Greece is called what?

• Dwarf's Gate

• Peasant's Gate

• Lion Gate

• Tiger Gate

This cup entitled Vaphio Cup, from a tomb at Vaphio, south of Sparta, Greece was created circa 1650-1450 BCE. What culture did it originate from?

• Mycenean

• Minoan

• Akkadian

• Cycladic

This amphora (Greek jar with an egg shaped body and two curved handles used for storing oil or wine) dating back to circa 540-530 BCE is entitled what?

• Baskin Robins amphora

• Botkin Class amphora

• Basketball Hoop amphora

• Botany Class amphora

This is an example of which order of columns?

• Doric

• Ionic

• Corinthian

This is an example of which order of columns?

• Doric

• Ionic

• Corinthian

This is an example of which order of columns?

• Doric

• Ionic

• Corinthian