Honors Western Civilization
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Honors Western Civilization is an advanced survey course exploring the political, intellectual, cultural, and social developments of Western societies from ancient times through the modern era. Emphasizing critical analysis and primary source interpretation, the course examines major historical milestones, influential figures, philosophical movements, and artistic achievements that have shaped Western thought and institutions. Students engage in rigorous discussions, research projects, and writing assignments to deepen their understanding of how the legacies of Greece, Rome, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and subsequent historical periods continue to impact contemporary global society.
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Western Civilization Volume A To 1500 8th Edition by Jackson J. Spielvogel
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Chapter 1: The Ancient Near East: The First Civilizations
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Q1) Which of the following is not true of Egyptian art?
A) It was largely individually expressive, illustrated by many identifiable artists.
B) It was primarily functional and not intended to add beauty.
C) It was highly stylized.
D) It followed strict formulas governing form and presentation.
E) It often glorified the pharaohs.
Answer: A
Q2) In ancient civilizations, bronze would replace copper because A) bronze was harder and more durable.
B) it was prettier and therefore made prettier jewelry.
C) bronze took less time to smelt.
D) bronze ore was easier to find.
E) copper tools and weapons became too soft because of the hot weather of the Middle East.
Answer: A
Q3) The earliest of the Mesopotamian empires was founded by Gilgamesh.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires
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Q1) The Persian god was Ahuramazda.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) The most tolerant and efficient of the Near Eastern empires was the
A) Egyptian.
B) Assyrian.
C) Chaldean.
D) Persian.
E) Babylonian.
Answer: D
Q3) Which of the following statements is not true of the Chaldean Empire?
A) Babylon was its great central city.
B) It was the longest-lasting of the great Near Eastern empires.
C) The Hanging Gardens was created in its time.
D) The people of the empire welcomed its fall to the Persians.
E) Nebuchadnezzar II was its most successful ruler.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: The Civilization of the Greeks
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Q1) The narrow pass where 9000 Greek hoplites held a Persian army of over 150,000 men for three days was
A) Salamis.
B) Marathon.
C) Boeotia.
D) Plataea.
E) Thermopylae.
Answer: E
Q2) Early Greek philosophy attempted to
A) eliminate diversity from the world.
B) explain the universe on the basis of unifying principles.
C) undermine traditional aristocratic Greek society.
D) turn all Greeks away from the world and toward contemplation.
E) replace the gods and religion in the lives of the Greeks with pure reason.
Answer: B
Q3) The "great expedition" by Athens against Crete dominated much of the second phase of the Peloponnesian War.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 4: The Hellenistic World
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Q1) Slavery was viewed as abnormal throughout the Hellenistic world.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The scientific foundations of medicine made by Alexandrian physicians
A) continued uninterrupted through Roman times.
B) were made possible through the use of dissection and vivisection.
C) included, most importantly, a new understanding of the circulation of blood through the body.
D) made magical practices, amulets, and herbal potions obsolete.
E) abandoned their Greek roots and relied exclusively on previous Persian practices.
Q3) All of the following are true about the cult of Isis except
A) it originated in the eastern Persian empire, an outgrowth of Zoroastrianism.
B) it was one of the most popular of the mystery religions.
C) she was associated with the giver of laws and letters to humankind.
D) her cult promised an eternal life.
E) she supposedly invented the marriage contract between husband and wife.
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Chapter 5: The Roman Republic
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Q1) Which one of the following innovations enabled Romans to erect giant amphitheaters, public baths, and high-rise tenement buildings?
A) steel.
B) copper.
C) calculus.
D) concrete.
E) load-bearing arches.
Q2) The paterfamilias in Roman society was
A) a client to a patron or wealthy citizen.
B) the male head of the household.
C) an upper-class aristocrat.
D) a common person.
E) the male head of the family.
Q3) As Rome expanded, it became Roman policy to govern the provinces with officials known as
A) consuls.
B) quaestors.
C) colonnae.
D) proconsuls and propraetors.
E) tribunes.
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Chapter 6: The Roman Empire
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Q1) Roman provincial and frontier policy under Augustus was characterized by all of the following except
A) limitless expansion in central Europe.
B) the encouragement of self-government among provincial cities.
C) provincial rule by proconsuls.
D) minimum military force to the east.
E) a withdrawal from military activity in central Europe after military defeat by German tribes.
Q2) The late third century emperor who reconquered and reestablished order in the east and along the Danube and who was known as the "restorer of the world" was
A) Septimius Severus.
B) Marcus Aurelius.
C) Decius.
D) Aurelian.
E) Diocletian.
Q3) In the second century, the Pantheon was built, which was one of Rome's greatest buildings, a temple to all the gods.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World
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Q1) Muslim societies abide by a strict code of law, much of it derived from the holy book Qur'an, and regulating all aspects of Muslim life. This law code is called A) Shari'a.
B) jihad.
C) hajj.
D) Ramadan.
E) Caliphite.
Q2) Before the Battle of Milvian Bridge, Constantine received a vision of A) victory under Christ's protection.
B) a long and happy reign for himself.
C) a blessed afterlife for all valiant warriors.
D) famine and pestilence for seven years.
E) the apocalypse.
Q3) The best example of Hiberno-Saxon art is
A) a Viking war ship.
B) a long sword.
C) the Book of Kells.
D) the architecture at the monastery of Whitby
E) the Hagia Sophia
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Q1) The missi dominici were officials that Charlemagne used to
A) administer the palace school at Aachen.
B) review the liturgy for errors.
C) check on his counts.
D) kill prisoners of war not deemed fit for redemption.
E) serve him wine.
Q2) In the early Middle Ages, books were written on sheepskin inasmuch as papyrus was too expensive to be imported from Egypt, then under Muslim control.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Initially, the greatest effect of the church on Frankish marriage
A) was to make it one of the sacraments.
B) was to limit sexual license.
C) emphasized the indissolubility of marriage.
D) prohibited the marriage of priests.
E) encouraged warriors, but not peasants, to have multiple wives.
Q4) The premier scholar in Charlemagne's court was Alcuin of York.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: The Recovery and Growth of European Society
in the High Middle Ages
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Q1) The first fully Gothic church was the abbey church of Saint-Denis outside of Paris, under the leadership of Abbot Suger in the mid-twelfth century.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Representative of the enforced subordination and assumed inferiority of women in the Middle Ages was Eleanor of Aquitaine, born into the aristocracy but who was forced to spend her entire adult life in a rural nunnery.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The village church
A) was very harsh in its condemnation of pagan practices.
B) competed with pagan religions for converts.
C) was led by local priests who were often barely literate.
D) outlawed economic pursuits on its grounds.
E) was always built upon the site of a pagan worship center.
Q4) The revival of trade led to a decline of cities.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 10: The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power
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Q1) The sacramental system of the Catholic Church
A) would not be clearly defined until the fifteenth century.
B) made the church an integral part of the people's lives from birth to death.
C) was deemed unnecessary as part of salvation by the Fourth Lateran Council in 1215.
D) made the weekly reception of the Eucharist mandatory for all Christians.
E) was reserved only for the clergy.
Q2) The Cistercians, a new reform-minded monastic order,
A) grew very slowly in the eleventh century.
B) eliminated all decorations from their churches.
C) spent more time in private prayer and manual labor by curtailing religious services.
D) endorsed serfdom and were supported by peasant labor services.
E) b and c
Q3) From the east, Christian Slavs moved into pagan German Prussia in the thirteenth century, forcing the Germans in that region to convert to Christianity.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 11: The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration
in the Fourteenth Century
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Q1) Mysticism in the fourteenth century
A) was especially advocated by the nominalist school of William of Occam.
B) particularly took hold in France and Spain.
C) emphasized an intensely personal feeling of oneness with God.
D) was fully endorsed and carefully controlled by the church.
E) abandoned orthodox Christianity for heterodox pantheism.
Q2) Among the great and influential female religious mystics of the fourteenth century was
A) St. Ingrid of Bohemia.
B) Julia of Canterbury.
C) Judith of Vienna.
D) Isabella of Ravenna.
E) Catherine of Siena.
Q3) Because of the resulting economic depression, the price of labor was drastically reduced in the aftermath of the Black Death.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Recovery and Rebirth: The Age of the Renaissance
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Q1) Michelangelo was a painter and sculptor but never tried his hand at architecture.
A)True
B)False
Q2) The Byzantine Empire was finally destroyed in 1453 by the A) crusaders.
B) Persians.
C) Russians.
D) Seljuk Turks.
E) Ottoman Turks.
Q3) Marriages in Renaissance Italy
A) were based on love and mutual affection.
B) were easy to dissolve or annul.
C) were an economic necessity of life involving complicated family negotiations.
D) were often worked out hastily with little thought.
E) declined as the sanction of the church and religion grew weaker.
Q4) In writing The Prince, Niccolo Machiavelli used Cesare Borgia, the son of Pope Alexander VI, as the model prince that others should imitate.
A)True
B)False
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