Survey of Western Civilization Exam Materials https://quizplus.com/study-set/1339 22 Chapters 1789 Verified Questions
Survey of Western Civilization Exam Materials Course Introduction Survey of Western Civilization provides an overview of the major historical events, cultural developments, philosophical movements, and influential figures that have shaped Western society from ancient times to the present. The course examines key periods such as Classical Greece and Rome, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Enlightenment, and the modern era, analyzing their lasting impact on political institutions, art, science, religion, and social norms. Students will develop a broad understanding of the interconnectedness of ideas and events in Western history, enhancing their ability to think critically about the evolution of contemporary Western culture.
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Chapter 1: The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 82 Verified Questions 82 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26697
Sample Questions Q1) It was said that a pharaoh A) could never fail in a military endeavor. B) was a god. C) was a human being with divine inspiration. D) reigned as the "alter-ego" of the Nile god. E) was a representative of the gods. Answer: B Q2) Indo-Europeans Answer: The Indo-Europeans were a group of people who are believed to have originated from the Pontic-Caspian steppe region, which is located in present-day Ukraine and Russia. They are thought to have lived around 4500-2500 BCE. The Indo-Europeans are important because they are believed to have been the ancestors of many modern-day European and South Asian languages, as well as the cultures and societies that spoke these languages. The Indo-Europeans are also important because their migration and interactions with other cultures had a significant impact on the development of early civilizations in Europe and Asia. To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
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Chapter 2: The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 74 Verified Questions 74 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26698
Sample Questions Q1) The first Hebrew King was A) David B) Solomon C) Saul D) Moses E) Joseph Answer: C Q2) According to the Hebrews, the characteristics of being a unique nation or a "chosen people" included all of the following EXCEPT A) the Law of the Torah (God's Law) provided Hebrews with guidelines for proper behavior. B) Hebrews were endowed with a greater ethical awareness and human spirit than other people's codes. C) the Hebrew people was subject to other nation's cultural mores and laws. D) the people of Israel would set an example of morality and justice for all other nations and peoples. E) over time, traditional written law has to be reinterpreted to adjust to changing times. Answer: C To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above. Page 4
Chapter 3: The Greeks: From Myth to Reason Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 95 Verified Questions 95 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26699
Sample Questions Q1) Homer's major epic poems were A) the Iliad and the Odyssey. B) Lysistrata and The Frogs. C) Antigone and The Bacchae. D) The Symposium and The Republic. E) Antigone and Oresteia. Answer: A Q2) Socrates Answer: Socrates was an ancient Greek philosopher who lived in Athens during the 5th century BCE. He is known for his contributions to the field of ethics and his method of questioning, known as the Socratic method. Socrates is often considered one of the founders of Western philosophy and is famous for his teachings on moral and intellectual virtues. He was a prominent figure in the philosophical community of Athens and was known for engaging in discussions with fellow citizens in the marketplace, or agora, as well as in the city's public spaces. Socrates' teachings and ideas have had a lasting impact on Western thought and continue to be studied and debated by scholars and philosophers to this day. His emphasis on self-examination, critical thinking, and the pursuit of truth and wisdom remains important in the study of philosophy and ethics. To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
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Chapter 4: Rome: From City-State to World Empire Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 93 Verified Questions 93 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26700
Sample Questions Q1) The term Pax Romana applies best to A) the period of the early Latin tribes. B) what Romans called a "Time of Happiness." C) the stipulation that the father controlled the Roman household. D) the comparatively uncomplicated politics of the Roman Republic. E) the period of the struggle between the Patricians and the Plebeians. Q2) Did Rome treat overseas peoples in the same way that it treated its Italian allies? Q3) Spartacus Q4) Could you say that Rome's involvement in the Punic Wars depended on the same causes for each period of fighting? Q5) Which of the following statement is TRUE in reference to slavery during the era of Pax Romana? A) Slaves were freed if they served in the military. B) Wars and foreign excursions actually decreased the number of slaves. C) Children born to slave women and Roman citizens were put to death. D) Freed slaves were forced to leave the city of Rome. E) Laws were passed to protect slaves from cruel masters. Q6) Meditations Q7) Antoninus Pius
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Chapter 5: Early Christianity: a World Religion Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 79 Verified Questions 79 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26701
Sample Questions Q1) Essenes Q2) The Council of Nicaea settled what dispute A) the primacy of the Bishop of Rome B) Arianism C) the possibility of the conversion of gentiles D) Zorastrianism E) monasticism Q3) According to the author of the textbook, Jesus A) denied the need for Jews to follow the Mosaic Law. B) called for overthrow of the Sadducees' control of the Temple. C) believed that strict obedience to the rules of the Mosaic Law was less important than ethical considerations. D) insisted on strict obedience to the Mosaic Law. E) agreed with the Zealots that Jews must not pay taxes to the Romans. Q4) Mosaic Law Q5) Petra Q6) Saint Augustine Q7) Synoptic Gospels Q8) Edict of Milan Q9) Theodosius
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Chapter 6: The Rise of Europe: Fusion of Classical, Christian, and Germanic Traditions Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 89 Verified Questions 89 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26702
Sample Questions Q1) Discuss the life of a serf and his family under the feudal-manorial system? Q2) Under the leadership of Theodoric the Great A) powerful aristocratic Roman families still held government offices. B) the Roman Senate was eliminated. C) those schools that still existed were destroyed. D) the pope was forced into exile. E) Roman civilization was destroyed. Q3) Peter the Hermit Q4) The Roman and Greek Orthodox clergy disagreed on each of the following issues except A) the practice of the Mass. B) the power of the papacy. C) ceremonial differences. D) holy days. E) the display of images. Q5) Refer to two heresies that faced the Christian Church during the High Middle Ages. Explain their teachings and evaluate the threat posed to the unity of the church. Q6) "People of the book"
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Q7) How is Islam related to Christianity? To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 7: The Flowering and Dissolution of Medieval Civilization Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 84 Verified Questions 84 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26703
Sample Questions Q1) The idea behind the Conciliar Movement would have A) created a general council limiting papal power. B) developed a new procedure for electing popes. C) abolished monasteries and convents. D) reunited the Greek Orthodox and Roman churches. E) created a movement by lay people in the church. Q2) How might Aristotle's philosophy imperil Christian thought? How successful was the church in banning Aristotelian ideas? Q3) How did the issue of taxation lead to the Babylonian Captivity? Q4) On the map of Europe, note the location where the following occurred: the humiliation of the pope at Anagni; the Babylonian Captivity at Avignon; and the Church Councils held at Pisa, Basel, and Constance. Q5) Gothic architecture Q6) The importance of Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales was that A) it provided a first hand description of the Black Plague. B) it was written in vernacular French. C) it described the death of Joan of Arc. D) it was denounced by the church.
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E) it was literary picture of its time. To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 8: Transition to the Modern Age: Renaissance and Reformation Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 92 Verified Questions 92 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26704
Sample Questions Q1) The agreement that decreed that each territorial prince should establish the religion of his subjects was A) Peace of Augsburg B) Edict of Nantes C) Council of Trent D) Diet of Worms E) Congress of Vienna Q2) All of the following are associated with the Italian Renaissance except A) art served as a focus of civic pride and patriotism. B) members of the urban upper class became patrons of the arts. C) a fixed hierarchy of lords and vassals prevailed. D) rulers competed for art and artists to boost their prestige. E) Prosperous businesspeople played a leading role in the political and cultural life of the city. Q3) Pope Julius II Q4) Lorenzo Valla Q5) Compare the worldview of Humanism and Christian Humanism. How did the two differ when it came to their relationship with the Catholic Church? Page 11 Q6) Address to the Christian Nobility of the German Nation To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 9: Political and Economic Transformation: National States, Overseas Expansion, Commercial Revolution Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 84 Verified Questions 84 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26705
Sample Questions Q1) Describe some ways religious dissension proved to be a most unsettling factor in the development of modern states of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Q2) The Fronde was a rebellion in Paris against the leadership of _______ A) Cardinal Richelieu B) Cardinal Marazin C) Louis XIII D) Henry V E) Charles V Q3) Francisco Pizarro Q4) The Spanish Empire in the sixteenth century was funded largely by A) loot from the Netherlands. B) gold and silver from the New World colonies. C) the development of iron-working and coal mining in Spain. D) taxes on the slave trade. E) the sugar and tobacco trade. Q5) Oliver Cromwell Q6) Reconquest
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Q7) Discuss how royal absolutism developed in France in the seventeenth century. Q8) convertible husbandry
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Chapter 10: Intellectual Transformation: the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 86 Verified Questions 86 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26706
Sample Questions Q1) Compare the ideas of Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Jean Jacques Rousseau about the manner in which the state was formed. What was the relationship of the citizen to the state according to each of these men? Q2) experimental physics Q3) Medieval thinkers constructed a coherent picture of the universe that blended the theories of which of the following ancient Greeks? A) Aristotle and Ptolemy B) Plato and Socrates C) Ptolemy and Socrates D) Aristotle and Socrates E) Strabo and Galen Q4) Who said, "I think therefore I am"? A) Trismegistus B) Descartes C) Galen D) Atwood E) Newton Q5) Galileo
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Chapter 11: The Era of the French Revolution: Affirmation of Liberty and Equality Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 92 Verified Questions 92 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26707
Sample Questions Q1) the German War of Liberation Q2) Old Regime Q3) Petit peuple Q4) Analyze the slogan "Liberty, Equality, Fraternity." To what extent was the slogan a good indicator of the realities of the French Revolution? Q5) san-culottes Q6) The Third Estate were most likely to gain support from A) parish priests and liberal nobles B) royalists and military leaders C) foreign emigrees and nobility D) Second Estate and bourgeois E) rural peasantry and Bishops Q7) "War to the Knife" Q8) Concordat of 1801 Q9) Fighting in Vendéans occurred during which period of the French Revolution? Page 15 A) Reign of Terror B) Napoleonic Wars C) Storming of the Bastille D) Thermidorean Reaction
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Chapter 12: The Industrial Revolution: the Transformation of Society Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 79 Verified Questions 79 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26708
Sample Questions Q1) The Public Health Act (1848) Q2) The Combination Acts made A) unions illegal. B) child labor legal. C) factory hours dependent on municipal laws. D) education mandatory. E) women's pay equal. Q3) Explain why Britain pioneered the Industrial Revolution. Q4) Discuss how the classes of this era changed and affected society? Q5) According to the text, all of the following contributed to the development of an industrial revolution in Britain except A) large and easily developed supplies of coal and iron. B) the enclosure movement providing factories with a labor pool. C) a river transportation system supplemented by canals and toll roads. D) relative decentralization of European governments' power. E) availability of cheap labor. Q6) Manchester Q7) artisans Q8) spinning jenny
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Q9) James Hargreaves To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
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Chapter 13: Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 82 Verified Questions 82 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26709
Sample Questions Q1) Hegel's theories may be associated with A) glorification of the Prussian state. B) socialism. C) technocratic socialism. D) constitutional monarchy. E) royal absolutism. Q2) Absolute Spirit Q3) Explain the connection between romantic thought and the growth of nationalism. Q4) nationalism Q5) Which of these viewed with horror the democratic creed that all people should share in political power? A) Many bourgeois liberals B) The romantics C) The nationalists D) The idealists E) The radicals Q6) John Constable Q7) liberalism Q8) John Stuart Mill
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Chapter 14: Surge of Liberalism and Nationalism: Revolution, Counterrevolution, and Unification Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 78 Verified Questions 78 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26710
Sample Questions Q1) Why did the revolutions of 1848 collapse? How did this failure mark the end of the revolutionary spirit of the French Revolution? Q2) How did Bismarck use war to further his plan for the unification of Germany under Prussian leadership? Q3) At the Congress of Vienna, Alexander I was mistrusted by most of the diplomats attending because he A) wanted to punish France severely. B) wanted to move on the Ottoman Empire to destroy Islam from moving East. C) considered himself the only one who could save Europe. D) wanted to recognize the various ethnic groups in Austria. E) secretly made a military treaty with Prussia. Q4) Many German liberals forgave Bismarck for dominating parliament after A) the Prussian victory in the war with Austria. B) the revelation of the corruption of many parliamentary members. C) the rise of a major Social Democratic party in Germany. D) his assassination. E) the Prussian victory over France in 1870. Q5) South Slavs
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Chapter 15: Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism, Positivism, Darwinism, and Social Criticism Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 86 Verified Questions 86 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26711
Sample Questions Q1) Leo Tolstoy Q2) Which of the following is not a good match? A) Turgenev and Sketches B) Leo Tolstoy and War and Peace C) Charles Dickens and Bleak House D) Flaubert and Madame Bovary E) Henrik Ibsen and Hard Times Q3) According to Karl Marx, how does history unfold? How is the movement of history connected to Marx's larger view of human society? Q4) On a blank map of Europe, designate with arrows where each of the following persons' revolutionary theories originated: Auguste Comte, Charles Darwin, and Karl Marx. Q5) Jeremy Bentham was a/an A) lawyer. B) industrialist. C) political scientist. D) scientist. E) social theorist. Q6) natural selection
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Chapter 16: Europe in the Late Nineteenth Century: Modernization, Nationalism, Imperialism Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 93 Verified Questions 93 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26712
Sample Questions Q1) Kulturkampf Q2) In describing the impact of industrialization after 1890, which of the following statements is NOT true? A) The shift from hand to machine production accelerated. B) The standard of living for most workers actually dropped. C) Unions were successful as more workers became concentrated in industrial centers. D) Early laws at urban development and sanitation aimed at improving living conditions. E) More women were forced out of the factories. Q3) The British did all the following in India except A) built a modern railroad and communications system. B) appointed a native governor general to govern on behalf of Britain. C) developed agriculture and industry to meet the needs of the world market. D) established a civil service of 4000 Europeans and half a million Indians. E) introduced Western medical practice. Q4) Mao Zedong Q5) Cecil Rhodes Q6) suffragette
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Chapter 17: Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, Human Nature, and the Arts Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 78 Verified Questions 78 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26713
Sample Questions Q1) Paul Klee Q2) Pablo Picasso Q3) The authors refer to which of the following as the "principal figure in the 'dethronement of reason'"? A) Nietzsche B) Schopenhauer C) Sorel D) Bergson E) Newton Q4) Sigmund Freud Q5) Vilfredo Pareto Q6) Nihilism Q7) Who of the following aimed to construct a system of sociology on the model of the physical sciences? A) Freud B) Bergson C) Weber D) Durkheim E) Pareto Q8) Albert Einstein
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Chapter 18: World War I: the West in Despair Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 83 Verified Questions 83 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26714
Sample Questions Q1) When the Bolsheviks came to power in 1917, their most rousing slogan was A) Victory to the Red Armies. B) Revolution Now, War Later. C) Fight, Fight the Germans. D) Peace, Land, Bread. E) Liberty or Death. Q2) Verdun Q3) Which event triggered the outbreak of World War I? A) Discovery of anti-Austrian messages of the Black Hand Society B) A violent border clash of customs agents C) A belligerent telegram of Kaiser Wilhelm to the Russian tsar D) The internal crisis of Bosnia E) The assassination of the Archduke Francis Ferdinand Q4) Aleksandr Kerensky Q5) Woodrow Wilson Q6) Discuss trench warfare during World War I with particular reference to the Western Front. Q7) George Heym Page 27 Q8) Refer to the diplomatic reactions of states upon the crisis of 1914. What were the major goals of these states as they slid into war? To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 19: An Era of Totalitarianism Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 87 Verified Questions 87 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26715
Sample Questions Q1) Dadaism Q2) How may one say that the experience of Nazism illustrates the dynamic power of myth? How did myth confer power on Hitler's movement? Q3) The term New Deal refers to A) Roosevelt's economic program to get America out of the Great Depression. B) Dollfuss's coming to terms with the Austrian Social Democrats. C) the American decision to start sending ships to Britain during World War II. D) Britain's decision to devalue the pound. E) Germany's economic program after World War I. Q4) The Communists, under the regime of Lenin, did each of the following except A) consolidate power in the politburo. B) establish a system of forced labor camps. C) disband the Cheka. D) initiate an atheistic policy. E) change the calendar to the Gregorian system prevailing in the capitalist West. Q5) It has been said that revolutionaries often become more tyrannical than those they have overthrown. Does this remark apply to the era of the early Russian Revolution? Explain. Q6) March on Rome Page 28 To view all questions and flashcards with answers, click on the resource link above.
Chapter 20: World War 2: Western Civilization in the Balance Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 55 Verified Questions 55 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26716
Sample Questions Q1) The "miracle of Dunkirk" was A) the defeat of German Panzer units outside of Paris. B) the defeat of the Luftwaffe by the British air force during the Battle of Britain. C) the evacuation of 338,000 British and French troops across the English Channel. D) the invention of radar to notify English cities of approaching German bombers. E) the successful landing of Allied troops in France on D-Day. Q2) What were the primary reasons for Hitler's string of successes early in the war? Q3) Popular reaction in Austria to the German Anschluss was A) passive resistance. B) the formation of guerrilla resistance groups. C) the formation of organizations to protect Jews. D) condemnation of attacks on Jews. E) enthusiastic demonstrations and attacks on Jews. Q4) On a map of East Asia, note the following sites: Midway Island, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, Tokyo, Hiroshima, and Nagasaki. Q5) Auschwitz Q6) Blitzkrieg
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Chapter 21: Europe After World War 2: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989 Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 63 Verified Questions 63 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26717
Sample Questions Q1) Warsaw Pact Q2) European Community Q3) Marshal Tito led what European country on its own non-Soviet aligned communist path? A) Yugoslavia B) Bulgaria C) Romania D) Greece E) Hungary Q4) Was Gorbachev trying to reform communism or end it? Explain. Q5) Lech Walesa Q6) Most major historical events have multiple causes. Judging from the text, what were some of the causes of the collapse of the Soviet Union and the Communist party's monopoly on political power in 1991? Q7) Nikita Khrushchev fell from power A) while he was on vacation. B) in the midst of the bungled Cuban Missile PageCrisis. 30 C) after he sent troops into Hungary. D) because he denounced Stalin. E) while he was visiting the United States.
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Chapter 22: The Troubled Present Available Study Resources on Quizplus for this Chatper 55 Verified Questions 55 Flashcards Source URL: https://quizplus.com/quiz/26718
Sample Questions Q1) Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) Q2) Vladimir Putin Q3) During the twentieth century, the world's population has virtually A) doubled. B) tripled. C) quadrupled. D) declined due to birth control. E) increased by one and a half times. Q4) How has Vladimir Putin responded to attempts by efforts to break away from Russia? Q5) Tony Blair Q6) To many Sarajevo symbolizes A) the imprisonment of Bosnians under inhumane conditions. B) its designation as the new capital of Serbia. C) the issue of whether it should be considered Czech or Slovak. D) the shelling of the city by the Serbs. E) the return to normalcy in the 1990s. Q7) Osama bin Laden Q8) Chechnya Q9) Helmut Kohl
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