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CLEP Western Civilization I

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Answer 48 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. An economic system where good and services are echanges
Areopagus
Capitalism
Sir Thomas Moore wrote
Michelangelo painted

2. First Renaissance scholar in Italy
Leonardo da Vinci
Hammurabi
Michelangelo painted
Francis Petrarch

3. Gave law to mankind
Magna Carta
What was the lifeline of the Egyptian Civilization?
Atomists
Hammurabi

4. Philosophers
Atomists
What was the chief source of income for most in the dark ages?
Areopagus
Sophist

5. No
Three civilizations from the Mediterranean Sea?
Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?
Capitalism
Venice became famous for

6. Ivory paintings - jewelry making and mosaics
Three civilizations from the Mediterranean Sea?
What was the lifeline of the Egyptian Civilization?
Sophist
Byzantines were famous for?

7. Based on Aristotle and Napoleon
Islamic Philosophy
Zoser
Islamic Inventions
Areopagus

8. Founder of the old kingdom
Magna Carta
Zoser
Beowulf
Paris became famous for

9. The archaic or early dynastic period - the Old Kingdom - the 1st Intermediate peroid - Middle Kingdom - 2nd Intermediate period - the New Kingdom
Six Eras of Egyptian History
Islamic Philosophy
Book of Kells
Mosaic

10. Sistine ceiling
Michelangelo painted
Carolingian Renaissance
Pericles
Church of Santa Sophia

11. French architect
Important Farming Tools
Church of Santa Sophia
Democritus
Pierre Lescot

12. A piece of art with Christ upon his mother's lap
Church of Santa Sophia
Pierre Lescot
Charlemagne
Pieta

13. A picture made up from small pieces of glass or stone
Democritus
Mosaic
Paris became famous for
Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?

14. Upper class landlords - aristocrats - etc.
Patricians
Six Eras of Egyptian History
Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?
Charlemagne

15. Irish book of art/calligraphy
Petrarch believed in
Plebeians
Book of Kells
Pierre Lescot

16. Outside trade
What was the chief source of income for most in the dark ages?
Sophist
Venice became famous for
Julius Caesar

17. Last great Pharaoh of Egypt
Pierre Lescot
Muhammad
Ramses III
Paris became famous for

18. Byzantine - Islam - Western Christian
Three civilizations from the Mediterranean Sea?
Hammurabi
Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?
Islamic Philosophy

19. Ruled Rome - was assassinated by peers in 44 BC
Julius Caesar
Charlemagne
Pierre Lescot
Thomas Becket

20. Emperor of the Roman - King of the Franks
Two achievements of Athens
What was the lifeline of the Egyptian Civilization?
Church of Santa Sophia
Charlemagne

21. Paper making - distillation of alcohol
Islamic Inventions
Pericles
Byzantines were famous for?
Plebeians

22. Archbishop of Canterbury - later became a saint
Pericles
Pieta
Thomas Becket
Carolingian Renaissance

23. Simple life and meditation
Petrarch believed in
Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
Two achievements of Athens
Atomists

24. Islamic Philosophers
Faylasufs
Julius Caesar
Petrarch believed in
Thomas Becket

25. Vineyards and Olive Yards
Important Farming Tools
Two achievements of Athens
Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
Michelangelo painted

26. Byzantine piece of architecture
Church of Santa Sophia
Islamic Inventions
Three civilizations from the Mediterranean Sea?
Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?

27. Founder of Islam
Muhammad
Democritus
Francis Petrarch
Law of Retaliation

28. Denied existence of spiritual world
Church of Santa Sophia
Democritus
Sir Thomas Moore wrote
Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?

29. Small businessmen - farmers
Who was one of the Five Good Emperors?
Plebeians
Areopagus
Paris became famous for

30. A 'true' renaissance man
Church of Santa Sophia
Paris became famous for
Law of Retaliation
Leonardo da Vinci

31. Linear Perspective - human anatomy and oil painting
Pieta
Pierre Lescot
Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
Italian Renaissance Discoveries

32. Between two rivers
Zoser
Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?
Book of Kells
Mesopotamia is Greek for what?

33. Rome vs. Cathage
Plebeians
Paris became famous for
Punic Wars
Pierre Lescot

34. University and education
Carolingian Renaissance
Areopagus
Paris became famous for
Ramses III

35. Agriculture
Italian Renaissance Discoveries
Julius Caesar
What was the chief source of income for most in the dark ages?
Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?

36. Marcus Aurelius
Patricians
Venice became famous for
Who was one of the Five Good Emperors?
Julius Caesar

37. Formed the first true democracy in Athens
Hammurabi
What was the chief source of income for most in the dark ages?
Democritus
Pericles

38. David
Michelangelo painted
What was the chief source of income for most in the dark ages?
Paris became famous for
Michelangelo sculpted

39. Garment production
Milan became famous for
Byzantines were famous for?
Islamic Philosophy
Magna Carta

40. A cultural and legal revival led by Charlemagne
Carolingian Renaissance
Julius Caesar
Venice became famous for
Sir Thomas Moore wrote

41. Utopia
Sir Thomas Moore wrote
Byzantines were famous for?
Venice became famous for
Who was one of the Five Good Emperors?

42. A series of promises made by King John regarding how to treat his subjects
Democritus
Who was one of the Five Good Emperors?
Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?
Magna Carta

43. The Nile
Carolingian Renaissance
Faylasufs
Book of Kells
What was the lifeline of the Egyptian Civilization?

44. Heavy plow - horse shoes - horse collars
Important Farming Tools
Atomists
Carolingian Renaissance
Islamic Philosophy

45. Epic poem
Beowulf
Book of Kells
Three civilizations from the Mediterranean Sea?
Plebeians

46. A group that opposed slavery and racial discrimination
Book of Kells
Sophist
Punic Wars
Democritus

47. Council of Nobles
Beowulf
Sir Thomas Moore wrote
Areopagus
Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?

48. Eye for an Eye - etc.
Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?
Law of Retaliation
Julius Caesar
Michelangelo painted