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CLEP Western Civilization I

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Answer 48 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Founder of Islam
Patricians
Two achievements of Athens
Hammurabi
Muhammad

2. Between two rivers
Pierre Lescot
Michelangelo sculpted
Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
Areopagus

3. University and education
Who was one of the Five Good Emperors?
Paris became famous for
Punic Wars
What was the chief source of income for most in the dark ages?

4. Agriculture
Zoser
What was the chief source of income for most in the dark ages?
Michelangelo sculpted
Capitalism

5. Ivory paintings - jewelry making and mosaics
Byzantines were famous for?
Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
Law of Retaliation
What was the chief source of income for most in the dark ages?

6. Vineyards and Olive Yards
Pericles
Two achievements of Athens
Venice became famous for
Islamic Inventions

7. A cultural and legal revival led by Charlemagne
Carolingian Renaissance
Islamic Inventions
Pieta
Important Farming Tools

8. Upper class landlords - aristocrats - etc.
Patricians
Magna Carta
Church of Santa Sophia
What was the chief source of income for most in the dark ages?

9. Byzantine piece of architecture
Three civilizations from the Mediterranean Sea?
Petrarch believed in
Church of Santa Sophia
Capitalism

10. Epic poem
Beowulf
Democritus
Law of Retaliation
Michelangelo painted

11. Byzantine - Islam - Western Christian
What was the lifeline of the Egyptian Civilization?
Three civilizations from the Mediterranean Sea?
Sophist
Patricians

12. A piece of art with Christ upon his mother's lap
Islamic Inventions
Pieta
Michelangelo painted
Patricians

13. Rome vs. Cathage
Pericles
Punic Wars
Charlemagne
Magna Carta

14. Marcus Aurelius
Who was one of the Five Good Emperors?
Sophist
Julius Caesar
Pieta

15. David
Byzantines were famous for?
Magna Carta
Book of Kells
Michelangelo sculpted

16. The archaic or early dynastic period - the Old Kingdom - the 1st Intermediate peroid - Middle Kingdom - 2nd Intermediate period - the New Kingdom
Three civilizations from the Mediterranean Sea?
Six Eras of Egyptian History
Faylasufs
Muhammad

17. Islamic Philosophers
Zoser
What was the chief source of income for most in the dark ages?
Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
Faylasufs

18. Paper making - distillation of alcohol
Patricians
Pericles
Important Farming Tools
Islamic Inventions

19. Philosophers
Thomas Becket
Atomists
Democritus
What was the chief source of income for most in the dark ages?

20. Heavy plow - horse shoes - horse collars
Francis Petrarch
Important Farming Tools
Venice became famous for
Michelangelo painted

21. Irish book of art/calligraphy
Julius Caesar
Book of Kells
Magna Carta
Paris became famous for

22. Based on Aristotle and Napoleon
Atomists
Islamic Philosophy
Ramses III
Pericles

23. Small businessmen - farmers
Beowulf
Muhammad
Italian Renaissance Discoveries
Plebeians

24. First Renaissance scholar in Italy
Democritus
Patricians
Venice became famous for
Francis Petrarch

25. Archbishop of Canterbury - later became a saint
Thomas Becket
Important Farming Tools
Sir Thomas Moore wrote
Areopagus

26. An economic system where good and services are echanges
Mosaic
Michelangelo painted
Venice became famous for
Capitalism

27. Gave law to mankind
Charlemagne
Three civilizations from the Mediterranean Sea?
Hammurabi
Carolingian Renaissance

28. Linear Perspective - human anatomy and oil painting
Pericles
Capitalism
Italian Renaissance Discoveries
Three civilizations from the Mediterranean Sea?

29. Eye for an Eye - etc.
Law of Retaliation
Who was one of the Five Good Emperors?
Muhammad
Beowulf

30. Last great Pharaoh of Egypt
Mosaic
Ramses III
Muhammad
What was the lifeline of the Egyptian Civilization?

31. A picture made up from small pieces of glass or stone
Milan became famous for
Mosaic
What was the lifeline of the Egyptian Civilization?
Law of Retaliation

32. Emperor of the Roman - King of the Franks
Pieta
Charlemagne
Islamic Philosophy
Important Farming Tools

33. The Nile
Thomas Becket
Islamic Philosophy
What was the lifeline of the Egyptian Civilization?
Areopagus

34. French architect
Areopagus
Zoser
Thomas Becket
Pierre Lescot

35. Simple life and meditation
Democritus
Petrarch believed in
Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
Pierre Lescot

36. Utopia
Pierre Lescot
Sir Thomas Moore wrote
Carolingian Renaissance
Petrarch believed in

37. Outside trade
Areopagus
Venice became famous for
Atomists
What was the chief source of income for most in the dark ages?

38. No
Faylasufs
Areopagus
Three civilizations from the Mediterranean Sea?
Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?

39. Formed the first true democracy in Athens
Pericles
Who was one of the Five Good Emperors?
Paris became famous for
What was the lifeline of the Egyptian Civilization?

40. Garment production
Petrarch believed in
Mosaic
Muhammad
Milan became famous for

41. Ruled Rome - was assassinated by peers in 44 BC
Beowulf
Pieta
Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
Julius Caesar

42. Founder of the old kingdom
Beowulf
Zoser
What was the chief source of income for most in the dark ages?
Magna Carta

43. A group that opposed slavery and racial discrimination
Patricians
Important Farming Tools
Muhammad
Sophist

44. Sistine ceiling
Mosaic
Thomas Becket
Islamic Philosophy
Michelangelo painted

45. A series of promises made by King John regarding how to treat his subjects
Areopagus
Magna Carta
Pieta
Carolingian Renaissance

46. Council of Nobles
What was the chief source of income for most in the dark ages?
Pieta
Areopagus
Sir Thomas Moore wrote

47. A 'true' renaissance man
Muhammad
Leonardo da Vinci
Sir Thomas Moore wrote
Carolingian Renaissance

48. Denied existence of spiritual world
Pierre Lescot
Democritus
Two achievements of Athens
Milan became famous for