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CLEP Western Civilization I
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Answer 48 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Utopia
What was the lifeline of the Egyptian Civilization?
Patricians
Sir Thomas Moore wrote
Michelangelo sculpted
2. University and education
Mosaic
Islamic Inventions
Paris became famous for
Book of Kells
3. Formed the first true democracy in Athens
Areopagus
Church of Santa Sophia
Pericles
Paris became famous for
4. A picture made up from small pieces of glass or stone
Byzantines were famous for?
Mosaic
Six Eras of Egyptian History
Thomas Becket
5. A piece of art with Christ upon his mother's lap
Venice became famous for
Muhammad
Democritus
Pieta
6. Outside trade
Three civilizations from the Mediterranean Sea?
Venice became famous for
Mosaic
Plebeians
7. Simple life and meditation
Faylasufs
Petrarch believed in
Michelangelo painted
Venice became famous for
8. Founder of the old kingdom
Ramses III
Julius Caesar
Zoser
Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
9. Eye for an Eye - etc.
Ramses III
Sophist
Law of Retaliation
Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
10. Small businessmen - farmers
Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?
Byzantines were famous for?
Julius Caesar
Plebeians
11. French architect
Plebeians
Who was one of the Five Good Emperors?
Faylasufs
Pierre Lescot
12. A group that opposed slavery and racial discrimination
Sophist
Magna Carta
Leonardo da Vinci
Francis Petrarch
13. Archbishop of Canterbury - later became a saint
Six Eras of Egyptian History
Thomas Becket
What was the lifeline of the Egyptian Civilization?
What was the chief source of income for most in the dark ages?
14. Council of Nobles
Democritus
Capitalism
Areopagus
Important Farming Tools
15. Epic poem
Six Eras of Egyptian History
Paris became famous for
Beowulf
Patricians
16. A series of promises made by King John regarding how to treat his subjects
Magna Carta
Who was one of the Five Good Emperors?
Faylasufs
Book of Kells
17. Ruled Rome - was assassinated by peers in 44 BC
Two achievements of Athens
Muhammad
Julius Caesar
Six Eras of Egyptian History
18. Ivory paintings - jewelry making and mosaics
Beowulf
Byzantines were famous for?
Atomists
Michelangelo sculpted
19. Upper class landlords - aristocrats - etc.
Patricians
Six Eras of Egyptian History
Islamic Philosophy
Law of Retaliation
20. A cultural and legal revival led by Charlemagne
Petrarch believed in
Carolingian Renaissance
Book of Kells
Punic Wars
21. Garment production
Pieta
Pierre Lescot
Ramses III
Milan became famous for
22. Byzantine piece of architecture
Church of Santa Sophia
Law of Retaliation
Patricians
Beowulf
23. Based on Aristotle and Napoleon
Islamic Philosophy
Beowulf
Islamic Inventions
Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?
24. Last great Pharaoh of Egypt
Mosaic
Ramses III
Areopagus
Patricians
25. Vineyards and Olive Yards
Plebeians
Leonardo da Vinci
Two achievements of Athens
Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?
26. Irish book of art/calligraphy
Michelangelo painted
Areopagus
Venice became famous for
Book of Kells
27. Byzantine - Islam - Western Christian
What was the chief source of income for most in the dark ages?
Important Farming Tools
Three civilizations from the Mediterranean Sea?
Byzantines were famous for?
28. Linear Perspective - human anatomy and oil painting
Italian Renaissance Discoveries
Ramses III
Democritus
Pieta
29. Founder of Islam
Michelangelo painted
Pericles
Muhammad
Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
30. David
Zoser
Important Farming Tools
Michelangelo sculpted
Milan became famous for
31. The Nile
Michelangelo painted
Pieta
Two achievements of Athens
What was the lifeline of the Egyptian Civilization?
32. Philosophers
Pieta
Capitalism
What was the lifeline of the Egyptian Civilization?
Atomists
33. Emperor of the Roman - King of the Franks
Patricians
Three civilizations from the Mediterranean Sea?
Charlemagne
Carolingian Renaissance
34. A 'true' renaissance man
Thomas Becket
Three civilizations from the Mediterranean Sea?
Leonardo da Vinci
Sir Thomas Moore wrote
35. Sistine ceiling
Ramses III
Michelangelo painted
Islamic Philosophy
Church of Santa Sophia
36. Paper making - distillation of alcohol
Michelangelo sculpted
Islamic Inventions
Byzantines were famous for?
Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?
37. Gave law to mankind
Law of Retaliation
Paris became famous for
Hammurabi
Important Farming Tools
38. No
Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?
Capitalism
Italian Renaissance Discoveries
Magna Carta
39. Heavy plow - horse shoes - horse collars
Important Farming Tools
Six Eras of Egyptian History
Church of Santa Sophia
Law of Retaliation
40. Between two rivers
Venice became famous for
Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
Mosaic
Francis Petrarch
41. Islamic Philosophers
Important Farming Tools
Faylasufs
Beowulf
Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
42. The archaic or early dynastic period - the Old Kingdom - the 1st Intermediate peroid - Middle Kingdom - 2nd Intermediate period - the New Kingdom
Thomas Becket
Zoser
Pierre Lescot
Six Eras of Egyptian History
43. An economic system where good and services are echanges
What was the lifeline of the Egyptian Civilization?
Patricians
Muhammad
Capitalism
44. Rome vs. Cathage
Leonardo da Vinci
Book of Kells
Faylasufs
Punic Wars
45. First Renaissance scholar in Italy
Pierre Lescot
Francis Petrarch
Leonardo da Vinci
Important Farming Tools
46. Marcus Aurelius
Thomas Becket
Who was one of the Five Good Emperors?
Magna Carta
Zoser
47. Agriculture
Islamic Inventions
Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
What was the chief source of income for most in the dark ages?
Capitalism
48. Denied existence of spiritual world
Punic Wars
Three civilizations from the Mediterranean Sea?
Important Farming Tools
Democritus