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CLEP Western Civilization I

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Answer 48 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Sistine ceiling
Milan became famous for
Hammurabi
Venice became famous for
Michelangelo painted

2. The Nile
Charlemagne
Capitalism
What was the lifeline of the Egyptian Civilization?
Francis Petrarch

3. A piece of art with Christ upon his mother's lap
Pieta
Michelangelo painted
Two achievements of Athens
Faylasufs

4. A series of promises made by King John regarding how to treat his subjects
What was the chief source of income for most in the dark ages?
Magna Carta
Leonardo da Vinci
Faylasufs

5. No
Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?
Paris became famous for
Michelangelo sculpted
Venice became famous for

6. Vineyards and Olive Yards
Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
What was the lifeline of the Egyptian Civilization?
Two achievements of Athens
Atomists

7. Between two rivers
Byzantines were famous for?
Ramses III
Patricians
Mesopotamia is Greek for what?

8. Islamic Philosophers
Faylasufs
Francis Petrarch
Milan became famous for
Hammurabi

9. Agriculture
Paris became famous for
Italian Renaissance Discoveries
What was the chief source of income for most in the dark ages?
Sophist

10. An economic system where good and services are echanges
Islamic Philosophy
Venice became famous for
Charlemagne
Capitalism

11. Byzantine piece of architecture
Pericles
Church of Santa Sophia
Punic Wars
Islamic Philosophy

12. A cultural and legal revival led by Charlemagne
Atomists
Carolingian Renaissance
Francis Petrarch
Magna Carta

13. Formed the first true democracy in Athens
Mosaic
Francis Petrarch
Pericles
Law of Retaliation

14. Byzantine - Islam - Western Christian
Three civilizations from the Mediterranean Sea?
Thomas Becket
Islamic Philosophy
Atomists

15. Small businessmen - farmers
Sir Thomas Moore wrote
Zoser
Plebeians
Punic Wars

16. First Renaissance scholar in Italy
Francis Petrarch
Two achievements of Athens
Sophist
Law of Retaliation

17. Utopia
Charlemagne
Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?
Democritus
Sir Thomas Moore wrote

18. Archbishop of Canterbury - later became a saint
Thomas Becket
Byzantines were famous for?
Muhammad
Beowulf

19. Based on Aristotle and Napoleon
Muhammad
Paris became famous for
Islamic Philosophy
Pierre Lescot

20. Emperor of the Roman - King of the Franks
Book of Kells
Charlemagne
Islamic Philosophy
Mosaic

21. Paper making - distillation of alcohol
Sophist
Beowulf
Michelangelo painted
Islamic Inventions

22. Gave law to mankind
Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
Who was one of the Five Good Emperors?
Mosaic
Hammurabi

23. Philosophers
Atomists
Beowulf
Democritus
Six Eras of Egyptian History

24. French architect
Mosaic
Pierre Lescot
Who was one of the Five Good Emperors?
Pericles

25. Linear Perspective - human anatomy and oil painting
Book of Kells
Paris became famous for
Italian Renaissance Discoveries
Venice became famous for

26. Rome vs. Cathage
Islamic Philosophy
Punic Wars
Beowulf
Church of Santa Sophia

27. Irish book of art/calligraphy
Book of Kells
Michelangelo sculpted
Sir Thomas Moore wrote
Muhammad

28. A group that opposed slavery and racial discrimination
Paris became famous for
Six Eras of Egyptian History
Atomists
Sophist

29. Ruled Rome - was assassinated by peers in 44 BC
Law of Retaliation
Important Farming Tools
Julius Caesar
Pierre Lescot

30. David
Michelangelo sculpted
Byzantines were famous for?
Important Farming Tools
Muhammad

31. Heavy plow - horse shoes - horse collars
Pierre Lescot
Important Farming Tools
Who was one of the Five Good Emperors?
Michelangelo painted

32. The archaic or early dynastic period - the Old Kingdom - the 1st Intermediate peroid - Middle Kingdom - 2nd Intermediate period - the New Kingdom
Punic Wars
Law of Retaliation
Pierre Lescot
Six Eras of Egyptian History

33. Eye for an Eye - etc.
Who was one of the Five Good Emperors?
Charlemagne
Mesopotamia is Greek for what?
Law of Retaliation

34. Marcus Aurelius
Who was one of the Five Good Emperors?
Islamic Inventions
Important Farming Tools
Six Eras of Egyptian History

35. A 'true' renaissance man
Three civilizations from the Mediterranean Sea?
Muhammad
Leonardo da Vinci
Faylasufs

36. A picture made up from small pieces of glass or stone
Michelangelo sculpted
Mosaic
Islamic Inventions
Faylasufs

37. Epic poem
Michelangelo sculpted
Zoser
Democritus
Beowulf

38. University and education
Paris became famous for
Three civilizations from the Mediterranean Sea?
Was there a distinction between intentional or accidental crime?
Patricians

39. Upper class landlords - aristocrats - etc.
Patricians
Areopagus
Islamic Inventions
Who was one of the Five Good Emperors?

40. Ivory paintings - jewelry making and mosaics
Italian Renaissance Discoveries
Francis Petrarch
Pericles
Byzantines were famous for?

41. Outside trade
Faylasufs
Venice became famous for
Plebeians
Muhammad

42. Denied existence of spiritual world
Democritus
Leonardo da Vinci
Mosaic
Paris became famous for

43. Garment production
Pierre Lescot
Michelangelo sculpted
Paris became famous for
Milan became famous for

44. Founder of Islam
Democritus
Muhammad
Zoser
Michelangelo sculpted

45. Simple life and meditation
Petrarch believed in
Pieta
Church of Santa Sophia
Sophist

46. Founder of the old kingdom
Faylasufs
Paris became famous for
Democritus
Zoser

47. Council of Nobles
Areopagus
Charlemagne
Byzantines were famous for?
Hammurabi

48. Last great Pharaoh of Egypt
Carolingian Renaissance
Book of Kells
Ramses III
Two achievements of Athens