What Is The West?

Which of these countries is not in the West according to Samuel Huntington?

• Canada

• New Zealand

• Turkey

• Iceland

"All human beings belong to a single community, based on a shared morality" is an explanation of...

• Civilisation

• Universalism

• Cosmopolitanism

• Socialism

Which of these words was originally used to describe a person who does not speak Greek?

• Hooligan

• Barbarian

• Savage

• Rascal

Which religion was adopted by the Romans and came to be a defining part of life in the West?

• Islam

• Hinduism

• Christianity

• Judaism

In which country did the Renaissance begin?

• France

• Britain

• Spain

• Italy

This image of Isaac Newton is associated with which moment in the history of ideas?

• The Dark Ages

• The Enlightenment

• Romanticism

• World War II

Which empire can you see on this map?

• Babylonian

• British

• Roman

• Greek

The line between the East and the West during the Cold War is sometimes referred to as...

• The Steel Wall

• The Iron Curtain

• The Copper Gate

• The Golden Forcefield

Which of the following words are associated with the west (more than one answer is correct)?

• Classicism

• Anarchism

• Capitalism

• Individualism

Which of these is a view expressed by Kwame Anthony Appiah?

• The West is superior

• The East is superior

• The East and West have many similarities

• Conflict between East and West is inevitable