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2020 Humanities Sem Test 1

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 51mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
People who dig up and study the past.
a)
Archaeologist 
b)
Podiatrist
c)
Psychologist
d)
Gerontologist  
2.
This civilization was known for their blood thirsty rituals of human sacrifices... the capital was located in Lake Texcoco of Mexico. 
a)
Olmec
b)
Mayan
c)
Incas 
d)
Aztecs
3.

Killed for their gold; this civilization was found in the Andes Mountains of S. America and only sacrificed children.

a)

Toltecs

b)

Olmecs

c)

Incas

d)

Mayans

4.
Name given to people who did not settle but wondered about usually following a food source. 
a)
Shamen 
b)
Nomadic
c)
Goths
d)
Barbarians
5.
These figures may have been used in ritual ceremonies for fertility. 
a)
Madonnas 
b)
Voodoo Dolls
c)
Pujas
d)
Venus Figurines 
6.
Name this location once inhabited by the Incas of Peru.
a)
Palenque
b)
Machu Picchu
c)
Veracruz
d)
Chichen Itza
7.
In ancient times these people were thought to have special powers... a type of medicine man/woman. 
a)
Shaman
b)
Guru
c)
Dalai Lama
d)
Prophet
8.
This was the most intelligent of the Pre-Columbian civilizations and left these colossal heads. 
a)
Aztecs 
b)
Incas 
c)
Mayans
d)
Olmecs
9.
This pyramid built by the Mayans is near _______________ and is sometimes called Temple of Kukulcan. 
a)
Veracruz
b)
Chichen Itza 
c)
Tobasco
d)
Machu Picchu
10.
The land bridge that the first people crossed to get to the Americas is called ________________.  
a)
Bering
b)
Pangia
c)
Alpine
d)
Palestine 
11.
An American Indian gathering in which they practice and use the customs of their people.
a)
Folk Dances
b)
Powwows
c)
Chicken Dances
d)
Red Parties
12.
Egyptian symbolic writing.
a)
Hieroglyphics 
b)
Sanskrit 
c)
pictographs
d)
petroglyphs
13.
Believing in many gods or more than one.
a)
Monotheism
b)
Nano-theism
c)
Omnism 
d)
Polytheism 
14.
A stone coffin the pharaoh was placed in is called a _______.
a)
sarcophagus
b)
bakare
c)
obelisk
d)
mastaba 
15.

God that embalms the pharaoh and is known as a conductor of souls.

a)

Set

b)

Horus

c)

Osiris

d)

Anubis

16.

Became God of the underworld and afterlife when his brother Seth chopped him into pieces; Married to Isis

a)

Anubis

b)

Osiris

c)

Geb

d)

Amen-Ra

17.
The Sun God.
a)
Horus
b)
Ra
c)
Amen
d)
Geb
18.

God of Chaos; married to his sister Nephthys and killed his brother Osiris.

a)

Horus

b)

Seth

c)

Amen-Ra

d)

Sobek

19.
Name the largest pyramid near Giza. 
a)
Khafre 
b)
Khufu
c)
Djoser
d)
Menkaure 
20.
Name this shape that is a four sided shaft with a pointed top. 
a)
Narmer
b)
Ankh
c)
Ka
d)
Obelisk
21.
Identify this location where the New Kingdom pharaohs were buried.
a)
Nile River Banks
b)
Valley of the Kings
c)
Temples near the Nile
d)
Mastabas
22.
Name this New Kingdom queen that was married to Ahknaton AKA Amenhotep IV. 
a)
Hatshepsut
b)
Bastet
c)
Cleopatra 
d)
Nefertiti
23.
Why is King Tutankhamen AKA King Tut so famous? 
a)
He was so young
b)
He was good looking
c)
Tomb was intact or untouched
d)
He became a god
24.

Who wrote the illiad and the odyssey

a)

Aristotle

b)

Plato

c)

Socrates

d)

Homer

25.

A Scientist and philosopher that taught Alexander the Great?

a)

Socrates

b)

Aristotle

c)

Plato

d)

Descartes

26.
Father of Medicine
a)
Socrates
b)
Hippocrates
c)
Archimedes
d)
Aristophanes
27.
 I was a great leader of an Empire; Phillip II was my father.  I united Greece and conquered the Persian Empire.
a)
Homer
b)
Plato
c)
Alexander the Great
d)
Pythagoras
28.

What type of capital is being shown?

a)

corinthian

b)

doric

c)

ionic

d)

obelisk

29.

What type of capital is being shown?

a)

corinthian

b)

ionic

c)

doric

d)

dunno

30.

What type of capital is being shown?

a)

corinthian

b)

ionic

c)

doric

d)

plano

31.
The greatest example of Doric order. It stands at the Acropolis in Athens.
a)
Teron
b)
Dedron
c)
Corinthian
d)
Parthenon
32.
Who sculpted the Disk Thrower?
a)
Phidias
b)
Myron
c)
Polycletus
d)
Rodin
33.
What is the title of this image?
a)
Nike of Somathrace
b)
Venus de Milo
c)
Goddess of  Somathrace
d)
Hellenistic Nike
34.
Decorative band of relief sculpture that wraps around a structure.
a)
mosaic
b)
frieze
c)
fresco
d)
obelisk
35.
Name the holy mound where the Athenians built the Parthenon.
a)
Temple Mount
b)
Acropolis
c)
Olympia
d)
Mt. Vesuvius
36.
Some of the best sculptures were placed in the top part of the building façade called the ______. 
a)
pediment
b)
agora
c)
Corinthian
d)
capital
37.

His small army of 300 held off the Persians massive army led by Xerxes giving the Greek City-States time to organize for battle.

a)

Pericles

b)

Leonidas

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Odysseus

38.
Who was the god of wine and protector of children?
a)
Hermes
b)
Apollo
c)
Ares
d)
Dionysus
39.
Who were the twin goddess and god?
a)
Artemis and Apollo
b)
Hera and Zeus
c)
Zeus and Demeter
d)
Athena and Apollo
40.
Who was the goddess of love, beauty and sexual attraction?
a)
Athena
b)
Aphrodite
c)
Hera
d)
Persephone
41.
Which goddess had an owl as one of her emblems?
a)
Hera
b)
Persephone
c)
Aphrodite
d)
Athena
42.
Who was the king of the gods and ruler of the sky and universe?
a)
Hercules
b)
Hades
c)
Zeus
d)
Hermes
43.
Name this satyr who is god of nature and fertility of animals.
a)
Minotaur
b)
Centaur
c)
Hydra
d)
Pan
44.
Name this creature... half man half horse....usually trying to lure women away.
a)
Satyr
b)
Centaur
c)
Minotaur
d)
Man Eating Mare of Diomedes
45.
This mythological character was the greatest Greek warrior and slew many Trojans.
a)
Aphrodite
b)
Brad Pitt
c)
Achilles
d)
Athena
46.
Cronus, King of the Titans, was god of ____.  
a)
Time
b)
Parties
c)
Music
d)
Death
47.

Zeus made him hold up the sky for eternity for his part in the Titanomachy?

a)

Cronus

b)

Apollo

c)

Atlas

d)

Hercules

48.
Wife of Zeus; Queen of the gods.... ruler of  marriage and childbirth.
a)
Athena
b)
Hera
c)
Aphrodite
d)
Persephone
49.
God of travelers, thieves, messages, and many other things; has winged shoes
a)
Zeus
b)
Hermes
c)
Apollo
d)
Hades
50.
God of War; has a bad temper...not well liked
a)
Poseidon
b)
Artemis
c)
Hercules
d)
Ares
51.
Who is the god of sunlight, music, poetry and healing ?
a)
Apollo
b)

Hercules

c)
Hades
d)
Ares
52.
Who is the god of fire; blacksmith to the gods ?
a)
Hephaestus 
b)

Achilles

c)

Hades

d)

Eros

53.
The Gorgon with snakes for hair and a look that could turn a person to stone.
a)

Pandora

b)

Hydra

c)
Medusa
d)

Chimera

54.
Wife of Epimetheus; she is responsible for releasing evil into this world!
a)
Mercury
b)
Venus
c)
Aphrodite
d)
Pandora
55.
This God of the Underworld kidnapped Demeter's daughter to make his wife.
a)
Nike
b)
Ares
c)
Hideous 
d)
Hades
56.
Which God of the sea along with his two brothers Hades and Zeus defeated the evil Titans and restored peace?
a)
Poseidon
b)
Water God 
c)
Aphrodite
d)
Artemis 
57.
This creature was born to King Midas's wife; he was kept in the Labyrinth and killed by Theseus.
a)
Centaur
b)
Cerberus
c)
Minotaur
d)
Hydra
58.
The founder of Rome who as myth tells was abandoned by the river Tiber with his twin Remus.
a)
Raphael
b)
Romulus
c)
Caesar
d)
Marc Antony
59.
Romans called this their private sea.
a)
Pacific Ocean
b)
Atlantic Ocean
c)
Red Sea
d)
Mediterranean Sea
60.
Which popular Roman attraction could sit 250,000 people?
a)
Colosseum
b)
Circus Maximus
c)
Pantheon
d)
Forum
61.
Titus used Jewish slaves to build this amphitheater to entertain the masses.
a)
Colosseum
b)
Pantheon
c)
Circus Maxiums
d)

Parthenon

62.
This attraction is considered to be the best preserved structure from the Roman period.  
a)
Colosseum
b)
Circus Maximus
c)
Pantheon
d)
Forum
63.
The oldest part of Rome, where Romulus and other Roman leaders had their palaces built.
a)
Acropolis
b)
Forum
c)
Pompeii
d)
Palatine Hill
64.
He was assassinated when his senators thought he was becoming too powerful.
a)
Julius Caesar
b)
Marc Antony
c)
Trajan
d)
Titus
65.
She and her brother were the last of the Egyptian pharaohs before it was conquered by Augustus.
a)
Hatshepsut
b)
Caligula
c)
Agrippina
d)
Cleopatra
66.

This friend of Julius Caesar was ambitious and wanted to rule after Caesar's death. He took up with Cleopatra and tried to overthrow Augustus for rule of Rome.

a)

Marc Antony

b)

Brutus

c)

Cicero

d)

Augustus

67.
Even though he and Caesar were friends he joined some "liberators" in the assassination.
a)
Cicero
b)
Marc Antony
c)
Brutus
d)
Augustus
68.
Nephew to Caesar; as an adopted son he assumed leadership of the  Roman Empire after Ceasar was assassinated.
a)
Brutus
b)
Augustus
c)
Marc Antony
d)
Caligula
69.
The important stone on top of an arch.
a)
keystone
b)
cobblestone
c)
rosette stone
d)
blarney stone
70.
This volcanic mountain blew its top in 79AD and covered the city of Pompeii in 12 ft of hot ash.
a)
Mt. Etna
b)
Mt. Rushmore
c)
Mt. Vesuvius
d)
Mt. St. Helens
71.
These men were slaves that were trained to fight man and beast.
a)
Knights
b)
Barbarians
c)
Goths
d)
Gladiators
72.
This column which depicts his many military conquests sits within the Forum and the base holds his ashes.
a)
Constantine
b)
Hadrian
c)
Trajan
d)
Spartacus
73.
Who had this wall built separating England from Scotland?
a)
Justinian
b)
Caracalla
c)
Constantine
d)
Hadrian
74.
These brought water from hundreds of miles away to the lower lying cities.
a)
aquecanals
b)
waterports
c)
water channels
d)
aqueducts
75.

He was the first Christian emperor who moved the capital from Rome to Constantinople. Signed the Edict of Milan.

a)

Caracalla

b)

Justinian

c)

Hadrian

d)

Constantine

76.

This cathedral turned to mosque and now museum was built in Constantinople by Justinian I.

a)

Notre Dame

b)

Santa Maria delle Grazie

c)

Sagrada Familia

d)

Hagia Sophia

77.

His speech caused Christians to participate in the Holy Crusades in which thousands of Muslim men, women and children were murdered in order to return holy lands back to Jews and Christians.

a)

Pope Leo II

b)

Pope Urban II

c)

Martin Luther

d)

Justinian I

78.
After water, what was the most important natural resource for the tribe on the PLAINS?
a)
buffalo
b)
fish
c)
rivers
d)
trees
79.

Inuits used items in their environment to help them survive. How were the Far Northwest and Northwest tribes able to light their lamps?

a)

They burned wood they didn’t use.

b)

They used seal and whale oil.

c)

They used hydro-electric energy.

d)

They used energy from the sun.

80.

Northern Canada and Alaska was the Arctic home of what group of Native Americans?

a)

Kwakiutl

b)

Lakota

c)

Pueblo

d)

Inuit

81.
The Cherokee Indians lived in huts made of tree bark called ___________.
a)
Stilt Houses
b)
Wigwams
c)
Longhouses
d)
Teepees
82.

He was an Apache Chief who fought white man taking over his territory. He was captured and he escaped numerous times. Died at Ft. Sill Oklahoma as a prisoner of war.

a)

Sitting Bull

b)

Geronimo

c)

Red Cloud

d)

Crazy Horse

83.

Name the ways the white man harmed the natives during the Manifest Destiny period.

a)

brought them disease

b)

stole their land

c)

slaughtered the bison which they relied on for food, shelter and clothing

d)

all of the above

84.

This widely held American imperialist cultural belief in the 19th-century United States that American settlers were destined to expand across North America. ... The mission of the United States to redeem and remake the west in the image of the agrarian United States

a)

Path the Way

b)

Protestant Reformation

c)

Emancipation Proclamation

d)

Manifest Destiny

85.

Successful Sioux Chief; lead attacks on Ft. Buford and killed off all of Custer’s men when attacked at Little Big Horn River.

a)

Red Cloud

b)

Sitting Bull

c)

Geronimo

d)

Crazy Horse

86.

Often remembered as a peacemaker who accepted treaties with the U.S. government to protect his people. On November 27, 1868, while attempting to escape the Battle of Washita River with his wife, he was shot and killed by soldiers of the U.S. 7th Cavalry.

a)

Geronimo

b)

Sittiing Bull

c)

Black Kettle

d)

Red Cloud

87.

Working on behalf of white settlers who wanted to grow cotton on the Indians’ land, the federal government forced native from the SE to leave their homelands and walk hundreds of miles to a specially designated “Indian territory” across the Mississippi River. This difficult and sometimes deadly journey is known as the

a)

Emancipation Proclamation

b)

Trail of Tears

c)

Manifest Destiny

d)

Cold War

88.

Touching an enemy in battle and not hurting him. Act of bravery.

a)

coup

b)

pow wow

c)

smudging

d)

papoose

89.

What style was inspired by the architecture of the early Roman Empire and was known for its round arches and blunt, heavy walls.

a)

Gothic

b)

Renaissance

c)

Medieval

d)

Romanesque

90.

These churches are light and graceful with pointed arches.

a)

Romanesque

b)

Monasteries

c)

Gothic

d)

Byzantine

91.

An economic and political system that developed during the middle ages.

a)

Caste System

b)

Feudalism

c)

monarchy

d)

Dictatorship

92.

Knights adopted this code requiring them to be brave, loyal and true to their word.

a)

chivalry

b)

fief

c)

sacrament

d)

troubadour

93.

Rule of giving 10% of income to the church.

a)

rosary

b)

charity

c)

sanctuary

d)

tithe

94.

A traveling poet or musician.

a)

Jester

b)

Troubadour

c)

Squire

d)

Vassel

95.

He is a Scottish knight hero who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence from England.

a)

Joan of Arc

b)

William Wallace

c)

Geoffrey Chaucer

d)

Charlemagne

96.

These support braces are on the outside of a Gothic church and have space between church and support beams.

a)

buttress

b)

cloisters

c)

flying buttress

d)

tympanums

97.

Institution of the Roman Catholic Church that sought to eliminate heresy by seeking out and punishing heretics

a)

Marxism

b)

Rules of St. Benedict

c)

Roman Inquisition

d)

Holy Crusade

98.

Poet, Author - Father of English Literature; The Canterbury Tales

a)

Charles Dickens

b)

Geoffrey Chaucer

c)

Nathaniel Hawthorn

d)

James Joyce

99.

An Italian poet, writer and philosopher. Wrote The Divine Comedy which consist of .....

a)

Revelations, Armageddon, Purgatory

b)

Mathew, Luke, John

c)

Inferno, Purgatory & Paradise

d)

Inferno, Armageddon, Paradise

100.

Gothic architectural element

a)

Groin Vault

b)

Transept

c)

Barrel Vault

d)

Cloister