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What Is The West?

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Canada

b)

New Zealand

c)

Turkey

d)

Iceland

2.

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

a)

Civilisation

b)

Universalism

c)

Cosmopolitanism

d)

Socialism

3.

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

a)

Hooligan

b)

Barbarian

c)

Savage

d)

Rascal

4.

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

a)

Islam

b)

Hinduism

c)

Christianity

d)

Judaism

5.

In which country did the Renaissance begin?

a)

France

b)

Britain

c)

Spain

d)

Italy

6.

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

a)

The Dark Ages

b)

The Enlightenment

c)

Romanticism

d)

World War II

7.

Which empire can you see on this map?

a)

Babylonian

b)

British

c)

Roman

d)

Greek

8.

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

a)

The Steel Wall

b)

The Iron Curtain

c)

The Copper Gate

d)

The Golden Forcefield

9.

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

a)

Classicism

b)

Anarchism

c)

Capitalism

d)

Individualism

10.

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

a)

The West is superior

b)

The East is superior

c)

The East and West have many similarities

d)

Conflict between East and West is inevitable