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Final Review: Humanities Honors

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the name of this course?

a)

World History

b)

Humanities

c)

Financial Literacy

d)

International Relations

2.

Name this building on the top of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. It was built as a temple for the goddess Athena.

a)

Agora

b)

Acropolis

c)

Temple of Venus & Rome

d)

Parthenon

3.

Greek philosopher. Challenged students to ask questions. Sentenced to death by drinking hemlock poison.

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Aristotle

d)

Voltaire

4.

Greek leader. Created one of the largest empires in the world. Spread Greek culture to N Africa, Europe, and as far east as India.

a)

Julius Caesar

b)

Augustus Caesar

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Marcus Aurelius

5.

What style of architecture did the Romans use?

a)

Romanesque

b)

Neoclassical

c)

Post-Modern

d)

Georgian

6.

Augustus Caesar, Hadrian, Marcus Aurelius, Nero

a)

Roman Artists

b)

Roman Emperors

c)

Greek Emperors

d)

Greek Philosophers

7.

What dictator crossed the Rubicon River and was assassinated by conspirators?

a)

Voltaire

b)

Julius Caesar

c)

St. Augustine

d)

Nero

8.

What is the name of our school's mascot?

a)

Trojans

b)

Titans

c)

Warriors

d)

Colts

9.

What is the world's largest religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Judaism

d)

Christianity

10.

What is considered the world's oldest religion?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Christianity

d)

Islam

11.

Which religion uses the 8-Fold Path to escape suffering and reach Nirvana?

a)

Buddhism

b)

Hinduism

c)

Judaism

d)

Islam

12.

What is the Holiest city in Islam? Muslims try to visit here at least one time in their life.

a)

Africa

b)

Mecca

c)

Jerusalem

d)

The Vatican City

13.

Who is considered the founder of Judaism?

a)

Abraham

b)

Siddhartha Gautama

c)

Muhammad

d)

Jesus Christ

14.

Ancient civilization was built 7,710 feet hgih in the Andes mountains in Peru

a)

Mexico City

b)

Machu Picchu

c)

Tenochtitlan

d)

Mesopotamia

15.

Aztec capital city where trade flourished.

a)

Chile

b)

Tenochtitlan

c)

Bogata

d)

Machu Picchu

16.

What ancient place is considered the "Cradle of Western Civilization?"

(a)  

17.

Which 3 were all Greek Philosophers?

a)

Pythagoras, Galileo, Newton

b)

Hadrian, Nero, Caesar Augustus

c)

Socrates, Plato, Aristotle

d)

Athena, Apollo, Zeus

18.

Philosophy looks to explain the world in terms of ______.

a)

science & evolution

b)

religion & faith

c)

logic & reason

d)

mathematics & calculations

19.

Which philosopher was also a Roman Emperor and said, "You have power over your mind, not outside events?"

a)

Cicero

b)

Plato

c)

Jean Jacques Rousseau

d)

Marcus Aurelius

20.

What Swiss philosopher challenged the monarchs and advocated for the rights of the people?

a)

Marcus Aurelius

b)

Jean Jacques Rousseau

c)

Aristotle

d)

John Locke

21.

This Italian philosopher wrote The Prince & spoke of power by any means necessary.

a)

Nero

b)

Augustus Caesar

c)

Sun Tzu

d)

Machiavelli

22.

What Latin word means, "Human, cultured, refined"

a)

Humanus

b)

Philosophy

c)

Culture

d)

Romanesque

23.

What ancient society invented: gunpowder, porcelain, mechanical clocks?

a)

India

b)

Africa

c)

Mesopotamia

d)

China

24.

African King who journeyed to Mecca and attracted architects, artists, and scholars to his capital city in Timbuktu

a)

Sun Tzu

b)

Zulu

c)

Mansa Musa

d)

Alexander the Great

25.

Which religion is NOT monotheistic?

a)

Hinduism

b)

Judaism

c)

Islam

d)

Christianity

26.

Name the explorer we discussed who wrote a first hand account of his encounter with the Natives in the New World.

a)

Francisco Pizzaro

b)

Amerigo Vespucci

c)

Christopher Columbus

d)

Eric the Red

27.

Finish the quote from Descartes: "I think...

a)

and thinking is power."

b)

I am immortal."

c)

therefore I am."

d)

and so it begins."

28.

Includes speech, knowledge, beliefs, art, technologies, ideals and social rules that are shared amongst a group of people

a)

history

b)

philosophy

c)

culture

d)

logic & reason

29.

People's ideas of good and bad, good vs. evil.

a)

norms

b)

social contract

c)

morals

d)

rhetoric

30.

Earliest civilization found near the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. Modern day Iraq.

(a)  

31.

Christians believe Jesus Christ did this 3 days after being crucified.

a)

Killed his enemies

b)

He became Emperor of Rome

c)

He Resurrected

d)

nothing, he stayed buried

32.

What is the holy book of Islam?

a)

Torah

b)

Quran

c)

Old Testament

d)

New Testament

33.

What religion's holy book is the Tenach and whose place of worship is a Synagogue?

a)

Judaism

b)

Islam

c)

Hinduism

d)

Christianity

34.

This religion's founder, Siddhartha Gautama is known as the "Enlightened One"

a)

Judaism

b)

Islam

c)

Buddhism

d)

Hinduism

35.

French, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, & Spanish

a)

Indo-European

b)

Lingua Franca

c)

Aramaic

d)

Romance

36.

English, Dutch, German, Swedish, Flemish

(a)  

37.

Largest language family, spoken by half of the world's population

a)

Indo-European

b)

Germanic

c)

Romance

d)

Aramaic

38.

1,000 mile waterway made by the Chinese citizens to move grain up and down China.

a)

Great Wall of China

b)

Grand Canal

c)

Amazon River

d)

Silk Road

39.

Who said, "Be the change you wish to see in the world."?

a)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

b)

Socrates

c)

Mahatma Gandhi

d)

The Buddha

40.

What does the Humanities examine?

a)

Political Science

b)

Past historical and political events

c)

Different cultures and the human experience

d)

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math