Introduction
 

1.  ________ study human biology, society, and cultural practices.

2.  The scientific term, taken from Latin, that refers to self-conscious, symbol-making humans is ________.

3.  The existence of a culture requires two things:  techniques for the manipulation of ________; and a symbolic language (either spoken or written) for the ________ of those techniques to future generations.

4.  The discovery of a stone slab called the ________, inscribed with two forms of Egyptian script and one Greek script, allowed scholars to decipher the hieroglyphic writing of the ancient Egyptians

5.  The very earliest civilization known to history arose in the region known as ________.

6.  The ________ is the oldest religious literature of India.

Chapter 1
 

1.  The woman named ________ governed ancient Egypt as pharoah for 22 years.

2.  The ________ is an Egyptian book of funeral prayers, some of which date as far back as 4000 B.C.E.

3.  The civilization called ________, south of Egypt on the Nile River, had close contacts with Egypt and sometimes ruled over parts of southern Egypt.

4.  Egyptian women enjoyed a relatively large degree of economic independence, probably because all ________ was inherited through the female ancestral line.

Chapter 2
 

1.  The hero of the oldest recorded epic is ________, an early king of ancient Uruk.

2.  The most extensive and comprehensive set of laws to survive from ancient times is called ________.

3.  The ________ is a set of ten laws used by the ancient Hebrews to define the proper relationship between Yahweh and his faithful followers, and among the members of the Hebrew community.

4.  ________ is a figure from Hebrew sacred literature who seeks an answer to human suffering and death.

5.  Iron-making was introduced to Mesopotamia and all of Asia Minor by the ________, a nomadic people.

6.  The teachings of the Persian prophet ________ formed the basis of an early monotheistic religion.

Chapter 3
 

1.  The oldest collection of sacred literature in the Hindu culture is the ________ (meaning “sacred knowledge”).

2.  In the Hindu tradition, the ________ teach worship through prayer and sacrifice while the ________ teach enlightenment through meditation.

3.  ________ has no institutional forms of worship and no doctrinal laws.

4.  The oldest Chinese written text is the ________, a directory for interpreting the operations of the universe.

Chapter 4
 

1.  Greek tradition credits the poet ________ with the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey.

2.  The Greek word ________ means both excellence and virtue.

3.  A ________ was an independent city-state of ancient Greece.

4.  The author of The Persian Wars, ________ is considered the world’s first historian.

5.  The ________ was a defensive alliance of Greek city-states organized by Pericles and led by Athens.

6.  The Greek dramatic form known as ________ invited the spectator to participate vicariously in the awful events being portrayed, thus undergoing a kind of emotional liberation (‘catharsis’).

7.  The world’s first treatise on literary criticism was the ________, by Aristotle.

8.  An atomic theory of matter can be traced back as far as the Greek natural philosopher ________.

9.  The ________ were traveling scholar-teachers who were interested in determining the limits of human knowledge.

10. A central concept in Plato’s philosophy is the ________, the proposition that all sensory objects are imitations (copies) of their original, eternal, non-physical counterparts.

11. A principle of ideal conduct, the ________ refers to a middle ground between two extremes of behavior.

Chapter 5
 

1.  The term ________ refers to a revival of the Greek (and Roman) artistic style in a later age (such as the Renaissance).

2.  The Parthenon was a temple dedicated to the goddess ________, and located on the ________, the highest point in Athens.

3.  ________ was the greatest of the Greek lyric poets.

4.  According to the Greek belief called the ________, music had a moral influence, with some ‘modes’ of music strengthening the will and other ‘modes’ undermining it, thus damaging moral character.

5.  Legend says that ________, a priest of the Apollo cult, tried to warn the Trojans about the wooden-horse deception, used by the Greeks to infiltrate the city walls of Troy.

Chapter 6
 

1.  In the Roman Republic, the class of small farmers was called the ________.

2.  The ________ were large-scale plantations worked by slaves.

3.  The era of peace and stability under Roman rule was called the ________.

4.  The ________ was the Roman term for the ‘law of the land’, which applied to all Roman citizens.

5.  The Roman emperor ________ was also a follower of Stoicism.

6.  The author of the Aeneid, ________ is considered the most notable poet of the golden age of Roman literature.

7.  Built with a large, concrete dome, the ________ was a Roman temple dedicated to the planetary deities.
 

 
1.  ________ is considered the most notable thinker and teacher in Chinese history.

2.  The Chinese social thinker ________ envisioned the state as an agent for cultivating the goodness of the individual.

3.  The ________ were the long-lasting Chinese dynasty that represented the high point of ancient Chinese culture.

4.  An ancient trade route, the ________ stretched from Asia Minor to the Pacific Ocean.

Humanities 1301 -- Calendar

Humanities 1301 -- Introduction

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