History exam

History 1010-GL3 Dr. McWhorter NAME_____________________________

Second Hour Exam Spring 2020

_____1. She is the historians muse:

A) Aphrodite; B) Clio; C) Medina; D) Medusa

_____2. In Greek mythology Perseus is the legendary founder of Mycenae. This is a great movie about Perseus: A)The Deer Hunter; B) Gladiator; C) Troy; D) Clash of the Titans

_____3. Democracy to the present from this man who gave us one man one vote:

A) Cleisthenes ; B) Plato; C) Hannibal; D) Muhammad

_____4. Crete is also known as:

A) Island of Peace; B) Sicily; C) Puni; D) Carthage

_____5. This was a thalassocracy:

A) Sicily; B) Carthage; C) Crete; D) Sparta

____ 6. They used iron bars for money:

A) Sicily; B) Carthage; C) Crete; D) Sparta

____ 7. This tyrant led to “Shaking off Burdens”

A) Alexander the Great; B) Phillip II; C) Isagora; D) Hannibal

____ 8. Some historians say this was the first world war:

A) Peloponnesian War; B) Crimean War; C) Greco-Persian War; D) US Civil War

____ 9. Some scholars say his work is the world’s second most influential work, second only to the Christian Bible? A) Socrates; B) Euclid; C) Sir Arthur Evans; D) Hannibal

_____10. How did humans take over the planet?

A) carefully; B) Regional Continuity Model; C) evolution; D) weakness forced adaptation

_____11. Why did Muhammad leave Mecca for Medina? A) Medina had better food; B) Mecca blamed Muhammad for economic problems; C) Medina is where Aisha lived; D) Medina was an oasis located at a caravan meeting place and good for business

_____12. The basis of all civilization is this:

A) religion; B) warfare; C) agriculture; D) industry

____13. Sir Arthur Evans discovered and named a culture earlier than Mycenaean. Where?

A) Sicily; B) Crete; C) Carthage; D) Aegean

____ 14. What is the Shahadah? A) how one becomes a Muslim; B) the month of fasting practiced by good Muslims; C) the name given for Muhammad’s trip from Mecca to Median; D) a month of fasting and prayer

____ 15. “cogito ergo sum” means

A) I think therefore I am; B) I think about math; C) I know God is alive; D) ten leads to twenty

____ 16. This was essential to the Archaic and Classical Greek perception of itself and the world.

A) Polis; B) Solon; C) Draco; D) Silver coinage

____ 17. He expanded the powers of assembly, began paying jurors and judges, and is credited with the birth of patriotism A) Solon; B) Cleisthenes; C) Pericles; D) Philip II

____ 18. When Alexander the Great dominated Greece, the focus of Greek culture shifted from this to this: A) stoicism to skepticism; B) from philosophy to Christianity; C) from Hellenistic to Hellenic; D) from external concerns of the polis to internal concerns of how to live in a bad world

____ 19. After Muhammad’s death, who held Islam together?

A) Ali; B) ‘Uthman; C) Umar; D) Abu Bakr

____ 20. He conquered the Middle East for Islam:

A) Ali; B) ‘Uthman; C) Umar; D) Abu Bakr

____ 21. This lies between Asia Minor and Greece:

A) Sicily; B) Crete; C) Carthage; D) Aegean Sea

____ 22. Even though Hannibal wreaked havoc on the Roman Republic—eliminating most of the Roman Army—Rome defeated him. Which best explains Rome’s victory? A) Roman citizens continued to volunteer for service; B) Rome made good use of mercenaries; C) Roman troops were well supplied and well paid; D) Hannibal fell off an elephant and died

____ 23. Which of the following go together? A) Minoan Crete and Mycenaean; B) Archaic Greece and Constantine; C) Classical Greece and Muhammad; D) Hellenistic Greece and Alexander the Great

____ 24. Plato talks about what is real and uses the idea of perfect forms. Who cares? A) there are absolutes!; B) truth is subjective; C) ideas are relative, we all know what a chair is even though we think of different chairs; D) Aristotle cares

____ 25. Which helps explain the success of Christianity in Roman history? A) the invention of the printing press; B) Romans embraced Christianity as their own; C) Christianity permitted the existence of heresy; D) Christians mastered institution building

____ 26. “Shaking Off Burdens” happened in

A) Greece; B) Italy; C) Carthage; D) Spain

____ 27. Name one example of Alexander the Great’s cruelty A) cut the ears and nose off a man and then caged him with a dog; B) made Greeks take world history; C) made Greeks watch television; D) forced them to eat McDonalds

____ 28. This was a social development with a political result:

A) Apennines; B) Hoplite; C) Pizza; D) Mare Nostrum

____ 29. Early Mecca A) is located where Medina is now; B) existed in Muhammad’s dreams; C) was a caravan meeting place with a water well in the desert; D) was an idea

____ 30. Their assassination indicated serious problems within the Roman Republic and foreshadowed a resort to violence for problem solving: A) Socrates and Plato; B) Jesus and Paul; C) Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus; D) Antony and Cleopatra

____ 31. Leader of Macedon and father to Alexander the Great:

A) Pericles; B) Philip II; C) Archimedes; D) Hannibal

____ 32. The Punic Wars—wars between Rome and Carthage—marked the beginning

A) of Christianity in Africa; B) of imperialism; C) of a resort to violence to solve problems;

D) Mare Nostrum

____ 33. He crossed the Alps with 90,000 infantrymen, 12,000 cavalry, and 18 elephants:

A) Antony; B) Caesar; C) Jesus; D) Hannibal

____ 34. Latifundia were A) large houses of aristocracy; B) large plantations used for growing

cash crops and worked by slaves; C) a political alliance; D) gladiator training schools

____ 35. He rescinded the persecution of Christians, granted Christian clergy the same privileges enjoyed by pagan priests, and began the process of making Christianity the established religion of Rome: A) Plato; B) Ceasar; C) Cleopatra; D) Constantine

____ 36. Aristarchus, Euclid, Eratosthenes, and Archimedes all come from here, evidence of their focus on the theoretical and less on the practical:

A) Italy; B) Greece; C) Spain; D) Tyre

____ 37. The fertile plains and good climate west of this mountain range made early civilization in Italy possible: A) Alps; B) Apennine; C) Salamis; D) Taurus

____ 38. He said “The unexamined life is not worth living.”

A) Aristotle; B) Plato; C) Socrates; D) Lao Tzu

____ 39. Stoicism is A) the ability to endure misfortune; B) everything in moderation, the search for optimal pleasure; C) a philosophy of doubt D) the first ruler of Minoan Crete

____ 40. Epicureanism is A) the ability to endure misfortune; B) everything in moderation, the search for optimal pleasure; C) a philosophy of doubt; D) the first ruler of Minoan Crete

____ 41. Skepticism is A) the ability to endure misfortune; B) everything in moderation, the search for optimal pleasure; C) a philosophy of doubt; D) the first ruler of Minoan Crete

_____42. Which two of the following go together?

A) Helots and Rome; B) Athens and Equals; C) Islam and Constantine; D) Minoan and Crete

_____43. Which two of the following go together? A) Mussolini and Mare Nostrum;

B) Greece and Sicily; C) Sparta and Tiber River; D) Rome and King Minos

_____44. The growing gap between wealthy and poor created problems in Greece and Rome. Which of the following go together? A) “shaking off burdens” and the Twelve Tablets;

B) “struggle of orders” and the Delian League; C) Solon and “struggle of orders”;

D) Solon and “shaking off burdens”

____ 45. How does Islam differ from Christianity? A) Islam practices polytheism;

B) Islam believes the world of matter is real and important; C) Islam believes Muhammad is the Son of Allah ; D) to become a Muslim, one must accept Muhammad as their savior

____ 46. I listed four reasons for Islam’s success. Which of the four probably helps contributes to the creation of Western Civilization? A) that Islam believes in a Heaven and Hell; B) the idea that we should be thankful; C) the belief that creation is a good thing; D) the oneness of God

____ 47. What is the significance of the Battle of the Camel? A) Islam fragments;

B) Arabia defeats Carthage; C) for the first time camels were used in battle; D) Aisha was unable to use her camels in battle and thus lost the battle

____ 48. How did the Qur’an come into existence? A) in Muhammad’s dream; B) by a group of caliphates; C) by a genie; D) the angel Gabriel led Muhammad to a cave where he discovered the text written on plates of gold

____ 49. Who came last?

A) Constantine; B) Paul; C) Muhammad; D) Jesus

____ 50. Which came first?

A) the Christian Bible; B) Qur’an; C) Polis; D) Minoan culture

BONUS: For a potential two points each:

What is gender?