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Exam 1 Humanities 1010 Chattanooga State (Professor Scott Douglass)
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08/01/2016

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The Tigris and Euphrates rivers are closely associated with which early culture?
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Mesopotamia
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Like many tragic figures, Oedipus suffered from a weakness in character, hubris, which can be defined as
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excessive pride
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Which of these terms identifies the divine salt used in the mummification process?
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natron
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The Bibles Tower of Babel might actually have been
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a ziggurat
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Athena is often represented by
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The owl
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A term important to the ancient Greeks, arĂȘte, can be defined as
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diligence in the pursuit of excellence
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Which body organ did the Egyptians consider of little importance and consequently discarded it during the mummification process?
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brain
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The Sumerian culture is credited with having invented the first written language known as
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cuneiform
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One of the greatest intellectual disasters of Western culture was
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The burning of the library at Alexandria
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The principal theme of the Odyssey is
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Odysseus's journey home
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Which of the following locations did not host games similar to those conducted at Olympia?
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Athens
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Widely accepted as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey is?
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Homer
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An important code of laws that established the rule of law from the Persian Gulf to the Mediterranean Sea was developed by the Babylonian ruler known as
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Hammurabi
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Among the burial sites of the Egyptian pharaohs the only treasure that has survived relatively intact is that of
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Tutankhamen
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The anger of Achilles and its consequences are the focus of
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The Iliad
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Famous temple of Athena in Athens
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The Parthenon
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meaning of polis
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City-State
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provides an account of the Trojan war
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Homer
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tutor of Alexander the Great
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Aristotle
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father of history
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Herodotus
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student/recorder of Socrates
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plato
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Home region of Alexander the Great
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Macedon
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hill in center of agent Athens
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acropolis
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site of the defeat of Persian invaders
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Marathon
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meaning of philosophy
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Love of wisdom
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styles of Greek architecture
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doric and ionic
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site of the Trojan war
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Troy
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meaning of hubris
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excessive ambition or pride
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King of the Olympian gods
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Zeus
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homeland of the Odysseus
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Ithaka
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Howard Carter
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ancient Egypt
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Tigris
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Mesopotamia
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Osiris
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ancient Egypt
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Hammurabi
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Mesopotamia
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cuneiform
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Mesopotamia
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The Sphinx
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ancient Egypt
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Troy
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ancient Greece and the Aegean world
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The Fertile Crescent
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Mesopotamia
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Tutankhamen
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ancient Egypt
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Gilgamesh
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Mesopotamia
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Sumeria
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Mesopotamia
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pharaohs
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ancient Egypt
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Euphrates
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Mesopotamia
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Pyramids
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ancient Egypt
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hieroglyphics
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ancient Egypt
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Babylonia
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Mesopotamia
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Heinrich Schliemann
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ancient Greece and the Aegean world
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ziggurat
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Mesopotamia
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Nile
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ancient Egypt
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Ninevah
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Mesopotamia
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Laertes
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father of Odysseus
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Melanthius
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disloyal servant; Odysseus's goatherd
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Circe
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enchantress who turns Odysseus's men into pigs
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Polyphemus
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Cyclops tricked and wounded by noman
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Eumaeus
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father of Odysseus
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Antinous
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most arrogant of suitors; first to die
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Argus
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odysseus is faithful dog
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Hermes
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God of trickery; Messenger of the gods
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Calypso
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nymph who detains Odysseus for several years
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athena
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goddess of wisdom; odysseus' chief ally
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Penelope
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faithful wife of Odysseus
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The old beggar
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odysseus' disguise for his secretive return
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Telemachus
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loyal son of odysseus
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chief items used in the contest
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odysseus' great bow
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Eurycleia
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faithful nurse of both of Odysseus and his son
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Menelaus
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Greek king; husband of Helen; Odysseus' son visits
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Aeolus
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keeper of the winds
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Ithaca
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homeland of Odysseus
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an old scar
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Way that Odysseus is recognized
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Poseidon
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God of the sea; works against Odysseus' return
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