Question Humanities 101 General Description of the Research Project Assignment The topic of your project should be concerned with the relationship between your life and one single aspect of early Western culture. I realize that this description is incredibly broad, but part of your job will be to narrow this down. Choose a topic that…
Question 1. What have you found through your research about your topic (the topic you proposed back on February 17th)? 2. What problems have you run into? For example, are you having trouble identifying good sources? Are you having problems getting your hands on a particularly important source? Are you having trouble deciding what your…
Question HUM101 ANCIENT THROUGH THE MEDIEVAL WEST Week 3 Quiz Question 1The ________________________ is a bow-shaped area of rich agricultural land, stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf, and is where the first known cities were located. The area is now occupied by Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, and northeast Egypt. Question…
Question HUM101 ANCIENT THROUGH THE MEDIEVAL WEST Week 2 Quiz Question 1The first method developed to date very old objects is __________________________ dating. This method has limitations, in that it is dependent on there being some organic materials, a small amount of which must be destroyed in the process, and it is cannot be used…
Question HUM101 ANCIENT THROUGH THE MEDIEVAL WEST Week 1 Quiz Question 1The purpose of this class is to “explore the architecture, art, history, literature, music, _____________________ and theater of the Western tradition from Prehistory through the Medieval era. Question 2Among the general goals of the course is to apply the familiarity with Western culture that…
Question HUM101 ANCIENT THROUGH THE MEDIEVAL WEST Week 7 Quiz Question 1The 13th century historian and author of the Al-Muqaddimah was _______________. He held many important political jobs, but is best known today as a founding figure in modern economics and sociology, and for his theory of a “Cyclical Theory of History.” Question 2The city…
Question HUM101 ANCIENT THROUGH THE MEDIEVAL WEST Week 6 Quiz Question 1The capital of the Byzantine empire was the city ______________________. It was renamed Istanbul when the Byzantine empire was finally conquered by the Ottoman Turks in 1453. Question 2In 476, the rule of Rome was taken by __________, who claimed the title of “king…
Question HUM101 ANCIENT THROUGH THE MEDIEVAL WEST Week 4 Quiz Question 1The earliest major civilization in the Greek world is called the __________ civilization. It was wealthy, highly advanced, and apparently peaceful, but may have been devastated by the effects of a volcanic eruption on the island of Thera. Question 2This earliest civilization developed two…
Question HUM101 ANCIENT THROUGH THE MEDIEVAL WEST Week 8 Quiz Question 1The type of political system in which power and wealth rested with armed men in control of plots of agricultural land is called ________________. Question 2In the system named in #1, the people working the land became tied to the land, becoming ____________. Although…
Question HUM101 ANCIENT THROUGH THE MEDIEVAL WEST Week 1 Quiz Question 1The purpose of this class is to “explore the architecture, art, history, literature, music, _____________________ and theater of the Western tradition from Prehistory through the Medieval era. Question 2Among the general goals of the course is to apply the familiarity with Western culture that…
