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Download CLEP Western Civilization I Practice Test 1 latest 2024 graded A+|VERIFIED EXAM and more Exams History in PDF only on Docsity! CLEP Western Civilization I Practice Test 1 latest 2024 graded A+|VERIFIED EXAM Sargon of Akkad (c. 2371-2316 B.C.E) is best known for: (C) unifying Mesopotamia by conquering the Sumerian city-states and creating a vast empire. All of the following are true of the Minoans EXCEPT: (D) They invented the first alphabet. The pyramids in Egypt provide evidence of all of the following EXCEPT: (A) ancient techniques of harnessing the flooding of the Nile for agriculture. The Iliad of Homer is an epic poem based on: (C) the war against Troy waged by the Mycenaeans. The Greek polis, or city-state, was all of the following EXCEPT: (D) a source of inspiration for the establishment of a classless society. The building shown is the: (A) Parthenon in Athens "Unhappiness is not caused by external events in themselves, but rather by our opinions about external events. It is within our power to change our thoughts about an event, and we can free ourselves from unhappiness by freeing ourselves from desire. Thus, if we no longer desire events to turn out one way or another, we will never be disappointed by them, and we can live a tranquil life, free from worry and unhappiness." The outlook on life describes above represents the teaching of which Greek school of philosophy? (E) Stoicism During the Middle Ages, Constantinople was attacked by all of the following EXCEPT: (B) Mongols. Medieval Europeans were indebted to the Muslims for all of the following EXCEPT: (E) the moldboard plow. The Frankish barbarians converted to Catholic Christianity during the reign of the Merovingian king named: (B) Clovis. Which of the following did Pope Gregory I (590-604) NOT do? (A) Acknowledge the spiritual primacy of the patriarch of Constantinople. "He was renowned as a charismatic teacher, and his decision to lecture on theology in Paris added to its reputation as a center of learning. He agreed to tutor a young woman of keen intelligence; they had a love affair with disastrous consequences, and in repentance he became a monk. Other monks considered his theology heretical, and he died shortly after a condemnation of his teaching." The passage above describes the career of: (B) Peter Abelard Which of the following had the fewest theological differences with the Roman Catholic Church? (E) Henry VIII Italian politics during the Renaissance (c. 1400-c. 1600) was dominated at one time or another by all of the following EXCEPT: (E) The Lombard League. In the map of the western Mediterranean below, the shaded areas indicate (look at the book for map): (E) areas colonized by the Phoenicians. The Old Babylonian kingdom of the Amorites in Mesopotamia disintegrated around 1600 B.C.E. because: (D) it was invaded by Hittites from the north and Kassites from the east. The religion of the Sumerians, with its gloomy view of the afterlife and its pantheon of capricious gods, is most fully described in which of the following ancient texts? (B) The Epic of Gilgamesh Which of the following was true of ancient Greek tyranny? (D) It sometimes benefited a polis by preventing anarchy. All of the following are true of the Athenian political reformer Solon EXCEPT: (D) He established a Council of 500 members. The military innovation devised by the Romans that enabled them to conquer the Mediterranean region was the: (D) legion. Ostracism was originally a practice in the ancient world by which: (D) the Athenians temporarily exiled individuals whom they regarded as a threat to democracy. The Social War (90-88 B.C.E.): (D) was fought over the extension of Roman citizenship. Which of the following eastern European peoples were finally converted from paganism to Christianity in the fourteenth century, when their leader strengthened his realm by marrying the Catholic queen of a neighboring state? (C) Lithuanians The areas shaded black on the map above represent territores controlled in the eighth century C.E. by the (look in book for map): (E) Muslims All of the following Greek philosophers are known as Pre-Socratics EXCEPT: (A) Plato Which of the following statements is NOT true of Pericles (c. 495-429 B.C.E.)? (C) He was an aristocrat who tried to restore oligarchy. Which of the following was NOT a consequence of the Fourth Crusade? (D) A legacy of ill will was endangered between Muslims and Christians. Which of the following occupations did NOT fit into the medieval conception of society described by the phrase "those who fight, those who pray, those who work?" (C) merchants The ancient Greeks living around the year 500 B.C.E. honored all of the following gods in public festivals EXCEPT: (B) Mithras Which of the following Athenians wrote comedies that were critical of the Peloponnesian War (431-404 B.C.E.)? (E) Aristophanes Spread across three continents, the Hellenstic realms that emerged after a long period of civil war following the death of Alexander the Great were known as: (E) the Antigonid, Ptolemaic, and Seleucid kingdoms. All of the following features of civilization were present in the Fertile Crescent around the year 3000 B.C.E. EXCEPT: (D) the alphabet. "Led by ruthless warrior-kings, their empire was known for its brutality. They completely destroyed rebellious cities and deported unruly subjects, such as the Hebrews of the kingdom of Israel, and they depicted scenes of violence in their art in order to discourage rebellion. Their military machine was so effective that they even briefly subjugated Egypt and were thus the first people to control both of the two great river-valleys of the ancient Near East, the Tigris- Euphrates and the Nile." The people described above are known as the: (E) Assyrians. The central, domed structure shown was built by the: (B) Byzantines. The most widely read philosopher in the medieval universities was: (D) Aristotle. "Paris is worth a Mass." The statement above was made by: (C) Henry of Navarre. Which of the following is NOT true of the Carolingian Renaissance? (D) It promoted Greek as the common language of the Frankish empire. The Dominican friar Bartolome de Las Casas was: (D) An early critic of Spanish imperialism in the New World. The areas shaded black on the map represent the (look map in book): (D) territories of the Athenian Empire on the eve of the Pelponnesian War. "His father has been the governor of Britain. From his base there, he defeated his rivals in battle until finally his claim to the imperial throne was undisputed. Although he had worshipped the Persian god Mithras in his youth, he converted to Christianity and was baptized on his deathbed. He founded a new city in the east to serve as the capital of the Roman Empire." Who was the emperor described above? (D) Constantine The western half of the Roman Empire came to an end in 476 C.E. when the last emperor in the West was deposed by: Odoacer, a Gothic chieftain. The written body of Jewish civil and religious law, compiled after the destruction of the Temple in 70 C.E., is known as the: (E) Talmud. The Gracchi attempted to reform the Roman Republic through all of the following measures EXCEPT: (B) the reform of the legions. Spain was established as a centralized monarchy in the fifteenth century: (B) through the marriage of the rulers who governed the two largest states in the Iberian peninsula. Who is the individual described above? (B) Francis Drake The artistic piece shown is: (C) a Celtic illumination The city of Rome was attacked by all of the following groups EXCEPT: (B) Huns. The principle textbook for the study of Roman la in the twelfth century was: (E) Justinian's Corpus Juris Civilis William the Silent was: (B) a leader in the Dutch struggle for independence. Which of the following territories was NOT part of the Angevin Empire under Henry II Plantagenet (1154-1189)? Duchy of Aquitaine The main purpose of the Magna Carta, signed by King John of England in 1215, was to: (E) safeguard the existing feudal privileges of the barons. The College of Cardinals was established in 1059 for the purpose of: (D) electing the pope. The traditional date for the schism between the Greek and Latin churches is: (B) 1054. The sculpture shown represents: (C) an Egyptian pharaoh and his queen. All of the following were Renaissance humanists EXCEPT: (C) Girolamo Savonarola. The most intense period of the persecution of witches in Europe occurred during which of the following centuries (C.E.)? (E) Sixteenth All of the following were involved in the Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) EXCEPT: (C) Otto III of Germany. The largest of the empires of the ancient Near East, which was conquered by Alexander the Great (336-323 B.C.E.), was ruled by the: (C) Persians. The English statesman Francis Bacon (1561-1626) aided the rise of modern science: (C) by encouraging the inductive method for the study of nature. The triumphal arch shown was built by which of the following ancient peoples? (A) Romans "He was an architect, a sculpture, a painter, and a poet. The favored subject of his art was the muscular male nude. Tormented by his own genius, he left many works unfinished. Perhaps his most influential legacy was the force of his personality, whose temperamental, brooding character defined the image of the new artist for later generations." The individual described above is: (C) Michelangelo Buonarroti. Who was the author of a book entitled Utopia (1516) about an ideal society? (A) Thomas More Which of the following was responsible for the execution of the Spanish religious dissident, Michael Serverus (1511-1553)? (E) to prevent the Portuguese from dominating newly discovered lands. Which of the following Roman emperors did NOT persecute Christians? (B) Tiberius In the map of Europe shown, the black areas indicate (look in book for map): (D) lands controlled by Protestants during the sixteenth century. The First Triumvirate is the name given to an informal alliance in Late Republican Rome between Pompey, Crassus, and: (C) Julius Caesar The emperor who tried to restore Roman stability after the Pax Romana by dividing the Empire into four prefectures and twelve dioceses was: (A) Diocletian. "The territories he ruled surpassed those of Charlemagne, but his control of them was frequently challenged. As a consequence, he fought numerous wars, both against rival states and his own subjects. In the end he abdicated and retired to a monastery, where he soon died." The individual described above is: (B) the Holy Roman Emperor, Charles V. The cathedral shown was built in the city of: (D) Florence. Protestants established a lasting presence during the sixteenth century in all of the following EXCEPT: (C) Spain. The Rule of St. Benedict (480-547) was an exceptional document in the history of monasticism because: (D) it outlined an ideal balance between prayer, study, and work. Which of the following best explains why the capital of the Roman Empire was eventually moved to the east? (C) The increasingly frequent threats to the northern and eastern borders, as well as the greater wealth of the eastern providences, made the east attractive as a more effective administrative location. The mendicant friars founded in the thirteenth century received their name from their practice of: (D) begging for food. The Punic Wars were fought between: (E) Rome and Carthage over their conflicting imperial ambitions.