Hum 273 exam - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

In the year 711, Muslims from northern Africa, called ___________, began to cross into the Iberian Peninsula and seized most of it from its Christian kings. - ANSWER Moors About what percentage of modern Spanish and Portuguese words have Arabic roots? - ANSWER 25% By 3000 BC, a primitive type of corn was being grown in the river valleys of New Mexico and Arizona. True or False? - ANSWER True

An Egyptian influence on Archaic Greek sculpture was: - ANSWER Left foot forward movement A major political change occurred in the early Archaic Age: - ANSWER Put power into the hands of noble families The Greeks thought that human creativity came from: - ANSWER Nine goddesses called Muses An agora is... - ANSWER An open area that serves as a marketplace and city center

Who was the great Athenian who oversaw the construction of the Acropolis - ANSWER Pericles Who is buried in modern Vergina? - ANSWER Phillip II and Alexander IV Which emperor oversaw the construction of the Colosseum? - ANSWER Vespasian What is the period wher Greeks lost their language? - ANSWER Greek Dark Ages Name one Persian King that invaded Greece. - ANSWER Darius What were the 3 main battles of the Persian War? - ANSWER Marathon, Thermopylae, and Salamis

The core of Muslim religious life rests on Five Pillars, or Supports, of the faith including a "Jihadto Medina". (T/F) - ANSWER False The practice of Islam included all of the following except: - ANSWER the faithful would pray to Jerusalem The early caliphs controlled conquered people by governing through existing administrative systems. (T/F) - ANSWER True This type of Islamic art was developed in spite of the Qur'an's prohibition against figurative art: - ANSWER Book painting

Anticucho - ANSWER Shish kabob Asado - ANSWER Barbeque Cazuela - ANSWER Soup made with beef, chicken, pork or turkey, where each serving has a whole potato, a small corn on the cob, chunk of zappallo and other vegetables and rice Chancaca - ANSWER Solid brown sugar

Anna Comnena's writings can be described as: - Ans A scholarly study of a particular reign of a Byzantine Emperor Which was NOT an aspect of the style of Byzantine mosaics and paintings? - Ans Gestures are made expressive Which is NOT a correct distinction between the Western Christian church and the Eastern Orthodox church? - Ans The Western church worshipped God in the form of the Trinity and the Eastern Church accepted God as being a Unity (one).