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Western Civilization Final Exam
Straighterline Exam Questions And Correct
Answers
Socrates was concerned that the young men of Athens examine their lives in pursuit of: -
answer✔✔Morality and Ethical Behavior
The period of Greek colonization from 750 to 550 B.C. - answer✔✔Helped to spread Greek
culture throughout the Mediterranean.
Sparta's mixed constitution included: - answer✔✔kings, an oligarchic council, and public
assembly
The Roman constitution was: - answer✔✔a set of procedures and customs
The major accomplishments of the Assyrians was: - answer✔✔the political unification of the
ancient Near East.
Classical Greek tragedians derived most of their plots from: - answer✔✔Greek Mythology
The Egyptian concepts of maat: - answer✔✔asserts that a kind of cosmic harmonizing places all
things in the right relationship.
In the large kingdoms that followed the break-up of Alexander's empire, : - answer✔✔All These
Answers are Correct
The greatest feats of engineering in the ancient world, the pyramids, were built approximately: -
answer✔✔between 2600 and 2400 B.C.
The Peloponnesian War was fought from: - answer✔✔431 to 404 B.C.
The Epicureans advocated: - answer✔✔Withdrawal from the pain and disappointment of the
world
Greek Women were: - answer✔✔Restricted both sexually and socially in comparison to men
People turned from hunting and gathering to food producing around : - answer✔✔11,000 B.C.
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Following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C., the Near East was influenced by Greek
culture in a process we call: - answer✔✔Hellenization
In the Punic Wars, Rome defeated: - answer✔✔Carthage
The basic means of livelihood for citizens of the Greek city state was: - answer✔✔agriculture
Polybius believed that Rome's successes stemmed from: - answer✔✔its constitution and mixed
government
The Assyrians successfully administered their empires through the following methods EXCEPT:
- answer✔✔ART
Alexander's imperial ambitions were: - answer✔✔the product of his courage, leadership, and
strategy
Which of the following languages are descended from the Indo- European language? -
answer✔✔All these answers are correct
Which of the following is NOT true? Caesar gained popularity by defending the rights of: -
answer✔✔slaves
The Greek Dark Age was followed by: - answer✔✔a sudden flowering of artistic and literary
genius
Around 650 B.C., Greek poets: - answer✔✔began to treat themes centered on personal
experiences
Which of the following is Not correct? Augustus legislation in favor of the Roman family was
designed to: - answer✔✔curb population growth
Expansion into the eastern Mediterranean : - answer✔✔did all of these: brought the Greeks
under Roman control; triggered policies of accommodation in Pergamum, and inadvertetly led to
the decline of the Republic.
What is the most enduring accomplishment of the reign of Justinian the Great? - answer✔✔the
systematic codification of Roman law
The Doctrine of Petrine Succession requires that: - answer✔✔the Apostle Peter was endowed by
Jesus Christ with supreme responsibility of the Roman Church that the pope was the successor to
Peter.
Who or what's translation of the Bible became the standard in Western Europe during the Middle
Ages? - answer✔✔Vulgate
Islam expanded rapidly in part because - answer✔✔their toleration for People of the Book
Western Civilization Final Exam
Straighterline Exam Questions And Correct
Answers
Socrates was concerned that the young men of Athens examine their lives in pursuit of: -
answer✔✔Morality and Ethical Behavior
The period of Greek colonization from 750 to 550 B.C. - answer✔✔Helped to spread Greek
culture throughout the Mediterranean.
Sparta's mixed constitution included: - answer✔✔kings, an oligarchic council, and public
assembly
The Roman constitution was: - answer✔✔a set of procedures and customs
The major accomplishments of the Assyrians was: - answer✔✔the political unification of the
ancient Near East.
Classical Greek tragedians derived most of their plots from: - answer✔✔Greek Mythology
The Egyptian concepts of maat: - answer✔✔asserts that a kind of cosmic harmonizing places all
things in the right relationship.
In the large kingdoms that followed the break-up of Alexander's empire, : - answer✔✔All These
Answers are Correct
The greatest feats of engineering in the ancient world, the pyramids, were built approximately: -
answer✔✔between 2600 and 2400 B.C.
The Peloponnesian War was fought from: - answer✔✔431 to 404 B.C.
The Epicureans advocated: - answer✔✔Withdrawal from the pain and disappointment of the
world
Greek Women were: - answer✔✔Restricted both sexually and socially in comparison to men
People turned from hunting and gathering to food producing around : - answer✔✔11,000 B.C.
, ©THEBRIGHT EXAM STUDY SOLUTIONS 8/22/2024 12:54 PM
Following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C., the Near East was influenced by Greek
culture in a process we call: - answer✔✔Hellenization
In the Punic Wars, Rome defeated: - answer✔✔Carthage
The basic means of livelihood for citizens of the Greek city state was: - answer✔✔agriculture
Polybius believed that Rome's successes stemmed from: - answer✔✔its constitution and mixed
government
The Assyrians successfully administered their empires through the following methods EXCEPT:
- answer✔✔ART
Alexander's imperial ambitions were: - answer✔✔the product of his courage, leadership, and
strategy
Which of the following languages are descended from the Indo- European language? -
answer✔✔All these answers are correct
Which of the following is NOT true? Caesar gained popularity by defending the rights of: -
answer✔✔slaves
The Greek Dark Age was followed by: - answer✔✔a sudden flowering of artistic and literary
genius
Around 650 B.C., Greek poets: - answer✔✔began to treat themes centered on personal
experiences
Which of the following is Not correct? Augustus legislation in favor of the Roman family was
designed to: - answer✔✔curb population growth
Expansion into the eastern Mediterranean : - answer✔✔did all of these: brought the Greeks
under Roman control; triggered policies of accommodation in Pergamum, and inadvertetly led to
the decline of the Republic.
What is the most enduring accomplishment of the reign of Justinian the Great? - answer✔✔the
systematic codification of Roman law
The Doctrine of Petrine Succession requires that: - answer✔✔the Apostle Peter was endowed by
Jesus Christ with supreme responsibility of the Roman Church that the pope was the successor to
Peter.
Who or what's translation of the Bible became the standard in Western Europe during the Middle
Ages? - answer✔✔Vulgate
Islam expanded rapidly in part because - answer✔✔their toleration for People of the Book
