Study Guide for Humanities I

Final Examination / HUM 213 (D)

 

 

  1. The examination will be given on Thursday, December 12th, per the University calendar: 11:00 AM — 1:00 PM. You will have the entire two-hour period to complete the examination, though you likely will need only 60-90 minutes.
  2. You will need to bring a pencil or two to fill out a Scantron, and a pen or two (dark ink, please) for writing the essay. No books or papers beyond the examination pages themselves are needed or permitted during the exam.
  3. Scantrons and Bluebooks will be provided by ASCBU when you come to the examination.
  4. Take a seat in the row designated for your group, sitting yourselves apart from other groups in that row so there is less likelihood of disturbing each other when you talk amongst yourselves.
  5. When you are finished with the exam, turn in your exam, Scantron and Bluebook(s) to me. Make sure all team members’ names are on each item you turn in, along with your team letter (A – HH). Each team thus turns in one (1) Scantron completed by the team, one (or more) Bluebooks with a single essay written by the team members. The overall grade earned for these items will be shared by each member of the team whose names are listed.

 

 

Terms, names and phrases you should know, be able to define, identify or use in communicating your understanding of civilizations and cultures we have studied to date:

 

Judaism, monotheism, polytheism, Sadducees, Zealots, Pharisees, Qumran, Essenes, Hasidim, Rabbis, Prophets, Patriarchs, covenant, etiological stories, Maccabees, Exodus, Hanukkah, Tanakh, Torah, Septuagint, Mishnah, Jerusalem, hearing vs. seeing, linear vs. cyclical time, gospel, catacombs, Rome, Antioch, Alexandria, Constantinople, Byzantium, neoplatonism, gnosticism, Augustine, Constantine, Justinian, Theodora, icons, iconography, iconoclasm, Hagia Sophia, Carthage, Silk Road, Latin cross, Greek cross, Madonna and Child Enthroned, Dome of the Rock, Noble Sanctuary, Koran, Muhammad, Muslim, Islam, surah, hadith, Sufis, Allah, Five Pillars of Islam, Avicenna, Averroes, Maimonides, mosque, minaret, muqarnas, Hinduism, Buddhism, karma, Vedas, caste system, Shiva, Brahman, Four Noble Truths, Ashoka, Sarnath Lion capital, stupa, bodisattvas, Bhagavad Gita, Confucianism, bronze bells, Analects, li, yin/yang, Taoism, Shintoism, Tale of Genji, Zen Buddhism, Zen gardens, shogun, samurai, Charlemagne, illuminated manuscripts, Book of Kells, Holy Roman Empire, feudalism, monasticism, pilgrimage, crusade, Gregorian chant, plainchant, polyphony, Romanesque, Magna Carta, relics, reliquary, tympanum, lintel, University of Bologna, St. Francis of Assisi, Hildegard of Bingen

 

If it’s a place, be able to locate it on a map; if it’s a thing, know its place or role in context; if it’s a person’s name, know who it is, what s/he did or represents; if it’s a work of art, know its provenance and role in its setting; if it’s a building; know its design and purpose; if it’s a concept or idea, know its content and role in development of thought

 



 

Be able to identify, place along a timeline, and point to key events or features for essay writing purposes related to

 

  1. the rise, development and fall of Israel under Maccabean and Roman rule
  2. the rise of Christianity out of Judaism and its spread throughout Europe
  3. the rise, development and fragmentation of the Holy Roman Empire
  4. the rise, development and split between the Eastern & Western Christian church
  5. the rise, development and increasing instability of Byzantium
  6. the rise and development of Indian, Chinese and Japanese civilizations
  7. the development of Chinese and Japanese painting
  8. the development of Christian and non-Christian architecture as related to religious worship and art