uw classics 101 quiz 2

History, medicine, psychology, and philosophy

aqu-

water

gener-

race, kind

grad-

step

jur-

right, law

patr-

father

sen-

old man

serv-

slave

tempor-

time

verb-

word

vir-

man

ag-, act-, ig-

do, act, drive

capt-, cept-, -ceive

take

-ced, -ceed, cess-

go

-cid, cis-

cut, kill

dat-, dit-

give

fac-, fact-, fect-

make, do

leg-, lect-

read

-mit, mitte-, miss-

send

pon-, pos-, posit-

place, put

ven-, vent-

come

ab-, a-, abs-

away, from

ad-, a-, ac-, af-, ag-, al-, an-, ap-, ar-, as-, at-

to, towards

ambi-

both, on both sides

ante-

before

circum-

around, about

com-, co-, col-, con- cor

with, together, thoroughly

contra-

against

de-

down, away from

dis-, di-, dif-

apart, not

equi-, equa-

equal

ex-, e-, ef-

out of, from, away from

extra-

outside, beyond

in-, il-, im-, ir- (positive)

in, into, on

in-, il-, im-, ir- (negative)

not, without

infra-

below

inter-

between, among

intra-

inside, within

multi-

many

non-

not

ob-, oc-, of-, op-

toward, against, across

per

throught, by, completely, to the bad

post-

after, behind

pre-

before, in front of

pro-

forward, for, on behalf of

re-, red-

back, again

retro-

backward

se-, sed-

apart, without, aside

semi-

half, partly

sub-, suc-, suf-, sug-, sup-, sus-

under, beneath, secret

super-

over, above, beyond

trans-, tra-, tran-

across, over

ultra-

beyond

-ane, -ine, -ite, -ment

general function noun-forming suffix, forms nouns from verbs

-ose, -ure

general function noun-forming suffix, used for nouns of action and result as well as collective nouns

-acy, -acity, -y, -al, -ance, -ancy, -ence, -ency, -ation, -ion, -tion

abstract function noun-forming suffix, denote action or a resulting state

-ety, -ity, -ty, -ice, -ile, -itude, -ive, -mony, -or, -ain, -an, -and, -end

agent function noun forming suffix, passive

-ant, -ent, -ar, -arian, -ian, -ate, -or

agent function noun-forming suffix, indicate person/title

-ariam, -orium, -ary, -ory

locative function noun-forming suffix

-cle, -cule, -icle, -el, -le, -il, -ule, -ole

diminutive function noun-forming suffix

-able, -ble, -ible

adjective forming suffix, meaning “able to”

-ain, -an, -ane, -ine, -ant, -ent

adjective-forming suffixes

-ar, -al, -ary

adjective-forming suffixes, “pertaining to“

-arian, -ian, -ate, -ite, -ic, -id, -ific, -il, -ile, -ilent, -olent, -ulent, -ious, -ose, -ous, -ive, -ory, -ate, -efy, -ify, -esce

general function adjective-forming suffixes

-ate, -efy, -ify, -esce

verb-forming suffixes conveying the idea of change or mutation, “to become“

what are Greek and Roman writings concerned with?

public and private issue such as war and peace, wealth and poverty, and human nature and morality

recording time: egyptians

first to use a solar calendar of 365 days, established the division of day and night into 12 hours

recording time: Babylonians, Greeks and Chinese

used a lunar calendar based on a lunar month of 29 or 30 days, 7 day week derived from Babylonians

Major Historians

Herodotus, Thucydides, Xenophon, Polybius, Flavius Josephus, Caesar, Sallust, Livy, Tacitus

Herodotus

wrote “History“ in which the main topic was the Persian wars, his standards of accuracy were generally high

Thucydides

wrote about the peloponnesian war

xenophon

general and writer, pupil of Socrates, works included political and military studies, life and teachings of socrates, and a history of Greece from 411-362 BCE

Polybius

Banished from greece and went to live in Rome, his work “Histories“ covers the rise of rome’s power from 246-146 BCE

Flavius Josephus

was sent to Rome as an ambassador, his works include a “History of the Jewish War and Jewish Antiquities“

Caesar

successful general and Roman politician, wrote a record of the civil war, writes of himself in the third person, his works are intended to glorify his achievements and make him acceptable to the roman people

Sallust

Roman senator and supporter of Caesar, devoted himself to writing a monograph on the conspiracy of Catiline and an account of the Jugurthine war, wrote a longer work but only a few fragments of the longer work survived

Livy

wrote 142 books emphasizing the late republican period and the civil war, later books did not survive, tutor to future emperor Claudius

Tacitus

senator and lawyer, wrote a biography of his father in law and a monograph of the history and customs of the peoples of Germany, used state archives as source material for his works

primary source

an object created during the period in question

secondary source

a work of analysis based on primary source material

What were the two major civilizations of the Bronze age?

The Minoans and the Myceneans

when was the Bronze Age

c. 3000-1200 BCE

The Minoans

from c. 1300-1100 BC, lived on the Crete, undeciphered writing

The Myceneans

c. 1750-1050 BCE, lived in the Peloponnese, linear B deciphered in 1952

Bronze Age Collapse

Major societal collapses throughout the Mediterranean, reason is unclear

Iron Age (obscure details)

sometimes called the “Greek Dark Ages”, highly controversial term, took place c. 1200-900 BCE, there was some drop off in trade during this time but not total

Dearth of evidence from the Iron Age

lost writing, settlements were fewer and further between, monumental architecture and figural ar fell out of style

Geometric Period

took place from