The Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648 examination
covers material that is usually taught in the first semester of a
two-semester course in Western Civilization. Questions deal with the
civilizations of Ancient Greece, Rome and the Near East; the Middle
Ages; the Renaissance and Reformation; and early modern Europe. You
may be asked to choose the correct definition of a historical term,
select the historical figure whose political viewpoint is described,
identify the correct relationship between two historical factors, or
detect the inaccurate pairing of an individual with a historical
event. Groups of questions may require you to interpret, evaluate or
relate the contents of a passage, a map or a picture to other
information, or to analyze and utilize the data contained in a graph
or table.