National Evaluation Series™ Profile: Latin and Classical Humanities (829)

Content Domain III: Cultural Understanding

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Demonstrate knowledge of major political, economic, social, and cultural trends and developments that shaped classical Greek and Roman culture.
Demonstrate knowledge of major historical events associated with classical Greece and Rome and their cultural significance.
Demonstrate knowledge of key individuals associated with classical Greece and Rome and their cultural significance.
Identify important geographic features and historical sites in the classical world and their cultural significance.
Analyze the influence of major trends, events, and figures in classical Greek and Roman heritage on later heritages, including the people groups of the United States.
Demonstrate acquaintance with complementary fields of study as they apply to the history, geography, and culture of the classical world (e.g., archaeology, papyrology, epigraphy, textual criticism).
Demonstrate knowledge of varied societal roles played by multiethnic populations and groups such as slaves and women.

Which of the following responses best describes a major cause of the Peloponnesian War?

Demonstrate knowledge of major myths and legends of classical Greece and Rome (e.g., important Greek and Roman deities, important mythological and legendary figures and stories) and ways in which they reflect classical culture.
Demonstrate knowledge of major classical Greek and Roman writers (e.g., Herodotus, Homer, Sappho, Euripides, Vergil, Catullus, Cicero), works, and genres and ways in which classical literature reflects classical culture.
Demonstrate knowledge of major works, characteristic forms, and key individuals in the visual arts, architecture, and technology of classical Greece and Rome and ways in which they reflect classical culture.
Demonstrate knowledge of products of daily life in classical Greece and Rome and ways in which they reflect classical culture.
Analyze the influence of major products of classical Greek and Roman heritage on later heritages, including the people groups of the United States.

Demonstrate knowledge of practices of Roman daily life and customs (e.g., salutation, dining, bathing) and ways in which they reflect Roman culture.
Demonstrate knowledge of major Roman holidays and festivals and ways in which they reflect Roman culture.
Demonstrate knowledge of major cultural and social institutions and practices (e.g., education, democracy, religion) of classical Greek and Roman culture and ways in which they reflect classical culture.
Analyze the influence of major practices of classical Greek and Roman culture on later cultures, including the culture of the United States.