Question 1

Identify the following terms.
-Iliad and Odyssey

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The Iliad and the Odyssey are two epic p

Question 2

Identify the following terms.
-Thera

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The term "Thera" refers to an ancient na

Question 3

Identify the following terms.
-Aristophanes

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Aristophanes (circa 446-386 BCE) was a p

Question 4

Greek philosophy

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A)  was characterized by a lack of leading thinkers. 
B)  contained thinkers holding only absolutist views. 
C)  has not made as lasting an impact as that of Mesopotamia. 
D)  was distinguished by the ideas of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. 
E)  is perhaps best known today for the ideas contained in the work of Polyclitus. 
A)  was characterized by a lack of leading thinkers. 
B)  contained thinkers holding only absolutist views. 
C)  has not made as lasting an impact as that of Mesopotamia. 
D)  was distinguished by the ideas of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. 
E)  is perhaps best known today for the ideas contained in the work of Polyclitus.

Question 5

The myth of Persian invincibility was broken at

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A)  Marathon. 
B)  Mycenae. 
C)  Messenia. 
D)  Macedonia. 
E)  Persepolis. 
A)  Marathon. 
B)  Mycenae. 
C)  Messenia. 
D)  Macedonia. 
E)  Persepolis.

Question 6

Identify the following terms.
-the Greek Dark Ages

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The Greek Dark Ages, also known as the H

Question 7

Greek religion was characterized by

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A)  polytheism, rituals, sacrifice, and festivals. 
B)  a total lack of spiritual perspective. 
C)  a lack of practicality. 
D)  public apathy. 
E)  a highly personalized basis. 
A)  polytheism, rituals, sacrifice, and festivals. 
B)  a total lack of spiritual perspective. 
C)  a lack of practicality. 
D)  public apathy. 
E)  a highly personalized basis.

Question 8

Athens,with a population of 250,000 in the fifth century B.C.E.,was far larger than most Greek poleis.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

Identify the following terms.
-tyrants

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The term "tyrants" historically refers t

Question 10

Mycenaean civilization was characterized by

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A)  a democratic system of government. 
B)  an introspective commercial system. 
C)  a militaristic program of conquest, even of Crete. 
D)  disinterest in agriculture. 
E)  a preference for trading over political and military activities. 
A)  a democratic system of government. 
B)  an introspective commercial system. 
C)  a militaristic program of conquest, even of Crete. 
D)  disinterest in agriculture. 
E)  a preference for trading over political and military activities.

Question 11

Identify the following terms.
-Plato's ideal forms

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Plato's theory of Forms or Ideas is a ph

Question 12

Mycenaean Civilization

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A)  first developed in eastern Asia Minor. 
B)  had its major trading center on the island of Crete. 
C)  was founded by Indo-Europeans who migrated into Greece as early as 1900 B.C.E. 
D)  reached its high point between 2100 and 1800 B.C.E. 
E)  was destroyed by the Ionian Greeks. 
A)  first developed in eastern Asia Minor. 
B)  had its major trading center on the island of Crete. 
C)  was founded by Indo-Europeans who migrated into Greece as early as 1900 B.C.E. 
D)  reached its high point between 2100 and 1800 B.C.E. 
E)  was destroyed by the Ionian Greeks.

Question 13

Assess the influence of geography on the development of early Greek civilization.Was it the most important factor influencing this development?

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The terms in the question are "influence

Question 14

Thucydides believed that

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A)  the past held no lessons for understanding the present. 
B)  there was an exact pattern of repetition in all human affairs. 
C)  human nature showed no signs of order. 
D)  historical writing should be objective, accurate, and factual. 
E)  truth was virtue. 
A)  the past held no lessons for understanding the present. 
B)  there was an exact pattern of repetition in all human affairs. 
C)  human nature showed no signs of order. 
D)  historical writing should be objective, accurate, and factual. 
E)  truth was virtue.

Question 15

Identify the following terms.
-Zeno

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Zeno of Elea was a pre-Socratic Greek ph

Question 16

Pursuing pleasure rationally,and not only in a physical or hedonistic sense,as the only true good,was a precept of

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A)  Epicureanism. 
B)  Stoicism. 
C)  Hellenism. 
D)  Euphemism. 
E)  Zoroastrianism. 
A)  Epicureanism. 
B)  Stoicism. 
C)  Hellenism. 
D)  Euphemism. 
E)  Zoroastrianism.

Question 17

"Hellenistic civilization had a greater ultimate impact on Western Civilization than the Hellenic/polis world of Athens and Sparta." Discuss,pro and con.

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Pro: The Hellenistic civilization had a

Question 18

Identify the following terms.
-Epicurus

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Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosophe

Question 19

By about 700 B.C.E.,which of the following replaced the aristocratic cavalryman in Greek warfare?

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A)  helots. 
B)  hoplites. 
C)  poleis. 
D)  mercenaries. 
E)  Macedonians. 
A)  helots. 
B)  hoplites. 
C)  poleis. 
D)  mercenaries. 
E)  Macedonians.

Question 20

Cleisthenes

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A)  was Sparta's greatest legal reformer. 
B)  invaded Boetia from his secret base in Helvetia. 
C)  reformed Athenian government thus creating the foundation for political democracy. 
D)  argued that a polis was too small an area to govern. 
E)  was a distant relative of both Homer and Pericles. 
A)  was Sparta's greatest legal reformer. 
B)  invaded Boetia from his secret base in Helvetia. 
C)  reformed Athenian government thus creating the foundation for political democracy. 
D)  argued that a polis was too small an area to govern. 
E)  was a distant relative of both Homer and Pericles.

Exam 4: The Civilization of the Greeks

Identify the following terms. -Iliad and Odyssey

Identify the following terms. -Thera

Identify the following terms. -Aristophanes

Greek philosophy

The myth of Persian invincibility was broken at

Identify the following terms. -the Greek Dark Ages

Greek religion was characterized by

Athens,with a population of 250,000 in the fifth century B.C.E.,was far larger than most Greek poleis.

Identify the following terms. -tyrants

Mycenaean civilization was characterized by

Identify the following terms. -Plato's ideal forms

Mycenaean Civilization

Assess the influence of geography on the development of early Greek civilization.Was it the most important factor influencing this development?

Thucydides believed that

Identify the following terms. -Zeno

Pursuing pleasure rationally,and not only in a physical or hedonistic sense,as the only true good,was a precept of

"Hellenistic civilization had a greater ultimate impact on Western Civilization than the Hellenic/polis world of Athens and Sparta." Discuss,pro and con.

Identify the following terms. -Epicurus

By about 700 B.C.E.,which of the following replaced the aristocratic cavalryman in Greek warfare?

Cleisthenes

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