Question 1

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
the Parthenon

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The Parthenon is an ancient temple locat

Question 2

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
oracle at Delphi

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The Oracle at Delphi, also known as the

Question 3

Write an assessment of Alexander the Great. How "Great" was he, actually? Explain your reasoning.

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Alexander the Great was a highly influen

Question 4

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Greek System of Democracy

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The Greek system of democracy, often ref

Question 5

Ancient Olympic Athletes competed in the dress colors that represented their city states.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Arthur Evans

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Arthur Evans was a British archaeologist

Question 7

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Greek colonization

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Greek colonization refers to the period

Question 8

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Zeno

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Zeno is a name that can refer to several

Question 9

What are the relationships between the accomplishments of the Golden Age of Greece in the fifth century B.C.E. and its subsequent decline? Was that decline inevitable? Why or why not?

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The accomplishments of the Golden Age of

Question 10

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Alexandria

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Alexandria is a port city located on the

Question 11

The ultimate result of the formation of the Delian League was to

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A)  limit commercial opportunities throughout the region. 
B)  create a cultural alliance of equal and independent city-states in Asia Minor. 
C)  make Athens the dominant city-state in the region. 
D)  foster closer ties with Sparta. 
E)  strengthen trade ties with the Persians. 
A)  limit commercial opportunities throughout the region. 
B)  create a cultural alliance of equal and independent city-states in Asia Minor. 
C)  make Athens the dominant city-state in the region. 
D)  foster closer ties with Sparta. 
E)  strengthen trade ties with the Persians.

Question 12

Lycurgus made it his mission to transform Sparta into a military state.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 13

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). 
Stoicism

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Stoicism is an ancient Greek philosophy

Question 14

With regard to men and women, Aristotle believed that

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A)  women and men are equal in their potential abilities. 
B)  men's dominance of women comes from their military power. 
C)  the association between husband and wife is clearly a democracy. 
D)  women are biologically superior because they can bear children. 
E)  women are biologically inferior and therefore must be subordinate to men. 
A)  women and men are equal in their potential abilities. 
B)  men's dominance of women comes from their military power. 
C)  the association between husband and wife is clearly a democracy. 
D)  women are biologically superior because they can bear children. 
E)  women are biologically inferior and therefore must be subordinate to men.

Question 15

Which Hellenistic Kingdom rose to succeed Alexander?

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A)  Seleucids in Egypt 
B)  Attalid Kingdom of Pergamum in Persia and the East 
C)  Ptolemies in northeastern Asia Minor 
D)  Ptolemies in Egypt 
E)  Etruscans in Italy 
A)  Seleucids in Egypt 
B)  Attalid Kingdom of Pergamum in Persia and the East 
C)  Ptolemies in northeastern Asia Minor 
D)  Ptolemies in Egypt 
E)  Etruscans in Italy

Question 16

Compare and contrast the values, institutions, and actions of the city-states of Sparta and Athens.

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The city-states of Sparta and Athens wer

Question 17

Minoan civilization on Crete was discovered by English archeologist Arthur Evans.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

"The Greek contribution to Western Civilization was so great that everything since the Greeks is merely a footnote to their accomplishments." Do you agree? Why or why not?

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I do not agree with the statement that e

Question 19

Archimedes

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A)  worked on the geometry of cylinders and spheres and the value of pi 
B)  observed gravity through water displacement. 
C)  determined the value of karma, in its role as a constant in mathematics. 
D)  affected global location through the use of levers. 
E)  discovered the moon's impact upon the tides. 
A)  worked on the geometry of cylinders and spheres and the value of pi 
B)  observed gravity through water displacement. 
C)  determined the value of karma, in its role as a constant in mathematics. 
D)  affected global location through the use of levers. 
E)  discovered the moon's impact upon the tides.

Question 20

What ideas and cultural forms were discussed and developed by Greek dramatists and philosophers? How, and in what ways, did they constitute, or reflect, the major contributions of Greek civilization to world history?

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Greek dramatists and philosophers discus

Exam 4: The Civilization of the Greeks

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). the Parthenon

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). oracle at Delphi

Write an assessment of Alexander the Great. How "Great" was he, actually? Explain your reasoning.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Greek System of Democracy

Ancient Olympic Athletes competed in the dress colors that represented their city states.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Arthur Evans

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Greek colonization

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Zeno

What are the relationships between the accomplishments of the Golden Age of Greece in the fifth century B.C.E. and its subsequent decline? Was that decline inevitable? Why or why not?

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Alexandria

The ultimate result of the formation of the Delian League was to

Lycurgus made it his mission to transform Sparta into a military state.

Instructions: Identify the following term(s). Stoicism

With regard to men and women, Aristotle believed that

Which Hellenistic Kingdom rose to succeed Alexander?

Compare and contrast the values, institutions, and actions of the city-states of Sparta and Athens.

Minoan civilization on Crete was discovered by English archeologist Arthur Evans.

"The Greek contribution to Western Civilization was so great that everything since the Greeks is merely a footnote to their accomplishments." Do you agree? Why or why not?

Archimedes

What ideas and cultural forms were discussed and developed by Greek dramatists and philosophers? How, and in what ways, did they constitute, or reflect, the major contributions of Greek civilization to world history?

Early Humans and the First Civilizations

Ancient India

China in Antiquity

The Roman World Empire

The Americas

Ferment in the Middle East: the Rise of Islam

Early Civilizations in Africa

The Expansion of Civilization in South and Southeast Asia

The Flowering of Traditional China

The East Asian Rimlands: Early Japan, Korea, and Vietnam

The Making of Europe

The Byzantine Empire and Crisis and Recovery in the West

New Encounters: the Creation of a World Market

Europe Transformed: Reform and State Building

The Muslim Empires

The East Asian World

The West on the Eve of a New World Order

The Beginnings of Modernization: Industrialization and Nationalism in the Nineteenth Century

The Americas and Society and Culture in the West

The High Tide of Imperialism

Shadows Over the Pacific: East Asia Under Challenge

The Beginning of the Twentieth-Century Crisis: War and Revolution

Nationalism, Revolution, and Dictatorship: Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America From 1919 to 1939

The Crisis Deepens: World War Ii

East and West in the Grip of the Cold War

Brave New World: Communism on Trial

Europe and the Western Hemisphere Since 1945

Challenges of Nation Building in Africa and the Middle East

Toward the Pacific Century

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