Exam 5: Greece and Iran

Using Map (in the textbook) 5.2, describe the geography of Greece. How did Greek geography contribute to the development of a polis-centered civilization, rather than a unified "country" of Greece?

Iran's mineral resources, though exploited on a limited scale in antiquity, included which of the following?

Which was not a method by which the Persians strengthened their empire?

Identify the following term(s). -Thucydides

The Greeks believed that their gods gave advice through

The founder of the Achaemenid Persian Empire in 550 B.C.E. was:

After uniting Media, Anatolia, Lydia, and Persia, Cyrus conquered:

The Greeks added vowel sounds to what system of writing in order to develop the first correct alphabet?

How did geography and the environment affect Greek development?

The period of Iranian history associated with the rule of Cyrus the Great was known as _______________.

Persia, under the rule of Darius, was divided into 20 provinces and administered by:

The Seleucid kingdom, after the death of Alexander, retained which portion of the empire?

After emergence from the Dark Ages, the population of Greece increased as much as five-fold. Which of the following was NOT a reason for the population increase?

Using Map (in the textbook) 5.3, describe what happened to Alexander's Hellenistic Empire after his death.

Despite the adoption of their alphabet system from the Phoenicians, literacy in Greece

Identify the following term(s). -Alexander

The Archaic period in Greece began

An oligarchy is a society in which

Greek philosophers emphasized which perspective of viewing the world?

Although Greece is described as "resource poor" in the chapter, it economically prospered