Question 1

define the following term:
-Eratosthenes

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The answer of define the following term:
-Eratosthenes...

Question 2

define the following term:
-mystery cults

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Mystery cults were religious groups in t

Question 3

Alexander's military success against the Persians was in part attributable to

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A) the chronic weakness of the Persian Empire. 
B) numerically superior forces. 
C) the role of Alexander's cavalry as a strike force. 
D) troop loyalty in all campaigns. 
E) his corps of archers. 
A) the chronic weakness of the Persian Empire. 
B) numerically superior forces. 
C) the role of Alexander's cavalry as a strike force. 
D) troop loyalty in all campaigns. 
E) his corps of archers.

Question 4

The famous Indian ruler who sent Buddhist missionaries to Greek rulers was

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A) Akbar. 
B) Asoka. 
C) Chandragupta. 
D) Shiva. 
E) Bodhisattva. 
A) Akbar. 
B) Asoka. 
C) Chandragupta. 
D) Shiva. 
E) Bodhisattva.

Question 5

Because of many Hellenistic philosophers embraced equality between men and women, female infanticide disappeared during the Hellenistic era.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

Which of the following led a revolt against Seleucid monarchy in Judea in the 160s B.C.E.?

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A) Isaiah. 
B) Antiochus IV. 
C) Judas Iscariot. 
D) Jesus of Nazareth. 
E) Judas Maccabaeus. 
A) Isaiah. 
B) Antiochus IV. 
C) Judas Iscariot. 
D) Jesus of Nazareth. 
E) Judas Maccabaeus.

Question 7

define the following term:
-gymnasium

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The gymnasium is a place where people go

Question 8

define the following term:
-Seleucids

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The Seleucids were a Hellenistic dynasty

Question 9

How did Greek religious practices in the Hellenistic era differ from those in the classical era?

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In the Hellenistic era, Greek religious

Question 10

define the following term:
-Herophilus and Erasistratus

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Herophilus and Erasistratus were both an

Question 11

define the following term:
-Isocrates

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Isocrates was an ancient Greek rhetorici

Question 12

define the following term:
-Stoicism

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The answer of define the following term:
-Stoicism...

Question 13

define the following term:
-Polybius

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Polybius was an ancient Greek historian

Question 14

The Hellenistic states in the centuries after Alexander the Great

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A) became despotic monarchies. 
B) rarely fought amongst themselves. 
C) included large numbers of non-Greeks in leadership positions. 
D) showed little innovation in their armies and military institutions. 
E) all disappeared by the second century B.C.E. 
A) became despotic monarchies. 
B) rarely fought amongst themselves. 
C) included large numbers of non-Greeks in leadership positions. 
D) showed little innovation in their armies and military institutions. 
E) all disappeared by the second century B.C.E.

Question 15

define the following term:
-Euclid

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Euclid was a Greek mathematician who is

Question 16

Unlike the Epicureans, the Stoics believed that complete withdrawal from the public world of politics and society was necessary in the quest for a passive and unattached life.

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A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

The surviving works of the Greek historian Polybius demonstrate

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A) his following of Thucydides in seeking rational motives for historical events. 
B) his focus on the growth of the Greek city-states from their origins to their collapse. 
C) the continued failure of ancient historians to find accurate, firsthand sources. 
D) his reliance on the models of Herodotus and willingness to ascribe historical change to the intervention of gods. 
E) his use of oral sources and myth to supplement non-written documents. 
A) his following of Thucydides in seeking rational motives for historical events. 
B) his focus on the growth of the Greek city-states from their origins to their collapse. 
C) the continued failure of ancient historians to find accurate, firsthand sources. 
D) his reliance on the models of Herodotus and willingness to ascribe historical change to the intervention of gods. 
E) his use of oral sources and myth to supplement non-written documents.

Question 18

Hellenistic education as embodied in the gymnasium

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A) was opposed by Hellenistic rulers who saw education as a threat to their power. 
B) was open to all classes of society except slaves. 
C) made no provision for physical education. 
D) was focuses exclusively upon vocational training. 
E) closely and widely followed classical Greek ideas about proper education. 
A) was opposed by Hellenistic rulers who saw education as a threat to their power. 
B) was open to all classes of society except slaves. 
C) made no provision for physical education. 
D) was focuses exclusively upon vocational training. 
E) closely and widely followed classical Greek ideas about proper education.

Question 19

To what extent was Hellenistic civilization a hybrid of the cultures of various Greek poleis and traditions from farther east?

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Hellenistic civilization was indeed a hy

Question 20

Stoicism

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A) was formed by Epicurus. 
B) later became very popular with the Celts and Germans. 
C) maintained that people could gain inner peace by seeking virtue and living according to nature. 
D) believed in a material afterlife. 
E) argued that one should free oneself from public activities and responsibilities. 
A) was formed by Epicurus. 
B) later became very popular with the Celts and Germans. 
C) maintained that people could gain inner peace by seeking virtue and living according to nature. 
D) believed in a material afterlife. 
E) argued that one should free oneself from public activities and responsibilities.

Exam 4: The Hellenistic World

define the following term: -Eratosthenes

define the following term: -mystery cults

Alexander's military success against the Persians was in part attributable to

The famous Indian ruler who sent Buddhist missionaries to Greek rulers was

Because of many Hellenistic philosophers embraced equality between men and women, female infanticide disappeared during the Hellenistic era.

Which of the following led a revolt against Seleucid monarchy in Judea in the 160s B.C.E.?

define the following term: -gymnasium

define the following term: -Seleucids

How did Greek religious practices in the Hellenistic era differ from those in the classical era?

define the following term: -Herophilus and Erasistratus

define the following term: -Isocrates

define the following term: -Stoicism

define the following term: -Polybius

The Hellenistic states in the centuries after Alexander the Great

define the following term: -Euclid

Unlike the Epicureans, the Stoics believed that complete withdrawal from the public world of politics and society was necessary in the quest for a passive and unattached life.

The surviving works of the Greek historian Polybius demonstrate

Hellenistic education as embodied in the gymnasium

To what extent was Hellenistic civilization a hybrid of the cultures of various Greek poleis and traditions from farther east?

Stoicism

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