Question 1

An especially important cultural center with the largest library in ancient times was

Accepted Answer

A) Thebes. 
B) Athens. 
C) Pergamum. 
D) Alexandria. 
E) Persepolis. 
A) Thebes. 
B) Athens. 
C) Pergamum. 
D) Alexandria. 
E) Persepolis. D

Question 2

Which of the following statements concerning the emergence of the Macedonians is CORRECT?

Accepted Answer

A) The early Macedonians were greatly admired by the Greeks for their cultural achievements. 
B) The Macedonians were probably not Greek. 
C) The Macedonians organized themselves in city-states like their southern Greek neighbors. 
D) The Greeks prohibited them from participating in the Olympic Games. 
E) Macedonia emerged as an important kingdom during the Greek Archaic Age. 
A) The early Macedonians were greatly admired by the Greeks for their cultural achievements. 
B) The Macedonians were probably not Greek. 
C) The Macedonians organized themselves in city-states like their southern Greek neighbors. 
D) The Greeks prohibited them from participating in the Olympic Games. 
E) Macedonia emerged as an important kingdom during the Greek Archaic Age. B

Question 3

All of the following are true about the cult of Isis EXCEPT

Accepted Answer

A) it originated in the eastern Persian empire, an outgrowth of Zoroastrianism. 
B) it was one of the most popular of the mystery religions. 
C) she was associated with the giver of laws and letters to humankind. 
D) her cult promised an eternal life. 
E) she supposedly invented the marriage contract between husband and wife. 
A) it originated in the eastern Persian empire, an outgrowth of Zoroastrianism. 
B) it was one of the most popular of the mystery religions. 
C) she was associated with the giver of laws and letters to humankind. 
D) her cult promised an eternal life. 
E) she supposedly invented the marriage contract between husband and wife. A

Question 4

Talk about:
-cults of Eleusis and Isis

Accepted Answer

The cults of Eleusis and Isis were both

Question 5

Talk about:
-Aristarchus of Samos

Accepted Answer

Aristarchus of Samos was an ancient Gree

Question 6

By the 1st century B.C.E., which of the following was the largest city in the Mediterranean?

Accepted Answer

A) Antioch 
B) Rome 
C) Athens 
D) Carthage 
E) Alexandria 
A) Antioch 
B) Rome 
C) Athens 
D) Carthage 
E) Alexandria

Question 7

The economic life of the Hellenistic world was characterized by

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A) tremendous innovations in labor-saving machinery, as with the "Archimedean screw." 
B) a significant shift in industry and manufacturing from Greece to the east. 
C) little variety in products used for trading. 
D) the virtual disappearance of slavery in manufacturing. 
E) the Athenian control of all economic activities. 
A) tremendous innovations in labor-saving machinery, as with the "Archimedean screw." 
B) a significant shift in industry and manufacturing from Greece to the east. 
C) little variety in products used for trading. 
D) the virtual disappearance of slavery in manufacturing. 
E) the Athenian control of all economic activities.

Question 8

Who was credited with having been the first to separate medicine from philosophy?

Accepted Answer

A) Hippocrates 
B) Euclid 
C) Aristotle 
D) Herophilus 
E) Erasistratus 
A) Hippocrates 
B) Euclid 
C) Aristotle 
D) Herophilus 
E) Erasistratus

Question 9

Talk about:
-Macedonia

Accepted Answer

Macedonia, officially known as the Repub

Question 10

Talk about:
-Antiochus IV

Accepted Answer

Antiochus IV, also known as Antiochus Ep

Question 11

Talk about:
-Euclid

Accepted Answer

Euclid was a Greek mathematician who is

Question 12

Talk about:
-gymnasium

Accepted Answer

The gymnasium is a place where people go

Question 13

At the Battle of Gaugamela,

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A) Alexander's men heavily outnumbered the Persian forces. 
B) Alexander broke through the center of the Persian line with his heavy cavalry, followed by the infantry. 
C) the Persians were unable to use their war chariots because the narrow battlefield limited their maneuverability. 
D) Persian king Darius was killed at the end of the battle. 
E) Alexander was forced to retreat back to Susa after his defeat. 
A) Alexander's men heavily outnumbered the Persian forces. 
B) Alexander broke through the center of the Persian line with his heavy cavalry, followed by the infantry. 
C) the Persians were unable to use their war chariots because the narrow battlefield limited their maneuverability. 
D) Persian king Darius was killed at the end of the battle. 
E) Alexander was forced to retreat back to Susa after his defeat.

Question 14

Talk about:
-Epicurus and Epicureanism

Accepted Answer

Epicurus was an ancient Greek philosophe

Question 15

Talk about:
-"Eureka!"

Accepted Answer

"Eureka!" is a famous exclamation attrib

Question 16

Talk about:
-Polybius

Accepted Answer

Polybius was an ancient Greek historian

Question 17

How did Greek religion change during the Hellenistic period?

Accepted Answer

A) It changed to various kinds of emperor worship. 
B) Fertility gods took the place of the classical Greek gods. 
C) The Greeks became very receptive to the eastern religious mystery cults. 
D) The Greeks reverted back to a form of animism. 
E) It was deeply influenced by Buddhism, brought to the west by Alexander and his successors. 
A) It changed to various kinds of emperor worship. 
B) Fertility gods took the place of the classical Greek gods. 
C) The Greeks became very receptive to the eastern religious mystery cults. 
D) The Greeks reverted back to a form of animism. 
E) It was deeply influenced by Buddhism, brought to the west by Alexander and his successors.

Question 18

Why is Alexander the Great considered to be the first true superhero of Western Civilization? Is that reputation justified? Why and/or why not?

Accepted Answer

Alexander the Great is considered to be

Question 19

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.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

Did women's lives improve during the Hellenistic Era? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

During the Hellenistic Era, women's live

An especially important cultural center with the largest library in ancient times was

Which of the following statements concerning the emergence of the Macedonians is CORRECT?

All of the following are true about the cult of Isis EXCEPT

Talk about: -cults of Eleusis and Isis

Talk about: -Aristarchus of Samos

By the 1^st century B.C.E., which of the following was the largest city in the Mediterranean?

The economic life of the Hellenistic world was characterized by

Who was credited with having been the first to separate medicine from philosophy?

Talk about: -Macedonia

Talk about: -Antiochus IV

Talk about: -Euclid

Talk about: -gymnasium

At the Battle of Gaugamela,

Talk about: -Epicurus and Epicureanism

Talk about: -"Eureka!"

Talk about: -Polybius

How did Greek religion change during the Hellenistic period?

Why is Alexander the Great considered to be the first true superhero of Western Civilization? Is that reputation justified? Why and/or why not?

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.

Did women's lives improve during the Hellenistic Era? Why or why not?

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Exam 4: The Hellenistic World

An especially important cultural center with the largest library in ancient times was

Which of the following statements concerning the emergence of the Macedonians is CORRECT?

All of the following are true about the cult of Isis EXCEPT

Talk about: -cults of Eleusis and Isis

Talk about: -Aristarchus of Samos

By the 1st century B.C.E., which of the following was the largest city in the Mediterranean?

The economic life of the Hellenistic world was characterized by

Who was credited with having been the first to separate medicine from philosophy?

Talk about: -Macedonia

Talk about: -Antiochus IV

Talk about: -Euclid

Talk about: -gymnasium

At the Battle of Gaugamela,

Talk about: -Epicurus and Epicureanism

Talk about: -"Eureka!"

Talk about: -Polybius

How did Greek religion change during the Hellenistic period?

Why is Alexander the Great considered to be the first true superhero of Western Civilization? Is that reputation justified? Why and/or why not?

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.

Did women's lives improve during the Hellenistic Era? Why or why not?

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Ancient Near East: Peoples and Empires

The Civilization of the Greeks

The Roman Republic

The Roman Empire

Late Antiquity and the Emergence of the Medieval World

European Civilization in the Early Middle Ages, 750-1000

The Recovery and Growth of European Society in the High Middle Ages

The Rise of Kingdoms and the Growth of Church Power

The Later Middle Ages: Crisis and Disintegration in the Fourteenth Century

Recovery and Rebirth: the Age of the Renaissance

Reformation and Religious Warfare in the Sixteenth Century

Europe and the World: New Encounters, 1500-1800

State Building and the Search for Order in the Seventeenth Century

Toward a New Heaven and a New Earth: The Scientific Revolution and the Emergence of Modern Science

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By the 1^st century B.C.E., which of the following was the largest city in the Mediterranean?