Exam 3: Classical and Hellenistic Greece

Plato believed that the way to harmony was to destroy the causes of strife.Which of the following would he consider to be a cause of strife?

The goal of the Epicureans was to attain ________,the condition of being undisturbed,without pain,trouble,or responsibility.

What best describes the relationship Athens had with Sparta under the rule of Cimon?

Do you find Stoicism or Epicureanism more convincing? Why? What would society be like if everyone believed in the philosophy you chose? What would society be like if everyone believed in the other philosophy?

The main function and responsibility of a respectable Athenian woman was to produce male heirs for the ________,or household,of her husband.

Which of the following best describes the policies favored by Pericles following the First Peloponnesian War?

The Macedonian cavalry was made up of nobles and clan leaders called ________.

According to the ________ theory,the world consists of innumerable tiny,solid,indivisible,and unchanging particles,or "atoms," that move about in the void.

How did the relationship of Athens to its allies develop under the Delian League? Give specific examples from the text to supplement your answer.

The annual magistrates responsible for Sparta's foreign policy were called ________.

Dramatists such as Aeschylus and Sophocles are considered prime examples of what genre of Greek writing?

Epicureans believed that falling ________ swerved in unpredictable ways to produce the things seen in the world.

What important contribution did Heraclides of Pontus make to the field of astronomy in the fourth century b.c.e.

In the Athenian democracy,the people had to approve ________.

The term "________" was coined in the nineteenth century to describe the period of three centuries during which Greek culture spread far from its homeland to Egypt and deep into Asia.

Which of the following is NOT a reason that Athens was a formidable and difficult enemy for Sparta to defeat?

________ was the first to argue that reason and reflection showed that reality was fixed and unchanging according to the idea that nothing could be created out of nothingness.

Why and how did Philip conquer Greece between 359 and 338 b.c.e. How was he able to turn his region into a world power? Why was Demosthenes unable to defend Athens? Where does more of the credit for Philip's success lie: in Macedon's strength or in Athens's weakness?

Which of the following is NOT one of the steps Aristotle utilizes when dealing with varying academic subjects?

A literary genre called ________ presented a comic-realistic depiction of daily life,turning the attention away from the weakened structure of the polis.