Question 1

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Ionia

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Ionia refers to an ancient region on the

Question 2

Please use this outline map of the Hellenistic world to answer the question(s).
  
-Perhaps the greatest legacy of the Greeks to Western Civilization is intellectual.Discuss this statement.

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The Hellenistic world, which was the per

Question 3

Of the following,the pair that is least well matched is

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A)  Homer and the Iliad. 
B)  Solon and a Spartan military leader. 
C)  Draco and law codes. 
D)  Pisistratus and tyranny. 
E)  Athens and Democracy. 
A)  Homer and the Iliad. 
B)  Solon and a Spartan military leader. 
C)  Draco and law codes. 
D)  Pisistratus and tyranny. 
E)  Athens and Democracy.

Question 4

In evaluating Aristotle's thought,one may say that he

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A)  defined moderation as refraining from self-seeking. 
B)  believed human life was distinguished from all other forms in nature by the practice of ethics based on reason. 
C)  condemned all anger as the expression of loss of reason. 
D)  agreed with Plato that women deserved an opportunity to participate in the political arena. 
E)  disagreed with Plato's notion of an independent separate world of forms beyond space and time. 
A)  defined moderation as refraining from self-seeking. 
B)  believed human life was distinguished from all other forms in nature by the practice of ethics based on reason. 
C)  condemned all anger as the expression of loss of reason. 
D)  agreed with Plato that women deserved an opportunity to participate in the political arena. 
E)  disagreed with Plato's notion of an independent separate world of forms beyond space and time.

Question 5

The Hellenistic thinker that taught that people should reject civi​c life​

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A)  ​Epicurus 
B)  ​Zeno 
C)  ​Plato 
D)  ​Eratosthenes 
E)  ​Euclid 
A)  ​Epicurus 
B)  ​Zeno 
C)  ​Plato 
D)  ​Eratosthenes 
E)  ​Euclid

Question 6

Please use this outline map of the Hellenistic world to answer the question(s).
  
-Discuss why there is continuing fascination with the concepts found in Plato's The Republic.

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There is a continuing fascination with t

Question 7

Athenian democracy achieved its height in the middle of the fifth century B.C.under the leadership of which of the following?

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A)  Pericles 
B)  Sophocles 
C)  Agamemnon 
D)  Euripides 
E)  Thucydides 
A)  Pericles 
B)  Sophocles 
C)  Agamemnon 
D)  Euripides 
E)  Thucydides

Question 8

Which statement best describes the Spartan way of life​

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A)  ​military service for their polis was the highest form of excellence​ 
B)  ​democracy provided citizens with aretē​ 
C)  ​peaceful relations built long term stability​ 
D)  ​equality among all residents proved essential​ 
E)  ​arete could be found in many professions 
A)  ​military service for their polis was the highest form of excellence​ 
B)  ​democracy provided citizens with aretē​ 
C)  ​peaceful relations built long term stability​ 
D)  ​equality among all residents proved essential​ 
E)  ​arete could be found in many professions

Question 9

In the fifth century B.C.,the Greeks viewed their ____ as the only avenue to the good life.

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A)  polis 
B)  acropolis 
C)  agora 
D)  temple 
E)  religion 
A)  polis 
B)  acropolis 
C)  agora 
D)  temple 
E)  religion

Question 10

The term matter philosophers has been applied to

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A)  the theoreticians of Miletus. 
B)  early Athenian philosophers. 
C)  the Ionian thinkers. 
D)  teachers in the Sophist tradition. 
E)  the Pythagoreans. 
A)  the theoreticians of Miletus. 
B)  early Athenian philosophers. 
C)  the Ionian thinkers. 
D)  teachers in the Sophist tradition. 
E)  the Pythagoreans.

Question 11

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Logos

Accepted Answer

Logos is a term that originates from Gre

Question 12

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Aristotle

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The answer of Please define the following key terms. Show...

Question 13

​Why did Athens become the center of Greek intellectual,artistic,and philosophical advancements?

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Athens became the center of Greek intell

Question 14

How did the concept of Just State fit into Greek political ​thought?

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The concept of the Just State was a cent

Question 15

Which statement is not true of Alexandria​

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A)  ​the city served as a commercial center with goods from the Mediterranean, East Africa, Arabia, and India 
B)  ​a city of possible a million with Egyptians, Persians, Macedonians, Greeks, and Jews 
C)  ​art and sculpture showed influence from many Near Eastern cultures 
D)  ​center of intellectual life which attracted poets, philosophers, and mathematicians 
E)  ​rejected the influence and spread of Hebrew writing 
A)  ​the city served as a commercial center with goods from the Mediterranean, East Africa, Arabia, and India 
B)  ​a city of possible a million with Egyptians, Persians, Macedonians, Greeks, and Jews 
C)  ​art and sculpture showed influence from many Near Eastern cultures 
D)  ​center of intellectual life which attracted poets, philosophers, and mathematicians 
E)  ​rejected the influence and spread of Hebrew writing

Question 16

​While democracy is often associated with ancient Greece,how important was it to the ancient Greeks? How did this version of democracy compare with modern democracy?

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Democracy was incredibly important to th

Question 17

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important?
-Democritus

Accepted Answer

Democritus was an ancient Greek philosop

Question 18

​The greatest city of the Hellenistic Age was

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A)  ​Thebes 
B)  ​Syracuse 
C)  ​Athens 
D)  ​Alexandria 
E)  ​Memphis 
A)  ​Thebes 
B)  ​Syracuse 
C)  ​Athens 
D)  ​Alexandria 
E)  ​Memphis

Question 19

​The Sophists believed all of the following except

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A)  ​it is futile to speculate about the principles of the universe 
B)  ​that reason could be used to better the city 
C)  ​that Sophrosyne was the basis of an ideal society 
D)  ​laws and ethical beliefs should evolve according to a community's needs​ 
E)  ​speculation about the divine was useless 
A)  ​it is futile to speculate about the principles of the universe 
B)  ​that reason could be used to better the city 
C)  ​that Sophrosyne was the basis of an ideal society 
D)  ​laws and ethical beliefs should evolve according to a community's needs​ 
E)  ​speculation about the divine was useless

Question 20

Which of the following statements describes Anaximander's work with the Ionian school of philosophy?

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A)  He believed the primary substance was fire. 
B)  He contended that nature was lawful. 
C)  Water was referred to as the primary substance. 
D)  Floods were said to have been caused by Poseidon. 
E)  He supported the creation myths. 
A)  He believed the primary substance was fire. 
B)  He contended that nature was lawful. 
C)  Water was referred to as the primary substance. 
D)  Floods were said to have been caused by Poseidon. 
E)  He supported the creation myths.

Exam 3: The Greeks: From Myth to Reason

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Ionia

Please use this outline map of the Hellenistic world to answer the question(s). -Perhaps the greatest legacy of the Greeks to Western Civilization is intellectual.Discuss this statement.

Of the following,the pair that is least well matched is

In evaluating Aristotle's thought,one may say that he

The Hellenistic thinker that taught that people should reject civi​c life​

Please use this outline map of the Hellenistic world to answer the question(s). -Discuss why there is continuing fascination with the concepts found in Plato's The Republic.

Athenian democracy achieved its height in the middle of the fifth century B.C.under the leadership of which of the following?

Which statement best describes the Spartan way of life​

In the fifth century B.C.,the Greeks viewed their ____ as the only avenue to the good life.

The term matter philosophers has been applied to

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Logos

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Aristotle

​Why did Athens become the center of Greek intellectual,artistic,and philosophical advancements?

How did the concept of Just State fit into Greek political ​thought?

Which statement is not true of Alexandria​

​While democracy is often associated with ancient Greece,how important was it to the ancient Greeks? How did this version of democracy compare with modern democracy?

Please define the following key terms. Show Who? What? Where? When? Why Important? -Democritus

​The greatest city of the Hellenistic Age was

​The Sophists believed all of the following except

Which of the following statements describes Anaximander's work with the Ionian school of philosophy?

The Ancient Near East: the First Civilizations

The Hebrews: a New View of God and the Individual

Rome: From City-State to World Empire

Early Christianity: a World Religion

The Rise of Europe: Fusion of Classical,christian,and Germanic Traditions

The Flowering and Dissolution of Medieval Civilization

Transition to the Modern Age: Renaissance and Reformation

Political and Economic Transformation: National States, overseas Expansion, commercial Revolution

Intellectual Transformation: the Scientific Revolution and the Age of Enlightenment

The Era of the French Revolution: Affirmation of Liberty and Equality

The Industrial Revolution: the Transformation of Society

Thought and Culture in the Early Nineteenth Century

Surge of Liberalism and Nationalism: Revolution, counterrevolution, and Unification

Thought and Culture in the Mid-Nineteenth Century: Realism, positivism, darwinism, and Social Criticism

Europe in the Late Nineteenth Century: Modernization, nationalism, imperialism

Modern Consciousness: New Views of Nature, human Nature, and the Arts

World War I: the West in Despair

An Era of Totalitarianism

World War II: Western Civilization in the Balance

Europe After World War II: Recovery and Realignment, 1945-1989

The Troubled Present

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The Hellenistic thinker that taught that people should reject civic life

Which statement best describes the Spartan way of life

Why did Athens become the center of Greek intellectual,artistic,and philosophical advancements?

How did the concept of Just State fit into Greek political thought?

Which statement is not true of Alexandria

While democracy is often associated with ancient Greece,how important was it to the ancient Greeks? How did this version of democracy compare with modern democracy?

The greatest city of the Hellenistic Age was

The Sophists believed all of the following except