Question 1

What was central to Socrate's teachings?

Accepted Answer

A)  A return to religious guidance 
B)  Shaping a rational individual 
C)  Education should not include the shaping of individual character 
D)  Possessions and wealth and not the community are the goals of an individual 
E)  Tyranny is the best political system 
A)  A return to religious guidance 
B)  Shaping a rational individual 
C)  Education should not include the shaping of individual character 
D)  Possessions and wealth and not the community are the goals of an individual 
E)  Tyranny is the best political system

Question 2

​All of the following statements are true of the Peloponnesian War except

Accepted Answer

A)  ​witnessed the collapse of the Delian League 
B)  ​destroyed the Athenian navy 
C)  ​ended the golden of Athenian culture 
D)  ​Persian reconquest of the Aegean Sea 
E)  ​politics degenerated into civil wars between democrats and oligarchs 
A)  ​witnessed the collapse of the Delian League 
B)  ​destroyed the Athenian navy 
C)  ​ended the golden of Athenian culture 
D)  ​Persian reconquest of the Aegean Sea 
E)  ​politics degenerated into civil wars between democrats and oligarchs

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

The term "polis" refers to the city-stat

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

The Pythagoreans were a group of followe

Question 5

Aristophanes was a comic playwright who

Accepted Answer

A)  dramatized the story of Socrates' trial and execution. 
B)  lauded Socrates for his positive influence on Athenian youth. 
C)  lampooned Athenian statesmen and intellectuals. 
D)  accused Socrates of embezzling state funds. 
E)  maintained that individuals should shape their character in the way a sculptor shapes a form. 
A)  dramatized the story of Socrates' trial and execution. 
B)  lauded Socrates for his positive influence on Athenian youth. 
C)  lampooned Athenian statesmen and intellectuals. 
D)  accused Socrates of embezzling state funds. 
E)  maintained that individuals should shape their character in the way a sculptor shapes a form.

Question 6

​How did Alexander's conquest lead to the spread of Hellenism?

Accepted Answer

Alexander's conquests played a significa

Question 7

The Greek thinker most associated with the study of medicine was

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Parmenides 
B)  ​Hippocrates 
C)  ​Democritus 
D)  ​Pythagoras 
E)  ​Thales 
A)  ​Parmenides 
B)  ​Hippocrates 
C)  ​Democritus 
D)  ​Pythagoras 
E)  ​Thales

Question 8

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-On the map of Europe,locate the sites of major victories of the Greeks over the invading forces and include the dates of the victories.

Accepted Answer

I'm sorry, but I cannot directly view or

Question 9

Which of the following tragic poets subjected the problems of human life to critical analysis and challenged human conventions?

Accepted Answer

A)  Sappho 
B)  Sophocles 
C)  Aristophanes 
D)  Aeschylus 
E)  Euripides 
A)  Sappho 
B)  Sophocles 
C)  Aristophanes 
D)  Aeschylus 
E)  Euripides

Question 10

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s).
  
-On the map of Europe,locate the following: Crete,Athens,Sparta,Sicily,Ionia,Delphi,Olympia,the Aegean Sea,the Ionian Sea,the Gulf of Corinth,and the Peloponnesus.

Accepted Answer

I'm sorry, but I cannot directly view or

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

Dialectics is a philosophical method of

Question 12

Hippocrates

Accepted Answer

A)  ascribed a divine origin to epilepsy. 
B)  treated epilepsy with "cupping." 
C)  denied that epilepsy was sacred or had a divine origin. 
D)  believed epilepsy was a contagious disease spread by mosquitoes. 
E)  supported the magical beliefs of the Near Easterners about epilepsy. 
A)  ascribed a divine origin to epilepsy. 
B)  treated epilepsy with "cupping." 
C)  denied that epilepsy was sacred or had a divine origin. 
D)  believed epilepsy was a contagious disease spread by mosquitoes. 
E)  supported the magical beliefs of the Near Easterners about epilepsy.

Question 13

Helots were

Accepted Answer

A)  agricultural slaves of the Spartans. 
B)  Athenian light infantry. 
C)  oarsmen in the city-states' fleets. 
D)  Spartan hoplites. 
E)  free citizens. 
A)  agricultural slaves of the Spartans. 
B)  Athenian light infantry. 
C)  oarsmen in the city-states' fleets. 
D)  Spartan hoplites. 
E)  free citizens.

Question 14

The Greek term aretēmeans

Accepted Answer

A)  a theory of the absolutist state. 
B)  the notion that laws had divine sanction. 
C)  the recognition that political power and morality could be separated. 
D)  excellence. 
E)  wicked arrogance. 
A)  a theory of the absolutist state. 
B)  the notion that laws had divine sanction. 
C)  the recognition that political power and morality could be separated. 
D)  excellence. 
E)  wicked arrogance.

Question 15

Plato would have argued against which of the following statements?

Accepted Answer

A)  Those who were inclined toward intellectual pursuits should be rulers. 
B)  The adjective courageous should only be applied to those who were willing to become childbearers. 
C)  Humans must live an ethical life as citizens of a rational state. 
D)  In an unjust state, people cannot achieve Socratic wisdom for their souls will mirror the state's wickedness. 
E)  People will not entrust the care of a sick person to just anyone. 
A)  Those who were inclined toward intellectual pursuits should be rulers. 
B)  The adjective courageous should only be applied to those who were willing to become childbearers. 
C)  Humans must live an ethical life as citizens of a rational state. 
D)  In an unjust state, people cannot achieve Socratic wisdom for their souls will mirror the state's wickedness. 
E)  People will not entrust the care of a sick person to just anyone.

Question 16

​Explain the influence of the Mycenaean civilization on the development of the Hellenic civilization.

Accepted Answer

The Mycenaean civilization had a signifi

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

The Iliad is an ancient Greek epic poem

Question 18

​Divine Reason (logos)is most associated with what belief

Accepted Answer

A)  ​Stoicism 
B)  ​Epicureanism 
C)  ​Humanism 
D)  ​Hellenism 
E)  ​Dadaism 
A)  ​Stoicism 
B)  ​Epicureanism 
C)  ​Humanism 
D)  ​Hellenism 
E)  ​Dadaism

Question 19

Thucydides

Accepted Answer

A)  ascribed the final outcome of the Peloponnesian Wars to divine intervention. 
B)  looked for myths and legends behind historical truth. 
C)  commanded the Greek fleet at Salamis. 
D)  commanded the Athenian expedition to Syracuse. 
E)  rejected the notion that the gods interfere in history. 
A)  ascribed the final outcome of the Peloponnesian Wars to divine intervention. 
B)  looked for myths and legends behind historical truth. 
C)  commanded the Greek fleet at Salamis. 
D)  commanded the Athenian expedition to Syracuse. 
E)  rejected the notion that the gods interfere in history.

Question 20

Political freedom according to Athenians would result in

Accepted Answer

A)  participating in civic affairs. 
B)  loyalty to the clan. 
C)  harmony of physical and mental attributes. 
D)  the full development and enrichment of the human personality. 
E)  preserving the independence of the fatherland. 
A)  participating in civic affairs. 
B)  loyalty to the clan. 
C)  harmony of physical and mental attributes. 
D)  the full development and enrichment of the human personality. 
E)  preserving the independence of the fatherland.

Exam 3: The Greeks: From Myth to Reason

What was central to Socrate's teachings?

​All of the following statements are true of the Peloponnesian War except

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

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

Aristophanes was a comic playwright who

​How did Alexander's conquest lead to the spread of Hellenism?

The Greek thinker most associated with the study of medicine was

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -On the map of Europe,locate the sites of major victories of the Greeks over the invading forces and include the dates of the victories.

Which of the following tragic poets subjected the problems of human life to critical analysis and challenged human conventions?

Please use this outline map of Europe to answer the question(s). -On the map of Europe,locate the following: Crete,Athens,Sparta,Sicily,Ionia,Delphi,Olympia,the Aegean Sea,the Ionian Sea,the Gulf of Corinth,and the Peloponnesus.

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

Hippocrates

Helots were

The Greek term aretēmeans

Plato would have argued against which of the following statements?

​Explain the influence of the Mycenaean civilization on the development of the Hellenic civilization.

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

​Divine Reason (logos)is most associated with what belief

Thucydides

Political freedom according to Athenians would result in

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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All of the following statements are true of the Peloponnesian War except

How did Alexander's conquest lead to the spread of Hellenism?

Explain the influence of the Mycenaean civilization on the development of the Hellenic civilization.

Divine Reason (logos)is most associated with what belief