Question 1

The Hellenistic states in the centuries after Alexander the Great

Accepted Answer

A)  became despotic monarchies. 
B)  rarely fought amongst themselves. 
C)  combined Greek-Macedonians and Near Eastern natives in administrative positions. 
D)  showed little innovation in their armies. 
E)  all disappeared by the second century B.C.E. 
A)  became despotic monarchies. 
B)  rarely fought amongst themselves. 
C)  combined Greek-Macedonians and Near Eastern natives in administrative positions. 
D)  showed little innovation in their armies. 
E)  all disappeared by the second century B.C.E.

Question 2

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Menander

Accepted Answer

Menander was an ancient Greek playwright

Question 3

Which of the following statements about the Macedonians is correct?

Accepted Answer

A)  They were greatly admired by the Greeks for their cultural achievements. 
B)  They were probably not Greek. 
C)  They were an urban people organized in city states like the southern Greeks. 
D)  They never participated in the Olympic Games. 
E)  Philip II turned Macedonia into the chief power in the Middle East. 
A)  They were greatly admired by the Greeks for their cultural achievements. 
B)  They were probably not Greek. 
C)  They were an urban people organized in city states like the southern Greeks. 
D)  They never participated in the Olympic Games. 
E)  Philip II turned Macedonia into the chief power in the Middle East.

Question 4

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Polybius

Accepted Answer

Polybius was an ancient Greek historian

Question 5

The surviving works of the Greek historian Polybius demonstrate

Accepted Answer

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 6

Which of the following was not a major source of slaves in the Hellenistic world?

Accepted Answer

A)  citizens who could not pay their debts were sold into slavery. 
B)  children were sold into slavery by their parents. 
C)  prisoners of war became slaves of their captors. 
D)  persons kidnapped by pirates could be auctioned off as slaves. 
E)  persons whose parents were slaves. 
A)  citizens who could not pay their debts were sold into slavery. 
B)  children were sold into slavery by their parents. 
C)  prisoners of war became slaves of their captors. 
D)  persons kidnapped by pirates could be auctioned off as slaves. 
E)  persons whose parents were slaves.

Question 7

The Greek god of healing, thought responsible for miraculous cures in the Hellenistic period, was

Accepted Answer

A)  Hippocrates. 
B)  Asclepius. 
C)  Herophilus. 
D)  Erasistratus. 
E)  Euclid. 
A)  Hippocrates. 
B)  Asclepius. 
C)  Herophilus. 
D)  Erasistratus. 
E)  Euclid.

Question 8

IDENTIFICATIONS
-mystery cults

Accepted Answer

Mystery cults were religious groups in t

Question 9

Hellenistic education as embodied in the gymnasium

Accepted Answer

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 10

Which class of women achieved the most notable gains during the Hellenistic period?

Accepted Answer

A)  lower class 
B)  middle class 
C)  upper class 
D)  slaves 
E)  working class 
A)  lower class 
B)  middle class 
C)  upper class 
D)  slaves 
E)  working class

Question 11

In establishing his empire, Alexander the Great

Accepted Answer

A)  saw himself as a descendant of Greek gods and heroes. 
B)  combined Greek and Persian practices to allow its administration. 
C)  allowed intermarriage between his soldiers and native Persian women. 
D)  a and c 
E)  a, b, and c 
A)  saw himself as a descendant of Greek gods and heroes. 
B)  combined Greek and Persian practices to allow its administration. 
C)  allowed intermarriage between his soldiers and native Persian women. 
D)  a and c 
E)  a, b, and c

Question 12

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Alexandria(s)

Accepted Answer

Alexandria is a city located in the nort

Question 13

IDENTIFICATIONS
-the library in Alexandria

Accepted Answer

The library in Alexandria, also known as

Question 14

Alexander the Great's troops rebelled when he made the decision to invade and capture

Accepted Answer

A)  Arabia. 
B)  Pergamum. 
C)  India. 
D)  Cochin. 
E)  Bactria. 
A)  Arabia. 
B)  Pergamum. 
C)  India. 
D)  Cochin. 
E)  Bactria.

Question 15

IDENTIFICATIONS
-cults of Eleusis and Isis

Accepted Answer

The cults of Eleusis and Isis were both

Question 16

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Seleucids

Accepted Answer

The Seleucids were a Hellenistic dynasty

Question 17

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Euclid

Accepted Answer

Euclid was a Greek mathematician who is

Question 18

IDENTIFICATIONS
-Isocrates

Accepted Answer

Isocrates was an ancient Greek rhetorici

Question 19

After the death of Alexander the Great, his lead general, Ptolemy, ruled for fifteen years in Alexander's name from Bactria to Macedon.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

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.

Exam 4: the Hellenistic World

The Hellenistic states in the centuries after Alexander the Great

IDENTIFICATIONS -Menander

Which of the following statements about the Macedonians is correct?

IDENTIFICATIONS -Polybius

The surviving works of the Greek historian Polybius demonstrate

Which of the following was not a major source of slaves in the Hellenistic world?

The Greek god of healing, thought responsible for miraculous cures in the Hellenistic period, was

IDENTIFICATIONS -mystery cults

Hellenistic education as embodied in the gymnasium

Which class of women achieved the most notable gains during the Hellenistic period?

In establishing his empire, Alexander the Great

IDENTIFICATIONS -Alexandria(s)

IDENTIFICATIONS -the library in Alexandria

Alexander the Great's troops rebelled when he made the decision to invade and capture

IDENTIFICATIONS -cults of Eleusis and Isis

IDENTIFICATIONS -Seleucids

IDENTIFICATIONS -Euclid

IDENTIFICATIONS -Isocrates

After the death of Alexander the Great, his lead general, Ptolemy, ruled for fifteen years in Alexander's name from Bactria to Macedon.

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

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