Deck 4: The Hellenistic World

Question 1

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Macedonia

Answer 1

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Question 2

Why was Alexander the Great so intent on the conquest of Persia? What did his eventual victory mean to him?

Answer 2

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Question 3

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Battle of the Gaugamela

Answer 3

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Question 4

What made Alexander such an outstanding general? Give examples from his military campaigns.

Question 5

To what extent was Hellenistic civilization a hybrid of the cultures of various Greek poleis and traditions from farther east?

Question 6

Did Alexander of Macedonia deserve the title "the Great"? Why or why not?

Question 7

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Demosthenes

Question 8

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
cultural diffusion

Question 9

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Battle of Chaeronea

Question 10

Discuss the rise of Macedonia and its successful takeover of the Greek world, both in regards to Macedonian strengths and the weaknesses of the city-states in the south.

Question 11

Discuss the major characteristics of Hellenistic cities. How did these urban centers differ from the Greek city-states of the classical era?

Question 12

What were the major philosophies of the Hellenistic period? How did they differ from the philosophies of Classical Greece?

Question 13

Compare and contrast the artistic, literary, and scientific achievements of the Hellenistic age with those of the classical age. How do you account for the differences?

Question 14

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Alexander the Great

Question 15

In what ways did the life and legacy of Alexander of Macedonia both initiate a break with the past and promote a continuation of earlier values and practices?

Question 16

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Hellenistic

Question 17

How did Greek religious practices in the Hellenistic era differ from those in the classical era?

Question 18

Did women's lives in Western Civilization improve with the changes made during the Hellenistic Era?

Question 19

Why did Alexander of Macedon's empire not last beyond his lifetime?

Question 20

What does the experience of Jews in the Hellenistic world tell us about Hellenistic society and culture?

Question 21

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Epicureanism

Question 22

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Antigonids

Question 23

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Mauryan Empire

Question 24

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Euclid

Question 25

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
gymnasia

Question 26

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Stoicism

Question 27

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Archimedes

Question 28

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Judas Maccabaeus

Question 29

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Antiochus IV

Question 30

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Corinthian League

Question 31

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Polybius

Question 32

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Seleucids

Question 33

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Hellenistic cities

Question 34

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
syncretism

Question 35

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II

Question 36

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Darius III

Question 37

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
the library in Alexandria

Question 38

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
heliocentric view of the universe

Question 39

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
Hanukkah

Question 40

For each historical identification question, define the term and briefly describe its historical significance.
cult of Eleusis

Question 41

What is the most likely reason the Celts began to migrate south and west in the fifth century B.C.E.?

A)An outbreak of the plague
B)Pressure from their enemies
C)Overpopulation
D)Alexander's conquests
E)The collapse of their internal leadership

Question 42

Who was the ruler of Persia at the time of Alexander's invasion?

A)Xerxes III
B)Cyrus V
C)Darius II
D)Cambyses IV
E)Cyrus II

Question 43

What was an important accomplishment of Philip II?

A)Military reforms
B)Political reforms
C)Social reforms
D)Religious reforms
E)Land reforms

Question 44

Which statement best describes the Hellenistic era?

A)Greek culture was extended and imitated throughout the ancient Near East.
B)The Hellenistic era did not have autocratic power for nearly three centuries.
C)The Greek cultural legacy disappeared until Roman times.
D)Alexander's successors maintained a united empire until Roman times.
E)Greek religious beliefs and practices disappeared.

Question 45

The Celts occupied large areas of

A)Central Asia.
B)the Persian interior.
C)northeast Africa.
D)Europe north of the Alps.
E)Asia east of the Urals.

Question 46

Which country did Alexander target as his first conquest?

A)Syria
B)Rome
C)Egypt
D)Persia
E)Arabia

Question 47

How did Demosthenes depict Philip in his Philippics ?

A)He portrayed Philip II as a looming threat to Greek freedom.
B)He foresaw a revival of Athenian culture under Philip II.
C)He glorified Philip II and the Macedonian armies as the saviors of Greece.
D)He praised Philip II for freeing the Ionian cities.
E)He portrayed Philip II as a looming threat to Persia.

Question 48

How did Isocrates view Philip II?

A)He condemned Philip II for his aggression against the Greek city-states.
B)He agreed with Demosthenes that Alexander would be an improvement over Philip II.
C)He hoped that Philip would unite the Greek world in a campaign against Persia.
D)He believed that Philip was a threat to Greek society.
E)He supported Alexander of Macedonia in his struggle against his father, Philip.

Question 49

The famous Indian ruler who sent Buddhist missionaries to Greek rulers was

A)Akbar.
B)Asoka.
C)Chandragupta.
D)Shiva.
E)Bodhisattva.

Question 50

Alexander's military success against the Persians was in part attributable to

A)the chronic weakness of the Persian Empire.
B)numerically superior forces.
C)the role of Alexander's cavalry as the decisive element of his army.
D)troop loyalty in all campaigns.
E)his corps of archers.

Question 51

What event led to the ascension of Alexander the Great to the Macedonian throne?

A)The conquest of Persia
B)The death of Darius III
C)The collapse of the Corinthian League
D)The abdication of Philip II
E)The assassination of Philip II

Question 52

Which statement about the Macedonians is CORRECT?

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 53

Which of the following was Alexander's last battle against the Persian king Darius?

A)Issus
B)Tyre
C)Gordium
D)Guagamela
E)Gaza

Question 54

Which of the following was NOT one of Philip II's military reforms?

A)He abandoned the phalanx formation as too ineffective and inefficient.
B)He made use of cavalry contingents in breaking the opposing line of battle.
C)His warriors used a longer thrusting spear, double that of the Greek hoplite.
D)He made use of engineers who designed catapults to destroy enemy fortifications.
E)His infantrymen carried smaller shields and shorter swords than Greek hoplites.

Question 55

Which factor worked against Alexander the Great's conquests in Asia?

A)He had no military expertise prior to his father's assassination.
B)The Persian king Darius III refused to make any peace settlements and resorted to guerilla warfare.
C)He lacked a strong cavalry and was unable to capture Egypt.
D)He faced difficulties in convincing his troops to fight so far from home.
E)He faced violent opposition back in Greece from most of the city-states.

Question 56

At the Battle of Chaeronea (338 B.C.E.), Philip II

A)was killed, leaving Alexander in control of Greece.
B)drove the Persian navy out of the Aegean Sea.
C)unified Macedon for the first time in its history.
D)suffered a humiliating defeat.
E)defeated the Greek poleis, ending their independence.

Question 57

How did Alexander the Great facilitate the spread of Greek culture?

A)He made Greek religion the official state religion.
B)He forced Greeks to migrate to conquered lands.
C)He established universities throughout the conquered territories.
D)He forced conquered peoples to adopt Greek culture.
E)He founded many new cities.

Question 58

Who was the Greek general who took Egypt after Alexander's death and converted it into the first Hellenistic kingdom?

A)Ptolemy
B)Brassius
C)Seleucis
D)Antigonis
E)Bucephalus

Question 59

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

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

Question 60

Shortly after taking the throne, Alexander dealt swiftly and harshly with a Greek rebellion by sacking the city of

A)Athens.
B)Thebes.
C)Sparta.
D)Corinth.
E)Alexandria.

Question 61

Which form of government was dominant during the Hellenistic period?

A)Democracy
B)Monarchy
C)Republicanism
D)Theocracy
E)Oligarchy

Question 62

The last surviving member of which of these dynasties bequeathed his kingdom to Rome?

A)Seleucid
B)Hashemite
C)Attalid
D)Ptolemaic
E)Antigonid

Question 63

Who was the most important historian of the Hellenistic period?

A)Menander
B)Polybius
C)Euclid
D)Thucydides
E)Archimedes

Question 64

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

A)Lower class
B)Middle class
C)Upper class
D)Slaves
E)Working class

Question 65

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

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 became slaves.

Question 66

The greatest trade product in the Hellenistic world was

A)gold.
B)timber.
C)grain.
D)wines.
E)spices.

Question 67

Improvements in trade and commerce in the Hellenistic world were greatly aided by all of the following EXCEPT

A)improvements in harbors.
B)revolutionary innovations in agriculture.
C)a money economy.
D)the development of major trade routes.
E)the emergence of a large merchant and artisan class.

Question 68

Which statement best describes the economic life of the Hellenistic world?

A)There was tremendous innovation in labor-saving machinery, as with the "Archimedean screw."
B)There was a significant shift in industry and manufacturing from Greece to the east.
C)There was little variety in products used for trading.
D)The use of slavery in manufacturing virtual disappeared.
E)Athenians controlled all economic activities.

Question 69

In Hellenistic cities, the primary cultural influence was

A)Roman.
B)Greek.
C)Persian.
D)Egyptian.
E)Mesopotamian.

Question 70

Which statement most closely describes the Hellenistic economy?

A)Almost 90 percent of the population was enslaved.
B)The entire era was marked by economic depression.
C)Manufacturing replaced agricultural as the most important activity.
D)Slavery all but disappeared.
E)There was little economic innovation.

Question 71

Which statement best describes Hellenistic cities?

A)Hellenistic cities were small and governed by a military elite.
B)They were important centers of administration, most of which were dominated by Greeks and Greek culture.
C)They were urban centers, where the inhabitants spoke only their native tongue.
D)Cities that had a population of 10,000 which were dominated by a trading class.
E)Most Hellenistic cities were ruled by non-Greeks.

Question 72

What happened to the Hellenistic states in the centuries after Alexander the Great?

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

Question 73

Hellenistic education as embodied in the gymnasium

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 focused exclusively upon vocational training.
E)closely and widely followed classical Greek ideas about proper education.

Question 74

Which migration was an important development in the Hellenistic period?

A)Egyptian migration west
B)Celtic migration to northern Europe
C)Roman migration to Greece
D)Greek migration to Hellenistic cities
E)Mongo migration east

Question 75

In which area was the Antigonid kingdom based?

A)Palestine
B)Egypt
C)Macedonia
D)Syria and Mesopotamia
E)India

Question 76

By the first century B.C.E., what was the largest city in the Mediterranean?

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

Question 77

Which of the following Hellenistic kingdoms was the largest and controlled much of the old Persian Empire?

A)Antigonid
B)Ptolemaic
C)Seleucid
D)Attalid
E)Hashemite

Question 78

Who wrote the treatise "On Chastity"?

A)Sappho
B)Hippocrates
C)Phintys
D)Cyme
E)Phile of Priene

Question 79

Which Hellenistic monarchs claimed the title of the "pharaoh"?

A)The Antigonids
B)The Ptolemies
C)The Seleucids
D)The Attalids
E)The Hashemites

Question 80

Which group dominated the ruling class during the Hellenistic period?

A)Persians
B)Greeks
C)Italians
D)Jews
E)Egyptians