Deck 4: the Hellenistic World

Question 1

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Philip II

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Question 2

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

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Question 3

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hegemon

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Question 4

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

Question 5

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

Question 6

Why is Alexander the Great considered to be the first true super-hero of Western Civilization? Is that reputation justified? Why and or why not?

Question 7

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Demosthenes

Question 8

Did Alexander of Macedon represent a break with the past or a continuation, or perhaps some of both?

Question 9

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

Question 10

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Hellenistic

Question 11

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 12

To what extent was Hellenistic civilization a hybrid of various Greek poleis's cultures accreted to traditions from farther east?

Question 13

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

Question 14

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Isocrates

Question 15

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

Question 16

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Battle of Chaeronea

Question 17

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Alexander the Great

Question 18

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Philippics

Question 19

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

Question 20

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Macedonia

Question 21

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Antigonids

Question 22

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Cleopatra VII

Question 23

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Menander

Question 24

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Ptolemy II and Arsinoe II

Question 25

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Seleucids

Question 26

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Battle of Gaugamela

Question 27

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Theocritus

Question 28

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gymnasium

Question 29

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Mauryan Empire

Question 30

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Hellenistic cities

Question 31

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a dagger and the Iliad

Question 32

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marriages at Susa

Question 33

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Alexandria(s)

Question 34

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upper-class women in Hellenistic society

Question 35

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Attalids and Pergamum

Question 36

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Celts

Question 37

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"Hellenistic"

Question 38

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Darius III

Question 39

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Porus and the Battle of Hydaspes

Question 40

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Battles of the Granicus River and Issus

Question 41

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Stoicism

Question 42

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"Laocoon and His Sons"

Question 43

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Hanukkah

Question 44

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Epicurus and Epicureanism

Question 45

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Polybius

Question 46

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the Gandhara Buddhist statues

Question 47

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"Eureka!"

Question 48

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Euclid

Question 49

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Diaspora

Question 50

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Eratosthenes

Question 51

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"A Gaul and His Wife"

Question 52

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Aristarchus of Samos

Question 53

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Zeno

Question 54

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Hippocrates

Question 55

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mystery cults

Question 56

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syncretism

Question 57

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cults of Eleusis and Isis

Question 58

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Archimedes

Question 59

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Antiochus IV

Question 60

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Judas Maccabaeus

Question 61

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 62

Alexander the Great's conquests in Asia occurred despite

A) his having no military expertise prior to his father's assassination.
B) the Persian king Darius III's refusal to make any peace settlements and resort to guerilla warfare.
C) the lack of a strong cavalry and inability to capture Egypt.
D) his eventual difficulties in convincing his troops to fight so far from home.
E) violent opposition back in Greece by most of the city-states.

Question 63

All of the following were conquered by Alexander except

A) Syria.
B) Babylon.
C) Egypt.
D) Persia.
E) Arabia.

Question 64

The Hellenistic era describes an age that saw

A) the extension and imitation of Greek culture throughout the ancient Near East.
B) the absence of autocratic power for nearly three centuries.
C) the disappearance of a Greek cultural legacy until Roman times.
D) Alexander's successors maintain a united empire until Roman times.
E) the disappearance of Greek religious beliefs and practices.

Question 65

In his Philippics, Demosthenes

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

Question 66

Philip II planned to defeat the Greek cities by

A) buying their submission.
B) undermining their morale with propaganda.
C) breaking up their hoplite formations with cavalry.
D) wearing them down by pinprick attacks.
E) destroying their walls with heavy cannons.

Question 67

The Hellenistic dynasty that lasted the longest was the

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

Question 68

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 69

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

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

Question 70

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 71

The Antigonid kingdom was in

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

Question 72

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the library in Alexandria

Question 73

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) Made use of engineers who designed catapults to destroy enemy fortifications.
E) His infantrymen carried smaller shields and shorter swords than Greek hoplites.

Question 74

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Herophilus and Erasistratus

Question 75

At the Battle of Gaugamela,

A) Alexander was able to win a close victory by bringing up cavalry at the last minute.
B) the Greeks under Alexander were able to break the center of the Persian line and with boldness turn the battle into a rout.
C) Alexander determined that the battle should be fought on a narrow plain, negating the numbers of the Persians and the importance of the war chariots.
D) Alexander struck the Persians at their weakest point.
E) Alexander was forced to retreat back to Susa.

Question 76

Which of the following statements 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 77

Isocrates

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

Question 78

In establishing his empire, Alexander the Great

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 79

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

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

Question 80

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 a strike force.
D) troop loyalty in all campaigns.
E) his corps of archers.