Question 1

Compare and contrast the fundamental political,social,and economic institutions of Athens and Sparta about 500 B.C.E.What were the major differences? Similarities?

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Question 2

What motivated the conquests of Alexander the Great? What impact did Alexander and Greek culture have on the East? To what extent did Greek culture permeate the East?

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Question 3

What impact did the conquests of Alexander have on the Greek world and poleis? How did the Greek city-states' view of their relationship to each other and to the rest of the world change after Alexander?

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Question 4

Alexander was forced to end his conquest in India because of

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Alexander's troops mutinied at the Hyphasis River, refusing to march further into India, which forced him to end his conquest.

Question 5

What were the major consequences of Alexander's death? Why did his empire fail to maintain political unity? Assess the achievement of Alexander.Was he a conscious promoter of Western Civilization or just an egomaniac,drunk with the lust of conquest? How would the world be different had Alexander never lived or had he set out to conquer the West instead of the East?

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Question 6

Compare and contrast the status of women in archaic Greek culture and in Sparta and Athens.What do literary texts reveal about the status and role of women in Greece?

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Question 7

Discuss the Eratosthenes map (Map 3-8).What does it say about the way Greeks viewed themselves and the world? In what ways did it correctly portray the world? In what ways did it not? Do you think that this map may have been influenced by Alexander's campaigns? If so,how?

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Question 8

Explain how the Athenian Empire came into existence.Did it offer any advantages to its members? How do you explain the resistance to Athenian efforts to unify the Greek world in the fifth and fourth centuries?

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Question 9

How did the Athenians reconcile their democracy with their empire? Are the two compatible,or is there a moral contradiction between them? To what extent was the empire the basis for Athenian achievement in the fifth century and the basis for decline?

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Question 10

Why did the Greeks and Persians go to war? What was the cause of the conflict? What benefit could the Persians have derived from conquering Greece? What was the Greek strategy in 480 B.C.E.and why did they win?

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Question 11

Define the concept of a polis.Why did the Greeks consider it to be a unique institution? What are the major differences between a Greek polis and a modern country of Western Europe or America? In what ways are they similar?

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Question 12

The Classical era in Greece was a time of numerous Greek city-states and various leagues of these states.Based on the maps and texts,what do you think was the role of geography in Greek politics and society? What contributions did the sea make to the spread of Greek culture?

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Question 13

Which best describes the beliefs of Epicurus?

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Epicurus emphasized on the pursuit of happiness, practical atheism, and withdrawal from public life. He believed that happiness could be achieved through simple pleasures and the avoidance of pain. He also believed that gods existed but they were not concerned with human affairs and therefore, people should not waste their time and energy in worshiping them. Public life and politics were also discouraged as they were deemed as a source of anxiety and stress.

Question 14

Which best describes the philosophy of the Stoics?

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The philosophy of the Stoics centered around living a life in harmony with nature and god, understanding the concepts of good and evil, and avoiding strong emotions or passions that could disrupt inner peace.

Question 15

Why did Sparta develop its unique system of government? What was life like for a Spartan warrior? Spartan women? Helots? Why did the Peloponnesian League develop as it did?

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Question 16

According to Plutarch, the great Hellenistic scientist Archimedes did not write down his findings about pulleys because he

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Plutarch suggests that Archimedes considered practical applications, like those involving pulleys, to be beneath him, as he was more interested in pure mathematics and theoretical pursuits.

Question 17

Discuss the geographical setting of ancient Greek civilization.Why did Greece's Bronze Age culture first flower on Crete? Who were the Minoans? What kinds of evidence about their civilization do we possess? Who were the Mycenaeans? What was the relationship of their culture to the Minoan culture? Why did the Mycenaean civilization fail?

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Question 18

Compare and contrast the views of Epicurus,Zeno and the Stoics,and the Cynics on civic duty,virtue,and happiness.

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Quiz 3: Greek and Hellenistic Civilization