Deck 4: The Civilization of the Greeks

Question 1

What do we know about Alexander the Great's leadership style?

Answer 1

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Question 2

Evaluate the degree of historical accuracy in the movie Alexander the Great by Oliver Stone.

Answer 2

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Question 3

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Minoan

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Question 4

Are the ideas and influences of Socrates, Plato and Aristotle still the basis of Western society? Why or why not?

Question 5

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Arthur Evans

Question 6

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Thera

Question 7

Evaluate ancient Athenian democracy. How was it similar to and different from our modern concept of democracy?

Question 8

Were Epicureanism and Stoicism a continuation of "traditional" Greek thought (Socrates, Plato, and others) or were they a "new," Hellenistic development? Or both?

Question 9

Compare and contrast the values, institutions, and actions of the city-states of Sparta and Athens.

Question 10

Write an assessment of Alexander the Great. How "Great" was he, actually? Explain your reasoning.

Question 11

"The Greek contribution to Western Civilization was so great that everything since the Greeks is merely a footnote to their accomplishments." Do you agree? Why or why not?

Question 12

What ideas and cultural forms were discussed and developed by Greek dramatists and philosophers? How, and in what ways, did they constitute, or reflect, the major contributions of Greek civilization to world history?

Question 13

To what degree did ideas contained in Homer's writings influence later Greek civilization? Explain your reasoning.

Question 14

What are the relationships between the accomplishments of the Golden Age of Greece in the fifth century B.C.E. and its subsequent decline? Was that decline inevitable? Why or why not?

Question 15

What were the differences in the lifestyles of Athenian and Spartan women? Illustrate with an example.

Question 16

Assess the influence of geography on the development of early Greek civilization. Was it the most important factor influencing this development? Why or why not?

Question 17

Consider the following statement: "The Golden Age of Greece was a direct consequence of the results of the Persian War." Do you agree or disagree? Explain your reasoning.

Question 18

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Knossus

Question 19

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Greek geography

Question 20

"Hellenistic civilization had a greater ultimate impact on Western Civilization than the Hellenic/polis world of Athens and Sparta." Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not?

Question 21

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phalanx

Question 22

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oligarchy and democracy

Question 23

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women in Sparta

Question 24

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arete

Question 25

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hoplites

Question 26

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Heinrich Schliemann

Question 27

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Greek colonization

Question 28

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polis

Question 29

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Sparta

Question 30

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Athens

Question 31

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helots

Question 32

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Phoenician alphabet

Question 33

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Mycenaeans

Question 34

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Peloponnesus

Question 35

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tyrants

Question 36

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Solon and Cleisthenes

Question 37

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Iliad and Odyssey

Question 38

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Homer

Question 39

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the Greek Dark Age

Question 40

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Ionians, Aeolians, and Dorians

Question 41

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battles of Thermopylae, Marathon, Salamis, and Plataea

Question 42

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Aristotle

Question 43

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Thucydides

Question 44

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oracle at Delphi

Question 45

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Sophocles

Question 46

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Olympic Games and Zeus

Question 47

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Plato's ideal forms

Question 48

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Pericles

Question 49

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Polyclitus

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battle of Chaeronea

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Aeschylus' Oresteia

Question 52

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Darius and Xerxes

Question 53

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the Parthenon

Question 54

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Socrates and his "Socratic method"

Question 55

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Peloponnesian War

Question 56

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Macedonia and Philip II

Question 57

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Delian League

Question 58

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Aristophanes

Question 59

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Herodotus

Question 60

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Alexander the Great

Question 61

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Zeno

Question 62

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Olympia

Question 63

Who/What were Hoplites?

A) Altars to the Olympian Gods
B) Spartan temples
C) Characters in the Greek alphabet
D) Greek infantry warriors
E) None of these choices.

Question 64

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Antigonid, Seleucid, Attalid, and Ptolemaic Dynasties

Question 65

Why did colonization helped to foster a stronger sense of Greek identity among those who participated in it?

A) The Greeks fostered a sense of superiority.
B) The Greeks became more self-aware by living around other cultures.
C) The Greeks felt isolated and identities were forged as a result.
D) The Greeks felt indebted to other participating countries. `
E) None of these choices.

Question 66

Mycenaean civilization was characterized by

A) a democratic system of government.
B) an introspective commercial system.
C) powerful monarchies and a militaristic program of conquest.
D) disinterest in agriculture.
E) a preference for trading over political and military activities.

Question 67

Greek geography

A) produced a civilization of cooperative and peaceful communities.
B) contained mountainous areas that impeded Greek unity.
C) prohibited a relationship with the sea that produced colonization.
D) encouraged industrialization.
E) discouraged emigration.

Question 68

Instructions: Identify the following term(s).
Stoicism

Question 69

The era known as Classical Greece is significant because

A) Alexander the Great lived and ruled during this period.
B) massive famines killed two-thirds of the Greek population.
C) many cultural contributions of Greece is known to have happened during this time.
D) it was marked by a confrontation between the Greek states and the Roman Empire.
E) Minoan Crete took over the Greek mainland.

Question 70

Mycenaean Civilization

A) first developed in eastern Asia Minor.
B) had its major trading center on the island of Crete.
C) was founded by Indo-Europeans who migrated into Greece as early as 1900 B.C.E.
D) reached its high point between 2100 and 1800 B.C.E.
E) was destroyed by the Ionian Greeks

Question 71

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Hellenistic

Question 72

By about 700 B.C.E., which group replaced the aristocratic cavalryman in Greek warfare?

A) Helots
B) Hoplites
C) Poleis
D) Mercenaries
E) Macedonians

Question 73

Which statement is LEAST characteristic of the Greek polis ?

A) It was composed of a central town or city, and the countryside surrounding it.
B) It was a communal environment of individuals, some who were citizens with rights, others who were citizens without rights, and others who were not citizens.
C) It played a significant role in unifying all Greeks throughout the entire region under a single government.
D) It developed simultaneously with the creation of the new system of Greek military organization.
E) It could vary in size from a few square miles to hundreds of square miles.

Question 74

Homer's legacy to the Greeks was

A) an accurate historical record of past Greek events.
B) important in inculcating the aristocratic values of courage and honor.
C) a foundation of egalitarianism in Greek politics.
D) actually written by a Phoenician trader.
E) the first work to use the Cyrillic alphabet.

Question 75

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Archimedes

Question 76

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Alexandria

Question 77

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Epicureanism

Question 78

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Greek System of Democracy

Question 79

The earliest Aegean civilization was located

A) in the Peloponnesus.
B) on the island of Delos.
C) in Attica.
D) on Crete.
E) in Macedonia.

Question 80

The "city-state" emerged as a central institution in Greek life

A) before the classical age.
B) during the classical age.
C) following the classical age.
D) as a consequence of foreign invasion.
E) for only a short period of time.