Deck 4: The Age of Great Empires

Question 1

Identification
Epicurus

Answer 1

not answer

Question 2

Identification
Isis

Answer 2

not answer

Question 3

Identification
Eratosthenes

Answer 3

not answer

Question 4

Identification
Alexandria

Question 5

Identification
Chaeronea

Question 6

Identification
Euclid

Question 7

Identification
Isocrates

Question 8

Identification
Hydaspes River

Question 9

Identification
Demosthenes

Question 10

Identification
Ammon

Question 11

Identification
Issus

Question 12

Identification
Granicus River

Question 13

Identification
Aristotle

Question 14

Identification
Alexander the Great

Question 15

Identification
Macedon

Question 16

Identification
Gedrosian Desert

Question 17

Identification
Claudius Ptolemy

Question 18

Identification
Archimedes

Question 19

Identification
Darius

Question 20

Identification
Gaugamela

Question 21

Identification
Zeno of Citium

Question 22

Identification
Persepolis

Question 23

Identification
Porus

Question 24

Identification
Siwah

Question 25

In his open letter to Philip II of Macedon, Isocrates

A)urges Philip to lead Greece in a crusade against the Persians.
B)characterizes Greeks as freedom-loving, rational, and masculine.
C)characterizes Persians as enslaved, barbarian, and effeminate.
D)all of these choices
E)none of these choices

Question 26

Identification
Thebes

Question 27

Identification
Tyre

Question 28

Philip's wife Olympias was

A)his only wife.
B)Macedonian.
C)very close to her husband.
D)very close to her son Alexander.
E)none of these choices

Question 29

Identification
Ptolemaic Kingdom

Question 30

Identification
Seleucid Empire

Question 31

Identification
Mount Pangaeus

Question 32

Identification
Menander

Question 33

The Philippics

A)were written by Isocrates.
B)were written by Aristotle.
C)praised Philip II.
D)depicted Philip II as addicted to power.
E)none of these choices

Question 34

At the battle of Chaeronea in 338 B.C.E.,

A)the eighteen-year-old Alexander shared command with his father.
B)Athenian and Theban forces combined to defeat the Macedonians.
C)Epaminondas was killed in battle.
D)the Greek city states won their last great victory.
E)none of these choices

Question 35

Which of the following statements is false?

A)Macedon was rather undeveloped before the fourth century B.C.E.
B)Macedon was territorially much larger than any classical city-state, including Athens and Sparta.
C)Many Greeks thought of Macedonians as backward and uncivilized.
D)Macedon lacked natural resources and manpower till the time of Alexander the Great.
E)none of these choices

Question 36

Identification
Mithras

Question 37

Identification
Stoicism

Question 38

Identification
Pella

Question 39

Identification
Philip II

Question 40

Philip II

A)increased the total striking force of the Macedonian army to more than 125,000 men.
B)made no significant alterations in the army's weaponry or armor.
C)secured money to maintain a standing army by seizing the Mount Pangaeus gold and silver mines.
D)never managed to defeat his troublesome Balkan neighbors.
E)had a great distaste for Greek culture.

Question 41

How did Hellenistic sculpture differ from that of the early, classical period? Give at least two specific examples.

Question 42

What were Alexander the Great's major military victories?

Question 43

The circumference of the earth was accurately calculated by

A)Archimedes of Syracuse.
B)Aristarchus of Samos.
C)Eratosthenes.
D)Callimachus.
E)Claudius Ptolemy.

Question 44

Which of the following did Philip choose as tutor for his son, Alexander?

A)Plato
B)Aristotle
C)Zeno
D)Epicurus
E)Euclid

Question 45

Alexander had an important religious experience

A)at the oasis of Siwah in Egypt.
B)just before the battle of the Granicus River.
C)just before the battle of Gaugamela.
D)right after the death of Darius III.
E)none of these choices

Question 46

Not among the subject areas included in the education of Alexander the Great was

A)the natural world.
B)the Iliad and the Odyssey.
C)Pindar's poetry.
D)athletics and weapon use.
E)none of these choices

Question 47

Among the measures adopted by Hellenistic governments to promote trade relations was

A)maintenance and expansion of road networks.
B)ensuring water supply along caravan routes.
C)suppression of piracy.
D)all of these choices
E)none of these choices

Question 48

Identification
Actium

Question 49

Alexander's forces suffered their greatest losses

A)at the battle of the Granicus River.
B)at the battle of Issus.
C)at the battle of Gaugamela.
D)in fighting with the Indian potentate Porus.
E)in the Gedrosian Desert.

Question 50

Describe the military policies and innovations of Philip II.

Question 51

Alexander began his expedition against the Persian Empire with an army of about

A)6500.
B)65,000.
C)165,000.
D)16,500.
E)1,650,000.

Question 52

How did Macedon play the role of an "awakened giant" in the fourth century B.C.E.? What enabled it to do so?

Question 53

At the time of his death, Alexander willed control of his empire to

A)his son, Alexander IV.
B)Ptolemy.
C)Seleuceus.
D)Antigonius.
E)the strongest among his generals.

Question 54

Summarize how Hellenistic literature differs from that of Classical Greece. Refer to at least three Hellenistic authors in your essay.

Question 55

A philosophical system based on an atomic theory of the nature of the universe was developed by

A)Epicurus.
B)Zeno of Citium.
C)Aristotle.
D)Plato.
E)Callimachus.

Question 56

Which of the following statements about the Hellenistic kingdoms is false?

A)They were much larger in territory and ethnically more diverse than classical city-states.
B)They were administered by an elaborate hierarchy headed by a king of Macedonian descent.
C)Private citizens counted for much less politically than had fifth-century Greeks.
D)all of these choices
E)none of these choices

Question 57

It has been said that "the Stoic mind is a citadel." Discuss what is meant by that statement.

Question 58

When Alexander destroyed the city of Thebes, he spared the house of

A)his uncle Bucephalas.
B)Aristotle.
C)Homer.
D)Pindar.
E)Zeno.

Question 59

Alexander's conquests did not include

A)the Indus Valley.
B)Palestine.
C)Egypt.
D)Syria.
E)none of these choices

Question 60

An important research facility with a large library was established by

A)Alexander at Thebes in Egypt.
B)the Ptolemies at Alexandria in Egypt.
C)the Seleucids at Antioch in Syria.
D)the Macedonians at Pella.
E)the Macedonians at Athens.

Question 61

Identification
Carthage

Question 62

Identification
Juvenal

Question 63

Identification
Bacchus

Question 64

Identification
Cleopatra

Question 65

Identification
Catullus

Question 66

Identification
Constantinople

Question 67

Identification
Augustus

Question 68

Identification
Livy

Question 69

Identification
Carrhae

Question 70

Identification
Diocletian

Question 71

Identification
Gaul

Question 72

Identification
Crassus

Question 73

Identification
Hadrian

Question 74

Identification
Horace

Question 75

Identification
Julius Caesar

Question 76

Identification
Etruscans

Question 77

Identification
Hannibal

Question 78

Identification
knights

Question 79

Identification
Cicero

Question 80

Identification
Constantine