HIST1111 - World History I - Lesson 2 Textbook Assignment
If one lived in a way that was harmonious with the natural law, or was submissive to the will of God, then one was living a life of virtue. The preceding statement would be a position advocated by the
Stoics.
By the time he died, at the age of thirty-two, Alexander had conquered all except
central Gaul.
Greek geography
contained mountainous areas that impeded Greek unity.
The Hellenizing process
created Greco-Macedonian domination of the population centers of the Middle East.
In The Republic, Plato
created a utopian, ideal state composed of three social classes.
Socrates
employed a question-and-answer method by which students' reasoning helped them to learn.
By about 700 B.C.E., which of the following replaced the aristocratic cavalryman in Greek warfare?
hoplites
Greek religion was characterized by
polytheism, rituals, sacrifice, and festivals.
The ultimate result of the Oresteia is the triumph of
reason and law over the forces of evil.
Alexander the Great believed or accomplished all except
restoring freedom to Greece.
Under Pericles
the Delian League was used to expand Athenian imperialism.
Following the 4th century BC, what became the dominant language in the Middle East?
Greek
Which of the following statements is not an accurate characterization of the Greek polis?
It played a significant role in unifying all Greeks throughout the entire region under a single government.
Which of the following statements is an accurate depiction of life in classical Athens?
It was a male-dominated environment that used slaves, was predominantly agricultural, employed a limited number of craftsmen, gave a major role to the family, and accepted the practice of male homosexuality.
Aeschylus
was the first known writer of tragedy.
Archimedes
worked on the geometry of cylinders and spheres and the value of pi
The myth of Persian invincibility was broken at
Marathon.
One of the Hellenistic kingdoms that succeeded Alexander was that of the
Ptolemies in Egypt.
The tragic Greek tale of the man who killed his father and married his mother was written by
Sophocles.
All of the following were true about the Spartan assembly except that
it was elected by the gerousia and the military commanders.
During the Greek Dark Age,
many Greeks left the mainland for Ionia and Aegean islands.
All of the following was true about the Peloponnesian War except
the ultimate result of the war was a unified Greece headed by the city by Thebes.
Mycenaean Civilization
was founded by Indo-Europeans who migrated into Greece as early as 1900 B.C.E.