Chapter 4 multiple choice questions

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Homer's legacy to the Greeks was

The Iliad and the Odyssey

By about 700 B.C.E., who were the heavily armed infantrymen which replaced the aristocratic cavalrymen in Greek warfare, and helped perfect the phalanx

The hoplites

The Hellenistic world

Was characterized by cultural diffusion as Greek culture mixed with the various cultures conquered by Alexander

The Minoan civilization

Was destroyed suddenly by so,e unknown catastrophe

Greek philosophy

Was distinguished by the idea of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle

Mycenaean Civilization

Was founded by Indo-Europeans who migrated into Greece

Spartan society

Was organized almost completely around the military

In Ancient Greece, tyrants

Were rulers who came to power in an unconstitutional way

Archimedes

Worked on the geometry of cylinders and spheres

Macedonia's Phillip II gained control of Greece by his victory in 338 B.C.E. at the battle of

Chaeronea

Greek geography

Contained mountainous areas and islands that prevented Greek unity

Socrates

Developed a teaching system which employed students' reasoning to help them to learn

All of the following is true of Alexander the Great except

He was behind the assassination of King Phillip II

The Greek historians who wrote the history of the Persian wars was

Herodotus

After Alexander's death

His empire was divided into four Hellenistic Kingdoms

Thucydides believed that

Historical sources needed to be closely examined

Which of the following is an accurate statement ability Classical Greek architecture

It reflected calmness, clarity, and freedom from excessive detail

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, and have a major role to the family

The term polis describes

A community of citizens in which all political, economic, social, cultural and religious activities were performed

Mycenaean Civilization was characterized by

A militaristic program of conquest, perhaps even of Crete

Which of the following statements is a true observation of Greek-Macedonian affairs?

Alexander proved himself to be a strong leader by ending the Greek rebellion that developed after the assassination of Phillip II

Which of the following was, after being established by Alexander the Great, one of the leading cultural center if the Hellenistic world?

Alexandria

Under Pericles

Athens expanded democracy at home and it's empire abroad

The period of the Peloponnesian war saw

Athens suffer military defeat and the effects of a deadly plague which killed Pericles

During the Greek Dark Age

Both population and food production fell

The ultimate result of the formation of the Delian League was to

Make Athens the dominant city-state in the region

The earliest civilization in the Aegean region, the Minoans, were located

On Crete

In their effort to uncover the will of the gods, the ancient Greeks made use of

Oracles

Homer's works were

Passed down orally before being written down

Greek religion was characterized by

Polytheism, rituals, sacrifice, and festivals

Cleisthenes

Reformed Athenian government thus creating the foundation for political democracy


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