Chapter 4 multiple choice questions
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
