HIST1111 - World History I - Lesson 2 Textbook Assignment

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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.


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