Western Civ 1-6

A distinctive theme in Sophocles' plays, such as Oedipus Rexand Antigone, is

the tragedy of adhering to laudable virtues, which in excess or in some circumstances inevitably lead to disaster.

The mythmaking mind of the ancient Near East

had no conception of natural causes or natural law

When Sulla and his troops marched on Rome

it was the first march on Rome by a commander and his troops.

In the first civilizations, religion

justified the law and the power of rulers.

Minoan civilization centered around

palace complexes.

Which of the following is NOT a legacy of Mycenaean civilization on later Greek civilization?

political innovations

Aristotle's ethics held that a person should

practice moderation in all things including the restraint of emotions.

As many Romans embraced Stoicism, they were adopting a philosophy that concluded all of the following EXCEPT

reason common to man always leads to the same conclusion.

The Stoics perceived God as

reason, the fundamental force in the universe, not a personal deity as the Hebrews believed.

The text lists all of the following as essential continuities between ancient Judaism and Christianity EXCEPT

regulation of all aspects of daily life and the promise of Canaan/Palestine as the home of God's chosen people.

According to the text, which of the following was the darkest moment in the history of the Hebrews?

the Babylonian Captivity

Which of the following is NOT considered as a condition that enabled the Greeks to make their breakthrough in rational thought?

the Greeks' dissatisfaction with their rigid set of religious doctrines

Factors contributing to Rome's conquest of Italy include all the following EXCEPT

the absence of truly civilized, sophisticated opponents.

According to the text, the political history of the Greeks during the period of the polis reveals that

the creation and maintenance of a rational society was extremely difficult, and success was not guaranteed.

The reputation of Cleisthenes rests upon his work as

the father of Athenian democracy.

Mount Olympus was famous as

the home of the Greek gods.

The Epic of Gilgamesh explores

the human protest against death.

Rome became a republic when

the patricians overthrew the Etruscan king

The text identifies the emphasis on the individual's responsibility for his or her own actions as a key component of Western thought best associated with

the prophets.

Among the ancient Jews, there existed a dynamic tension between parochialism and

universalism.

According to the text, which feature(s) of the Hellenistic Age most facilitated the rise of Christianity?

universalist tendencies

With their simple but useful tools, Paleolithic people were able to do all of the following EXCEPT

using draft animals for agriculture.

Among the famous stock characters in the plays of Menander was all of the following EXCEPT the

virtuous politician.

The Centuriate Assembly in the early Roman Republic

was a popular assembly dominated by the patricians.

Hippocrates

was influenced by the thought of the early Greek cosmologists.

During the time of the Hebrew patriarchs Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the Hebrews

were seminomadic clans.

Aristotle

founded his own school, the Lyceum.

Which of the following statements did Pericles NOT make in his famous oration?

"Let me say that our system of government does not copy the institutions of our neighbors. It is more the case that God has made us a model to others, a light to the nations...."

Which period in Greek history of referred to as the Dark Age?

1100-800 B.C.

Cicero's Stoicism

All of the above

The Roman aristocracy's view of liberty

All of the above

Which philosophy represented the most radical quest for meaning and peace of soul during the Hellenistic Age?

Cynicism

Which of the following CANNOT be associated with the agricultural crisis of the late Republic?

Egyptian grain undermined Roman agricultural prices.

Antiwar themes may be associated with both

Euripides and Aristophanes.

Which of the following statements is INACCURATE?

Even Roman conservatives embraced the Greek influence on Roman culture.

Which best describes Plato's theory of ideas?

Ideas, not the physical world, comprise reality.

Which of the following is an accurate statement about the legacy of the Hellenistic Age?

Stoic beliefs in humans' fundamental equality were crucial to the formulation of the idea that the individual possesses natural rights.

Which of the following statements is true of the Hittite empire?

The Hittites possessed a well-trained army of light horse-drawn chariots and well-armed foot soldiers.

Aristotle's theory of knowledge and reality included which of the following?

The ultimate goal of knowledge is the comprehension of the essence of things and the understanding of universal principles.

Who succeeded Aristotle as head of the Lyceum?

Theophrastus

Isaiah emphasized

ethical conduct and righteousness.

Israelite law

expressed mercy toward the oppressed.

The Egyptian writing system, known as hieroglyphics, was

a form of picture writing in which figures such as crocodiles, sails, and eyes represented words or sounds that could be combined to form words.

All of the following were features of Egyptian belief in the afterlife EXCEPT

a renunciation of this life and a longing for death.

The Peloponnesian War was

a war between the Delian League and the Peloponnesian League.

According to the text, the Hebrews' new conception of God led to a new conception of self by

all of the above

Akhenaton's monotheism

all of the above

Among the advances of Alexandrian doctors was

all of the above

Athens' mature democracy included

all of the above

Greek artists exemplified the humanist spirit of Greek culture by

all of the above

Homer's profound impact on the Greek outlook and character is evident in

all of the above

Plato's The Republic

all of the above

The Hellenistic kingdoms that succeeded Alexander's empires included

all of the above

The powers of the Egyptian pharaoh included

all of the above

Which of the following is true of Hellenistic geography?

all of the above

The Greeks borrowed all of the following from ancient Near Eastern civilizations EXCEPT

an awareness of general laws that became the basis of Greek philosophy.

The Dead Sea Scrolls

are documents dating from second century B.C. Judea, discovered in the 1940s.

The Hebrews

believed that nature was testimony to God'sgreatness.

The major result of Marius' reforms was

converting the army from an instrument of the government to the private tool of ambitious generals.

Based on the text's presentation, which of the following does NOT apply to Polybius?

criticism of Thucydides