History 100 Western Civ I Pretest 5

Which statement below best characterizes the attitude of Seleucid king Antiochus III toward the Jews living in his kingdom around 200 b.c.?

In the fifth century, the Greeks invented a way of writing history that;

The ideal state described by Aristotle's Politics depended on:

In the Hellenistic world, slavery was:

The Hellenistic period provided the basis for all of the following except

Thucydides argued that the outbreak of war between Sparta and Athens was due to:

At Pergamum in Anatolia, Greeks and Easterners probably mixed most:

Epicureans advocated:

Socrates was concerned that the young men of Athens examine their lives in pursuit of:

The uniqueness of Hellenistic culture lay in its:

The Athenians' defeat by Sparta in 404 B.C. was followed by:

The accomplishments of Hellenistic science included all of the following except:

Who argued first in favor of a heliocentric (sun-centered) solar system?

The comedies of Aristophanes:

Our best historical sources for the Persian and Peloponnesian Wars are:

Alexander's imperial ambitions were:

Alexander's campaign into Asia Minor was:

The Sophists

The bureaucracies of the Hellenistic kingdoms usually were recruited from:

The most significant achievement of the Stoics was the concept of:

The expansion of commerce in the Hellenistic world was a product of all of the following except:

The greatest library of the Hellenistic era could be found in the city of

The Hellenistic city:

Greek women were:

Classical Greek tragedians derived most of their plots from:

Vitally important to the success of the Seleucid dynasty was the:

During the Hellenistic Period Greeks and Macedonians exported all of the following to the East except:

It is believed that the Hellenistic thinker Archimedes was most interested in

In comparison with the world of the polis, Hellenistic civilization was

Pericles paid for his extensive building program through:

The Stoics:

The culmination of pre-Socratic thought was the theory that:

Philosophy as new way of thinking:

The most important factor in the success of Philip II of Macedon in Greece was:

With the conclusion of the Peloponnesian War:

Euclid is most famous for his work in:

The Sophists:

The greatest consequence of Alexander's conquests was the:

The role of women in Hellenistic society:

The political history of the Hellenistic period was dominated by Greek leagues and:

The work of Aristotle:

How did Hellenistic culture influence Jewish religion?

The Epicureans advocated:

Alexander's empire collapsed after his death because:

The Dogmatic school of medicine based its medical research on

According to the text, one reason for the limited mixing of Greek religious practices with those of the Near East was:

In the large kingdoms that followed the break-up of Alexander's empire:

After Alexander's death in 323 b.c.:

All of the following were traits of the mystery religions except:

Greek tragedies of the fifth century:

The Ptolemaic dynasty in Egypt discouraged slavery and the slave trade because:

The term koine refers to:

The Peloponnesian War was fought from:

In comparison with Socrates, Plato was;

Probably the most popular mystery cult in the Hellenistic Near East was that of:

According to Socrates, human beings can find true happiness only:

The brilliant age of Pericles rested on:

Herodotus's central subject was:

Following the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C., the Near East was influenced by Greek culture in a process we call:

Alexander's expedition eastward halted at the Hyphasis River because the:

The Battle of Ipsus:

For the most part, Jews in Hellenistic cities were:

All of the following were aspects of the increased power and rights of women in Hellenistic societies except:

Athens was ultimately defeated in the Peloponnesian War because:

Tyche meant:

Plato's great contribution to philosophy was:

The widespread study of philosophy during the Hellenistic period was a product of all of the following except the:

The Hellenistic monarchies depended for their militaries on: