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Philip strengthened the phalanx by... |
| | A) | mounting his soldiers on war horses. |
| | B) | only accepting committed citizen soldiers. |
| | C) | arming his soldiers with longer pikes. |
| | D) | arming his soldiers with muskets. |
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The consolidation of the Macedonian highlands and lands to the east and west gave Philip access to... |
| | A) | gold and silver to finance his campaigns. |
| | B) | peasants he could recruit into his armies. |
| | C) | trade. |
| | D) | the Greek city-states. |
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Philip was murdered by... |
| | A) | his first wife. |
| | B) | his new wife's uncle. |
| | C) | Olympias. |
| | D) | Pausanias. |
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After defeating Darius at Gaugamela, Alexander never engaged the Persian leader again because... |
| | A) | he was soon assassinated by one of his own guards. |
| | B) | Darius avoided all encounters with the Macedonian king. |
| | C) | Darius died from wounds received during the battle at Gaugamela. |
| | D) | Alexander was assassinated by one of his own guards. |
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To maintain the number of soldiers in his armies, Alexander... |
| | A) | enslaved conquered peoples. |
| | B) | paid Greek citizens salaries to work as soldiers. |
| | C) | married his soldiers to conquered women so that their children could work as soldiers. |
| | D) | accepted Persian soldiers and chose 30,000 Asian boys for military training. |
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Ptolemy used _____ to bolster the legitimacy of his rule in Egypt. |
| | A) | Alexander's corpse |
| | B) | new weapons and fighting techniques |
| | C) | intermarriage |
| | D) | Macedonian resentment |
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To ensure the safety of ships in the harbors of Alexandria, Hellenistic scientists... |
| | A) | maintained a navy. |
| | B) | calculated the approach of ships with geometry. |
| | C) | built a lighthouse. |
| | D) | limited the amount of trade. |
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Seleucid kings rewarded Macedonian and Greek colonists with... |
| | A) | patronage of the arts and learning. |
| | B) | land grants. |
| | C) | monetary compensation. |
| | D) | positions within the government. |
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Macedonia did not change much after Alexander's reign, but in the Greek city-states, one sign of change was... |
| | A) | greater economic equality. |
| | B) | slaves and immigrants were granted citizenship. |
| | C) | citizens also participated in wars as soldiers. |
| | D) | greater democracy. |
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Athens had initially dominated the economic life of the eastern Mediterranean but it was soon replaced by... |
| | A) | Alexandria. |
| | B) | Sparta. |
| | C) | the Nile valley. |
| | D) | Pergamum. |
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The Seleucid kings cut off trade in _____ to maintain their advantage over the Egyptians. |
| | A) | slave mercenaries |
| | B) | copper |
| | C) | olive oil and wine |
| | D) | war elephants |
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The Greek/Macedonian elites who ruled over local populations in the Hellenistic kingdoms usually made up about _____ of the total population. |
| | A) | half |
| | B) | 90 percent |
| | C) | one-third |
| | D) | 10 percent |
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Hellenistic cities played an important role as cultural and administrative centers, even though they also... |
| | A) | merely imitated the Greek city-states. |
| | B) | burdened local peasants with extra taxes. |
| | C) | contributed to the decreasing freedoms for women. |
| | D) | managed to control problems of sanitation and safety. |
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In Hellenistic cities, rulers hired artists and architects to... |
| | A) | promote Greek culture and ideals. |
| | B) | break with the Greek past and formulate new cultural ideals. |
| | C) | preserve local cultures. |
| | D) | solve social problems like poor sanitation. |
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Hellenistic artists differed from classical Greek artists by... |
| | A) | glorifying war. |
| | B) | striving to portray perfection. |
| | C) | portraying daily life. |
| | D) | focusing on divine themes. |
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In 200 B.C., the Seleucid kings... |
| | A) | lost Palestine to the Antigonids. |
| | B) | took Palestine from the Ptolemies. |
| | C) | enslaved the Jews in Palestine. |
| | D) | prohibited the Jews from participating in Hellenistic culture. |
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The Maccabean revolutionaries reestablished the state of Judea, which... |
| | A) | served as a base for conquests of neighboring states. |
| | B) | was promptly taken by the Ptolemies. |
| | C) | was promptly taken by the Seleucids. |
| | D) | forced the Jews to tolerate Gentiles. |
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In the new Hellenistic novels, women were usually portrayed as... |
| | A) | confined and submissive. |
| | B) | inferior to men. |
| | C) | resourceful and outspoken. |
| | D) | threatening and defiant. |
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Diogenes lived in a tub to... |
| | A) | show his rejection of material goods. |
| | B) | highlight the disparity between the wealthy and the poor. |
| | C) | emphasize the necessity of clean living. |
| | D) | embarrass Alexander the Great and his excessive riches. |
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Cynicism, Epicureanism, and Stoicism shared which of the following ideas? |
| | A) | the value of participation in public affairs |
| | B) | the need to renounce all material goods |
| | C) | self-control and personal tranquility |
| | D) | tolerance for some material wealth |
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The emphasis on the individual in mystery cults was a response to... |
| | A) | the decline in democracy in Hellenistic cities. |
| | B) | the excess of democracy in Hellenistic cities. |
| | C) | the international character of Hellenistic cities. |
| | D) | the impersonal nature of Hellenistic cities. |
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Archimedes used his inventive genius to defend his native city of Syracuse from... |
| | A) | the Romans. |
| | B) | the Macedonians. |
| | C) | the Persians. |
| | D) | the Sicilians. |
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Which one of the following regions did Alexander not conquer? |
| | A) | The Persian Empire. |
| | B) | Egypt. |
| | C) | India. |
| | D) | The Phoenician coast. |
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After the death of Alexander, the empire which he had founded split into three more or less separate realms: Egypt, Asia and Greece. Which dynasty ruled the Asian territories? |
| | A) | The Ptolemies. |
| | B) | The Antigonids. |
| | C) | The Seleucids. |
| | D) | The Persians. |
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The economy of the Hellenistic world was characterized by... |
| | A) | command economies. |
| | B) | the reestablishment of Athens as the commercial capital of the eastern Mediterranean. |
| | C) | increasing economic equality. |
| | D) | a lack of luxury goods and novelties. |
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Although dissection of corpses was unpopular in the Greek world of medicine, a few physicians recognized the importance of observation and accurate written description. One such physician was... |
| | A) | Euclid. |
| | B) | Eratosthenes of Cyrene. |
| | C) | Herophilus. |
| | D) | Aristarchus of Samos. |
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