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Philip's most important military innovation was |
| | A) | abandoning the costly and inefficient cavalry. |
| | 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) | Alexander. |
| | B) | Cleopatra's uncle. |
| | C) | Olympias. |
| | D) | Pausanias. |
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After defeating Darius at Gaugamela, Alexander never engaged the Persian leader again because |
| | A) | Darius was soon assassinated by one of his own guards. |
| | B) | Darius joined Alexander, becoming one of his most loyal subjects. |
| | 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 and forced all able-bodied adult men to join his army. |
| | 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 created which wonder of the ancient world? |
| | A) | an unsinkable navy |
| | B) | a system of levees |
| | C) | a lighthouse |
| | D) | a gated, partially submerged wall |
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An important sign of change in the Greek city-states during the Hellenistic period was |
| | A) | greater economic equality. |
| | B) | that freed slaves and immigrants were granted citizenship. |
| | C) | that 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 |
| | A) | were indistinguishable from the Greek city-states on which they were modeled. |
| | B) | burdened local peasants with extra taxes. |
| | C) | contributed to decreasing freedoms for women. |
| | D) | fostered parochial allegiances that hindered the cohesion of Hellenistic kingdoms. |
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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.E., 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) | allowed Gentiles within its borders to practice their customs without interference. |
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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 unjust disparity between the wealthy and the poor. |
| | C) | emphasize the necessity of clean living. |
| | D) | protest Alexander the Great's militarism. |
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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) | celebration of material wealth |
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Archimedes unsuccessfully applied 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 that he had founded split into three more or less separate realms: Egypt, Asia and Greece. Which dynasty ruled over most of 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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Whose dissection of corpses led to the discovery that the brain is the center of intelligence and to an accurate and detailed description of the female reproductive system? |
| | A) | Euclid |
| | B) | Eratosthenes of Cyrene |
| | C) | Herophilus |
| | D) | Aristarchus of Samos |
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