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In Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, the ancient Greeks were portrayed as |
| | A) | expert and fearless seafarers. |
| | B) | professional pirates. |
| | C) | warriors with human heads and horse bodies. |
| | D) | rational philosophers. |
| | E) | drunken homosexuals. |
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Which of the following is true with regard to Minoan and Mycenaean societies? |
| | A) | Both societies used Linear A |
| | B) | Both societies built palaces |
| | C) | Both societies were established by Indo-European immigrants |
| | D) | Both societies fought in the Trojan War |
| | E) | Both were centered on Crete |
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Which of the following was part of Spartan life? |
| | A) | Boys were taken away from their mothers for military training |
| | B) | Young married women did not live with their husbands |
| | C) | The helots were un-free servants of the Spartan state |
| | D) | people did not wear jewelry or elaborate clothing |
| | E) | all of the above |
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Which of the following was an Athenian political leader? |
| | A) | Sophocles |
| | B) | Sappho |
| | C) | Pericles |
| | D) | Homer |
| | E) | Darius |
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Between the mid-eighth and the late sixth centuries B.C.E., the Greeks founded more than four hundred colonies along the shores of the Mediterranean and the Black Sea. The driving force behind such a movement was primarily |
| | A) | population pressure. |
| | B) | an abundance of agricultural land in Greece. |
| | C) | earthquakes and volcanic eruptions on the Greek peninsula. |
| | D) | a sense of pride associated with military conquests of other peoples. |
| | E) | fear of being conquered by the Persians. |
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The Delian League was created to |
| | A) | conduct democratic reforms in Athens. |
| | B) | discourage further Persian invasions. |
| | C) | maintain peace within the Greek world. |
| | D) | bring greater wealth to Sparta and its allies. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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According to ancient legend, the kingdom of Rome was established in 753 B.C.E. by |
| | A) | Remus. |
| | B) | a she-wolf. |
| | C) | Aeneas. |
| | D) | Romulus. |
| | E) | none of the above |
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The Roman republic was dominated by |
| | A) | patricians. |
| | B) | plebeians. |
| | C) | democratic leaders. |
| | D) | merchants. |
| | E) | priests. |
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Which of the following was done by Caesar after he seized power in 49 B.C.E.? |
| | A) | He started large-scale building projects |
| | B) | He centralized the military under his control |
| | C) | He named himself dictator for life |
| | D) | He distributed property to the veterans of his armies |
| | E) | all of the above |
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Augustus's government was |
| | A) | a republic disguised as a monarchy. |
| | B) | a monarchy disguised as a republic. |
| | C) | an oligarchy disguised as democracy. |
| | D) | a democracy disguised as an empire. |
| | E) | an empire disguised as a democracy. |
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Debt slaves were freed in Athens as a result of Solon's reform. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Greek colonization disrupted trade and commerce. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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he Peloponnesian War was fought between two rival coalitions of Greek city states under the leadership of Athens and Sparta. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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As a result of the Roman Republic's conquests, the urban poor acquired small plots of land called latifundia. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Rome defeated Carthage during the Punic Wars. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The freedom and independence of the Greek poleis finally fell under |
| | A) | Xerxes by 480 B.C.E. |
| | B) | Pericles by 429 B.C.E. |
| | C) | Philip II by 338 B.C.E. |
| | D) | Alexander by 336 B.C.E. |
| | E) | Plato by 400 B.C.E. |
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By 327 B.C.E. Alexander's troops refused to go any further from home after they reached |
| | A) | Egypt. |
| | B) | Bactria. |
| | C) | China. |
| | D) | Mesopotamia. |
| | E) | India. |
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Greek philosophy is often characterized as "rational" because |
| | A) | it was based purely on human reason. |
| | B) | its reasoning was based purely on experiment. |
| | C) | it transformed the Greek myths into philosophical speculation. |
| | D) | it encouraged personal emotional response to the gods. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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The most respected and influential of the Hellenistic philosophers were |
| | A) | the Aristotelians. |
| | B) | the Epicureans. |
| | C) | the Stoics. |
| | D) | the Platonists. |
| | E) | the Skeptics. |
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Which of the following was true of the religions of salvation in Hellenistic society? |
| | A) | They promised the possibility of eternal bliss. |
| | B) | The cult of Osiris became one of the most popular. |
| | C) | Many included the belief in a savior who dies and is resurrected. |
| | D) | Belief in them spread along the trade routes. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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Which of the following does not describe Roman slaves? |
| | A) | They were often chained together to work on latifundia. |
| | B) | In cities, they were often freed when they reached thirty years of age. |
| | C) | They had the right to elect their own tribunes. |
| | D) | Female slaves usually worked as domestic servants. |
| | E) | Some slaves were highly educated. |
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One of the most popular religions in the Roman empire prior to Christianity was |
| | A) | Judaism. |
| | B) | the cult of Isis. |
| | C) | stoicism. |
| | D) | the cult of Cybele. |
| | E) | Islam. |
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The Jewish people could not get along well with a number of imperial regimes because |
| | A) | they declined to pay taxes. |
| | B) | they did not respect any secular authorities. |
| | C) | they had difficulty recognizing emperors as divine. |
| | D) | they were converting to Mithraism. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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After Jesus' crucifixion, his followers called him "Christ," meaning |
| | A) | "the anointed one." |
| | B) | "the son of God." |
| | C) | "the enlightened one." |
| | D) | "the sacrificer." |
| | E) | none of the above |
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The remarkable growth of early Christianity reflected the new faith's appeal particularly to |
| | A) | Roman emperors. |
| | B) | high-ranking officials and the wealthy elite. |
| | C) | Roman soldiers and military officers. |
| | D) | the lower classes, urban populations, and women. |
| | E) | all of the above |
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Located in Egypt, Alexandria was founded by Athens and served as the administrative center of the Ptolemaic empire. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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In The Republic, Plato argued that a philosophical elite should rule. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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The pater familias, or male head-of-family, enjoyed enormous power over his household in Classical Rome. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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By Roman law, a defendant was assumed innocent until proven guilty. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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Mithraism was especially popular among women. |
| | A) | True |
| | B) | False |
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