Test Bank For The West in the World 5th Edition by Dennis Sherman

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Test Bank For The West in the World 5th Edition by Dennis Sherman

Chapter 3 The Poleis Become Cosmopolitan

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The period of ancient Greek history that began with Alexander’s conquest of Persia is called the

A. Paleolithic period.

B. Hellenistic period.

C. Medieval period.

D. Renaissance.

Answer: B

Difficulty: Easy

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2. During the Hellenistic period,

A. ancient Middle Eastern and Greek civilizations joined in a manner that changed them both.

B. the eastern Mediterranean was dominated by Greek language and culture.

C. rather than citizens ruling independent city-states, kings ruled large kingdoms.

D. All these answers are correct.

Answer: D

Difficulty: Medium

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3. Evidence suggests that during the Hellenistic period, as compared to the classical, Greek women

A. were freer from family authority and could work and earn money.

B. became dominant over men politically and economically.

C. became even more subject to the will of their husbands and fathers.

D. were admitted to the citizen assemblies, achieving political equality with men.

Answer: A

Difficulty: Hard

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4. Macedonia

A. was an Aegean island kingdom.

B. was a Greek-speaking kingdom north of Greece.

C. had a long tradition of democratic rule.

D. was an early Roman outpost.

Answer: B

Difficulty: Medium

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5. The southern Greek states, the self-described “civilized” Greeks, regarded the Macedonians as

A. highly developed politically and culturally—a people to be emulated.

B. backward because they did not have the political life of the city-states.

C. so poor and backward they were not worth bothering about.

D. dangerous because they were allied with Persia.

Answer: B

Difficulty: Medium

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6. Philip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great,

A. participated in several Greek wars during the fourth century B.C.E.

B. reformed the Macedonian army, especially the phalanx, to make it more formidable.

C. hoped to unite the Greek city-states under his leadership.

D. All these answers are correct.

Answer: D

Difficulty: Medium

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7. Demosthenes opposed the expansion of Macedonia under Philip II because

A. Philip threatened the traditional freedom and self-government of the poleis.

B. Philip was a weak military commander and would not be able to fight the Persians.

C. he wanted Sparta to assume the leadership of Greece.

D. Macedonia was not rich enough to be the leader of the Greeks.

Answer: A

Difficulty: Medium

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8. The southern Greek states were defeated by Philip II at the battle of

A. Marathon.

B. Salamis.

C. Chaeronea.

D. Actium.

Answer: C

Difficulty: Medium

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9. Philip II dreamed of conquering Persia but did not do so because

A. he was assassinated under circumstances that have never been clearly explained.

B. the coalition of Athens and Thebes crushed his troops at Chaeronea.

C. he died young of a fever.

D. the king of Persia persuaded the Macedonian troops to mutiny.

Answer: A

Difficulty: Medium

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10. Alexander’s love of Greek culture and literature seems to have come from his tutor

A. Socrates.

B. Plato.

C. Aristotle.

D. Zeno.

Answer: C

Difficulty: Easy

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11. Where did Alexander found and build the city that would later become the premier city of the Hellenistic world?

A. Egypt

B. Persia

C. Phoenicia

D. Macedonia

Answer: A

Difficulty: Easy

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12. In Egypt, Alexander

A. was finally defeated.

B. diverted the Nile to the south.

C. organized a democratic government for the people.

D. was declared the incarnation of the god Amon, and was treated as pharaoh.

Answer: D

Difficulty: Medium

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13. In order to consolidate his authority in Greece, Alexander

A. returned to Greece after defeating Darius III at Issus.

B. publicly identified himself with the legendary Greek heroes Heracles and Achilles.

C. restored democracy in Athens.

D. openly adopted the Spartan way of life.

Answer: B

Difficulty: Medium

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14. Which of the following policies did Alexander NOT follow in his imperial rule?

A. founding many cities to spread Greek urban life throughout the empire

B. supporting intermarriage between Greeks and Asians

C. destroying all conquered cities to obliterate non-Greek culture

D. recruiting Persian soldiers as part of a new combined army

Answer: C

Difficulty: Medium

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15. In 323 B.C.E., Alexander died in Babylon 

A. when he was assassinated by one of his officers.

B. by suicide, drowning in the Euphrates.

C. from alcohol abuse and fever.

D. from a battle wound that had become infected.

Answer: C

Difficulty: Hard

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16. Alexander turned back from his quest for the end of the known world because

A. his Macedonian troops refused to go on.

B. he thought that the land extended forever.

C. he was defeated by the kings of northern India.

D. he was warned by his father Zeus to go no further.

Answer: A

Difficulty: Medium

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17. Alexander’s legacy includes

A. the blending of Greek and Asian cultures.

B. the idea of a single great empire of many peoples ruled by one king.

C. his political conquests, although in some regions these did not last long.

D. All these answers are correct.

Answer: D

Difficulty: Easy

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18. Following Alexander’s death, his empire

A. survived intact for a century under his son and grandson.

B. was divided into three main successor kingdoms.

C. was destroyed by an invasion of Mongols.

D. disintegrated as the native peoples rose and expelled all Greeks and Macedonians.

Answer: B

Difficulty: Easy

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19. The Alexandrian successor kingdom ruled over by his general Ptolemy and Ptolemy’s successors was

A. Egypt.

B. Persia.

C. Macedonia.

D. India.

Answer: A

Difficulty: Easy

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20. The Ptolemaic rulers of Egypt

A. maintained the empire of Alexander the Great intact.

B. conducted their official business in Greek, while permitting traditional Egyptian culture to continue.

C. suppressed Egyptian culture, thus bringing the civilization of Egypt to an end.

D. extended their empire south into Ethiopia.

Answer: B

Difficulty: Hard

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21. The monument at Alexandria regarded as one of the seven wonders of the ancient world was

A. the Museum.

B. the Royal Palace.

C. Alexander’s tomb.

D. the lighthouse, or Pharos.

Answer: D

Difficulty: Hard

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22. The Rosetta Stone was important because it

A. recorded the deeds of Arsinoë II.

B. was written in three scripts: Greek, cursive Egyptian, and hieroglyphs, permitting the translation of the Egyptian language.

C. proved that Alexander the Great had reached China.

D. gave the name of the pharaoh who built the Great Pyramid.

Answer: B

Difficulty: Medium

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23. The Seleucid dynasty ruled

A. Macedonia.

B. the Asian part of Alexander’s empire.

C. Egypt.

D. Greece and Crete.

Answer: B

Difficulty: Medium

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24. The Hellenistic monarchy of the Seleucids

A. conquered Rome.

B. repudiated Greek culture in favor of traditional Near Eastern civilization.

C. relied in part on Macedonian and Greek colonists to secure their hold on their Asian lands.

D. built the great silk road to China.

Answer: C

Difficulty: Medium

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25. The Antigonids ruled

A. Macedonia.

B. the Asian part of Alexander’s empire.

C. Egypt.

D. Italy.

Answer: A

Difficulty: Hard

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