front 1 Philip of Macedonia built his power base north of Greece partially by: | back 1 multiple alliance marriages |
front 2 Alexander decided to make Egypt the capital of his empire: | back 2 after he was proclaimed the 'son of Ammon" by the sun god's oracle. |
front 3 The beginning of the end of Alexander’s conquests was his inability to fully subdue: | back 3 Afghanistan. |
front 4 Macedonian rule in Egypt was characterized by: | back 4 a revival of ancient traditions associated with the pharaohs. |
front 5 The _________ believed that the cosmos is an ordered whole in which all contradictions are resolved for ultimate good. | back 5 Stoics. |
front 6 A major influence on Epicurus and his school of Epicureanism was: | back 6 Democritus. |
front 7 In invading Persia, Alexander began to follow the example of Cyrus the Great and: | back 7 offered amnesty to cities that surrendered and no mercy to those that did not. |
front 8 During the economic decline of Greece in the fourth century B.C.E.: | back 8 former soldiers often worked as mercenaries who disrupted the household-based culture of the Greek poleis. |
front 9 The Aetolian and Achaean Leagues differed from previous Greek attempts at political organization between poleis because: | back 9 they represented a real political unification, with some centralization of government functions. |
front 10 The most important cultural center in the Hellenistic world was: | back 10 Alexandria. |
front 11 Following Sparta’s victory in the Peloponnesian War: | back 11 Sparta alienated the other Greek cities by trying to dominate them. |
front 12 Aristarchus of Samos was unusual among Hellenistic astronomers because: | back 12 he believed that the earth revolves around the sun. |
front 13 After a period of instability, __________was finally able to establish rule over the homeland of Alexander’s Empire—Macedonia and Greece. | back 13 Antigonus. |
front 14 With the expansion of population in Hellenistic world: | back 14 Alexander's successors established some 200 cities. |
front 15 Macedonian military reforms under Philip II most closely resemble earlier reforms undertaken by: | back 15 Thebes. |
front 16 Whereas Plato conceived of politics as a means toward living the good life, Aristotle regarded politics as: | back 16 an end in itself. |
front 17 With the expansion of population in the Hellenistic world and the creation of larger cities: | back 17 the average Greek male was less connected to his community and had little or no stake in society. |
front 18 Alexander sought to fuse his Greco-Macedonian Empire with Persia by: | back 18 arranging for hundreds of his officers to marry Persian noblewomen. |
front 19 Greek rational thought began to separate in the Hellenistic world: | back 19 and scientific inquiry began to be its own field of study. |
front 20 After the Corinthian War (395–387 B.C.E.), Sparta: | back 20 was defeated by Thebes, under the leadership of Epaminondas. |
front 21 To highlight their authority and status in the former Persian Empire, Seleucid rulers: | back 21 used terms in proclamations reminiscent of earlier Mesopotamian rulers. |
front 22 Why did autocratic rulers in the Hellenistic world encourage manufacturing industries? | back 22 Manufacturing increased international trade revenues and therefore taxation and tariffs. |
front 23 Central to the Skeptic worldview is the idea that: | back 23 one must suspend judgment concerning everything. |
front 24 The chief characteristics of Hellenistic architecture were: | back 24 grandeur and ornamentation. |
front 25 Herophilus of Chalcedon was an innovative _________ in the ancient Hellenistic world. | back 25 anatomist. |