The West in the World, 4th Edition (Sherman)

Chapter 3: The Poleis become Cosmopolitan

Multiple Choice Quiz

1
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.
2
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.
3
Philip was murdered by
A)his first wife.
B)his new wife's uncle.
C)Olympias.
D)Pausanias.
4
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 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.
5
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.
6
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
7
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.
8
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.
9
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)that slaves and immigrants were granted citizenship.
C)that citizens also participated in wars as soldiers.
D)greater democracy.
10
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.
11
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
12
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
13
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.
14
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.
15
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.
16
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.
17
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.
18
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.
19
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.
20
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
21
The emphasis on the individual in mystery cults was a response to the
A)decline in democracy in Hellenistic cities.
B)excess of democracy in Hellenistic cities.
C)international character of Hellenistic cities.
D)impersonal nature of Hellenistic cities.
22
Archimedes used his inventive genius to defend his native city of Syracuse from the
A)Romans.
B)Macedonians.
C)Persians.
D)Sicilians.
23
Which one of the following regions did Alexander NOT conquer?
A)the Persian Empire
B)Egypt
C)India
D)the Phoenician coast
24
After the death of Alexander, the empire 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
25
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.
26
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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