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HS-121 Chapter 3: Greek Civilization + The Western Tradition Chapter 2 + The Western Tradition
HS-121 Chapter 3: Greek Civilization + The Western Tradition Chapter 2 + The Western Tradition
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1
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the typical Greek
polis
?
Each polis had a population of between 90,000 and 100,000 citizens.
Each polis was autonomous from all other poleis.
The strength of the community came through cooperation.
Most Greek women were restricted largely to the home.
2
Moses was the original Hebrew patriarch.
False
True
3
Who was the ruler of Akkad who established the first empire in Sumer ca. 2340 B.C.E.?
Uruk
Sargon
Hammurabi
Naram-Sin
4
Which cave in southern France, discovered in 1994, contains three hundred paintings of animals?
Chauvet
Andalusia
Poitiers
Lascaux
5
At what age did Alexander the Great become king?
28
17
20
24
6
According to Hebrew tradition, the Hebrew people descended from which patriarch?
Abraham
Noah
Daviid
Moses
7
In what way was Zoroastrianism similar to Judaism?
Both religions were monotheistic.
Both religions were polytheistic.
Both religions taught that God was opposed by an evil spirit.
Both religions taught that God was indifferent to human suffering.
8
Tensions between the northern and southern tribes led to the establishment of which two kingdoms?
Israel and Palestine
Israel and Judah
Palestine and Judea
Canaan and Palestine
9
What kind of government did the Sumerians have in their City-States?
monarchy
theocracy
autocracy
democracy
10
The written script of the Sumerians is known as
Cyrillic
hieroglyphs
phonogram
cuneiform
11
Greek colonization throughout the Mediterranean was a major development of the Archaic Age.
True
False
12
Which statement is closest to the Greek definition of a tyrant?
A ruler who is denied the typical high social status of his position
A cruel and oppressive ruler
A leader of a political faction or party
A ruler who seizes power by force and is not subject to the law
13
Greek states possessed the same type of governing structures, contributing to a sense of unity.
True
False
14
Ma’at was the belief that the king’s power was absolute.
True
False
15
The first five books of the Hebrew Bible are known as the Zend Avesta.
False
True
16
What was a major aim of the reforms of Cleisthenes?
To empower the Athenian nobility
To promote and expand Athenian trade
To weaken the power of the traditional localities and regions
To turn Athens into a military state like Sparta
17
The Macedonians were greek in origin.
True
False
18
What administrative format was used in the Old Kingdom?
It was divided into provinces called nomes and governed by nomarchs.
It was divided into military districts responsible to an army commander.
It was ruled by hereditary governors.
It contained a government with representatives from each district.
19
What was the main focus of Homer's
Iliad
?
The Greeks' rejection of slavery
The superiority of the military phalanx over the aristocratic cavalry
The exalted position of women in Greek society
The honor and courage of Greek aristocratic heroes in battle
20
All full-time residents of Athens were considered citizens.
True
False
21
A popular Minoan sport was
bull leaping
soccer
wrestling
throwing javelins
22
The earliest of the Mesopotamian empires was founded by Gilgamesh.
True
False
23
What resulted from the Lycurgan reforms?
The outlawing religion in Sparta
More constitutional rights for Spartans
The establishment of a permanent military state in Sparta
The Peloponnesian War
24
Cyrus the Great permitted the Jews to return to Jerusalem after his capture of Babylon.
False
True
25
Sumerians believed that the gods actually owned the cities.
False
True
26
Alexander the Great employed artists in his military machine.
True
False
27
All of the following were Assyrian kings EXCEPT for
Ashurbanipal
Ashur
Shalmaneser III
Tiglath-Pileser
28
All of the following are correct about Byblos EXCEPT:
The Greek word for book is derived from its name.
It was an Egyptian commercial center.
It was a distribution center for Egyptian papyrus.
It was a major Phoenician city.
29
The conquest of which region shaped early Spartan history?
Persia
Macedonia
Messenia
Asia Minor
30
How many laws does the Code of Hammurabi contain?
500
182
287
282
31
What do historians mean when they describe Assyria as a “polyglot society”?
That Assyrians were hostile to ideas and customs they viewed as “foreign”
That the Assyrians did not have a language of their own
Ethnically diverse and differences were regarded as unimportant
That Assyrian society was not hierarchical, had little economic inequality
32
What species of hominid was Lucy?
Homo habilis
Paranthropus
Australopithecus
Neanderthals
33
How was the Assyrian army able to conquer and maintain an empire?
Avoidance of siege warfare
Use of Assyria's naturally protected boundaries
Use of diversified military tactics
Lenient treatment of rebellious subjects
34
Where was Philip II imprisoned?
Macedonia
Babylon
Athens
Thebes
