The Hellenistic Period

______ stressed happiness through freeing oneself from a political life.

In the Hellenistic world small families were common.

Hellenistic scientists didn't establish the heliocentric theory of the universe.

Which Athenian leader was the leader of the war party in the Peloponnesian War?

What did Greek religion involve?

Isis was associated with the giver of laws and letter to humankind.

An especially important cultural center with the largest library in ancient times was _____.

At the Battle of Thermopylae, the ________ fought a noble holding action to the last man.

Tyranny in the Greek polis arose as a reaction to aristocratic power and a widening gulf between:

Typical of Greek culture in the archaic age was _______ poetry as found in the works of Sappho.

At the Battle of Marathon, the Persians won a decisive victory by aggressive attack against a stronger foe.

Upon the death of Alexander his _____ became involved in successive power struggles.

The Hellenistic era destroyed the writings of the classical Greeks.

Alexander the Great's conquests in Asia occurred despite violent opposition back in Greece.

Greek women were mainly restricted to the home

Hesiod's famous poem about the pleasures of ordinary work is titled Works and Days

________ describes an age that saw the extension and imitation of Greek culture throughout the ancient Near East.

The cult of Isis didn't believe in an afterlife.

The rise of tyrants in the poleis in the seventh and sixth centuries B.C. often encouraged:

Hellenistic cities were important centers of administration, most of which were dominated by Greeks and Greek culture.

The Peloponnesian War resulted in the defeat of _______ and the collapse of its empire.

Which Athenian leader was the sole archon and political reformer?

The mystery cults and religions of the Hellenistic world helped pave the way for the success of ______.

The chief center of Minoan Crete was

"The unexamined life is not worth living" is a cornerstone of the philosophy of _____.

Early Greek philosophy attempted to explain the universe on the basis of unifying principles.

It was hard for sculptors and architects to find work in the Hellenistic cities.

Hellenistic culture was NOT a great period of literature.

___ and ____ in the Hellenistic world suggested a new openness to thoughts of universality.

In Ancient Greece, warriors possessed excellent weapons and armor

Hellenistic education became a duty of cities and governments.

To balance the power of kings and the Council of Elders, Spartan political reformers created the ____

In the Hellenistic era, medicine progressed due to the use of dissection and vivisection.

Isis supposedly invented the marriage contract between husband and wife.

A clear trend of Hellenistic cities was the ______ between the Hellenistic rulers and the cities.

The cult of Isis never became a popular mystery religion.

Signs of the decline of the Hellenistic world were apparent by the ____________.

In Ancient Greece, festivals were held to honor the gods.

In Greek religion, each city had a chief god or goddess.

Euclid's most famous achievement was systematizing the study of _____.

The economy of the Hellenistic world was characterized by a major shift in industry from Greece to the _____.

During the Age of Pericles, Athenians became deeply attached to their democratic system.

Socrates was exiled for corrupting the youth of Athens

Hellenistic scientists never theorized that the earth rotates on its own axis.

Greek religion was monotheistic.

The Republic depicted ______’s idea of the ideal government and society.

During the period of Greek history from 750-500 B.C. ___ and ___ increased greatly.

The Greek Parthenon is considered the greatest example of classical Greek _____.

The Celts from northern Europe attacked _____, _____, and ____, in the third and fourth centuries B.C.

Hellenistic education as closely and widely followed classical Greek ideas about _______.

The Greek historian Thucydides differed from Herodotus since _____ didn't care about spiritual forces.

The theatrical center of the Hellenistic world and home of New Comedy was ______.

Hellenistic scientists were able to invent the Archimedean screw.

Which Athenian leader created the ten tribes and Council of 500?

In Ancient Greece, armies were made up of

The Sophists were ______ who seemingly questioned the traditional values of their societies.

In the Hellenistic world, children were sold into slavery by their parents.

The ______ in Athens was a board of ten generals.

Spartan neighbors who were free inhabitants but who were not citizens of Sparta were called perioikoi.

________ of women achieved the most notable gains during the Hellenistic period.

In classical _____, male homosexuality was practiced and tolerated

In Sparta life resembled that of a military camp.

Greece's topography is characterized by bays and harbors, mountains, valleys, hot summers and rainy winters.

The period immediately following the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization is referred to as the

Alexander invaded ____ with an army of 37,000 including 5,000 cavalry.

Hellenist sculpture was often more realistic and emotional that classical Greek sculpture.

Alexander conquered Syria, Babylon, Egypt, and Persia.

The dramatist _____ was a realist and known for his portrayal of realistic characters in real life situations.

In the Hellenistic world, persons whose parents were slaves were NOT slaves.

The ______ in the Hellenistic era were dispersed throughout the eastern Mediterranean region.

Homer's Iliad points out the honor and courage of Greek aristocratic heroes in battle

Hellenistic scientists were able to estimate the circumference of the earth.

One of the chief causes of the Peloponnesian War was _____’s fear of the power of Athens and its maritime empire.

Spartan helots farmed the land as ____ and had war declared on them every year.

The hoplite _____ was a new Greek military organization of heavily armed infantry.

Most ____ women were kept under strict control, cut off from formal education, and assigned a male guardian.

Alexander the Great allowed intermarriage between his soldiers and ______ women.

In the Hellenistic world, prisoners of war were NOT slaves.

The polis was the Greek name for

Alexander the Great's troops rebelled when he made the decision to invade and capture _____.

During the Hellenistic period, Greek religion changed as Greeks became very open to eastern religious mystery cults.

In the Hellenistic world, persons kidnapped by pirates could be auctioned as slaves.

In Ancient Greece, warriors won battles by:

Greek comedy was used to express ______ as evidenced by Aristophanes.

The _____ was an alliance of city-states led by Athens after the Persian War.

The development of the polis had a ___ on Greek society by dividing Greece into fiercely competitive states

The worst job for Hellenistic slaves were those who worked in:

The polis evolved into the central institution of Greek life in the eighth century B.C.

Alexander's military success against the Persians was due in part to Alexander's ____ used as a strike force.

In general, separate early Greek communities became fierce rivals

The immediate cause of the Persian Wars was a revolt of the Ionian Greek colonies in Asia Minor.

For the Greeks, the term arete described the striving for excellence.

The Hellenistic states in the centuries after Alexander the Great became despotic _____.

The Greek Dark Age was a period of migrations and declining

Which Athenian leader developed a navy?

The Philippics were a series of orations in which Demosthenes convinced the Athenians to fight against Philip.

In Ancient Greece, the use of ____ in battle usually determined the outcome.