Question 1

What was Alexander the Great's most successful strategy for ruling the lands he conquered?

Accepted Answer

A)   He continued wars of conquest in order to unite people in a common cause.
B)   He replaced practically all Persian officials with Greeks and Macedonians.
C)   He established free public education in order to make an educated city-state.
D)   He reduced the size of the army.
E)   He created a synthesis between Greeks and Persians.F) B) and E)
G) B) and C)

Question 2

Which of the following was a method that Alexander used to govern his empire?

Accepted Answer

A)   He rejected Persian court dress and ceremony.
B)   He rejected divine status.
C)   He placed restrictions on intermarriage between Greeks and other ethnic groups.
D)   He placed only Greek officials in office.
E)   He founded new cities.F) A) and C)
G) A) and B)

Question 3

How did the priorities and agendas of Greek city-states in the fourth century BCE compare to those of Hellenistic monarchies through the mid-first century BCE?

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Question 4

Which of the following regions of the Greek world, all conquered by Philip II of Macedon, was known for its precious metal resources, especially gold?

Accepted Answer

A)   Thessaly
B)   Boeotia
C)   Thrace
D)   Crete
E)   Asia MinorF) B) and E)
G) A) and B)

Question 5

A major innovation of Philip II of Macedon was the invention of the hoplite phalanx.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 6

What important facet of Judeo-Christian and Muslim beliefs was first expressed in the Book of Maccabees?

Accepted Answer

A)   the Sabbath
B)   prophecy
C)   martyrdom
D)   charity
E)   monotheismF) All of the above
G) A) and B)

Question 7

During the early second century BCE, the island of Rhodes was

Accepted Answer

A)   controlled by the Attalids.
B)   independent.
C)   controlled by the Ptolemies.
D)   controlled by the Antigonids.
E)   controlled by the Seleucids.F) A) and B)
G) C) and D)

Question 8

One similarity between Greek and Jewish women of the Hellenistic period is that legally they both could initiate divorce.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 9

The greater degree of freedom granted to Hellenistic women, especially aristocratic, has its roots in Macedonian law and culture.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 10

What was the most important cultural development of the Hellenistic period? Provide evidence to support your answer.

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Question 11

How did the indigenous peoples use Greek local traditions to maintain an identity separate from Hellenism?

Accepted Answer

A)   They worshipped Sarapis.
B)   They wrote Egyptian history in Greek.
C)   They translated Homeric epics into Egyptian.
D)   They translated the Hebrew Bible into Greek.
E)   They applied the Ptolemaic practice of producing official inscriptions in local languages.F) C) and D)
G) B) and D)

Question 12

Which statement best explains why Hellenistic monarchs preferred to collect their taxes in coins?

Accepted Answer

A)   They needed to pay their armies in cash.
B)   It forced people to move to the cities they founded.
C)   The amount of produce that might be collected as in-kind payment, primarily grain, was impossible to store in large quantities.
D)   It was more efficient than mining precious metals.
E)   It facilitated the development of a sophisticated system of credit.F) B) and C)
G) A) and E)

Question 13

During the Hellenistic period, which scientist could calculate the circumference of Earth based on his observation of the length of shadows at various points in Egypt?

Accepted Answer

A)   Eratosthenes
B)   Euclid
C)   Archimedes
D)   Theocritus
E)   CopernicusF) B) and E)
G) D) and E)

Question 14

Which of the following best characterizes the nation and culture of Macedon?

Accepted Answer

A)   aristocratic oligarchy
B)   specialist theocracy
C)   warrior monarchy
D)   educated democracy
E)   autocratic tyrannyF) All of the above
G) A) and E)

Question 15

What is a satrap?

Accepted Answer

A)   a governor of a province in the Persian Empire
B)   a style of religious ceremony introduced in the Hellenistic period
C)   the commander of a Macedonian mercenary unit
D)   a type of boat developed to navigate the Nile Delta
E)   a new genre of poetry composed by TheocritusF) D) and E)
G) C) and D)

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