Question 1

Where did most of the rationalist philosophers of the Greek Archaic Age originate?

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A)   Athens
B)   Ionia
C)   Corinth
D)   The PeloponneseE) All of the above
F) None of the above

Question 2

Why do historians use the term Dark Age when speaking of the eastern Mediterranean region between 1200 and 1000 B.C.E.?

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A)   The previously existing civilizations had all permanently disintegrated.
B)   The region was plagued by terrible natural disasters, including earthquakes, severe flooding, and tropical storms.
C)   Previously existing systems of religion had collapsed, leaving a spiritual vacuum in their wake.
D)   Economic conditions were poor, and historians' knowledge of the era is limited.E) C) and D)
F) A) and D)

Question 3

Women in Greek city-states could also be citizens, an honor that

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A)   did not, however, grant them political rights, such as the right to vote or otherwise participate in political life.
B)   bestowed on them unprecedented political rights, such as the right to vote.
C)   enabled them to attain equal legal status with men with regard to such things as property ownership, but not equal political status.
D)   was reserved, however, for only the wealthiest women.E) C) and D)
F) B) and C)

Question 4

What did the covenant established between the Israelites and their deity require the Israelites to do?

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A)   Worship their deity as their only god and live according to his laws
B)   Move from Canaan to Mesopotamia
C)   Sign treaties with the leading empires of the Near East
D)   Punish their sons and grandsons to the third and fourth generation for their own criminal offensesE) A) and B)
F) All of the above

Question 5

Which of the following was proposed by Thales and Anaximander?

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A)   The universe was governed not by the gods' wishes but by unchanging laws of nature.
B)   Humans were capable of understanding divine wisdom through intense meditation and study.
C)   The study of human history showed that people were not rational beings, which meant that their behavior could not be predicted.
D)   The actions of animals proved that they had souls, just as humans did.E) None of the above
F) A) and C)

Question 6

How did the Neo-Assyrian kings' treatment of both their own people and those they conquered contribute to the downfall of their empire?

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Question 7

What precipitated the collapse of the Neo-Assyrian Empire?

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A)   An invasion by the Egyptians, who sought to reconquer their territory
B)   A series of natural disasters, including droughts, floods, and earthquakes
C)   A seventh-century B.C.E. rebellion and a subsequent invasion by the Medes and Chaldeans
D)   The death of the heir to the imperial throne, which triggered a civil warE) A) and D)
F) A) and C)

Question 8

Which social, economic, and administrative aspects of the Spartan way of life most supported Sparta's primary goal of military preparedness and civil obedience?

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Question 9

How did Greek settlement in the eastern Mediterranean abroad influence the development of Greek culture during the Archaic Age (c. 750-500 B.C.E.) ?

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A)   It allowed the Greeks to borrow directly from Roman architecture and sculpture.
B)   It paved the way for the Greeks to imitate Near Eastern and Egyptian statuary.
C)   It introduced the Greeks to the Hebrew concept of monotheism and altered Greek religion.
D)   It introduced the Greeks to Assyrian models of warfare and led to their use of chariots in military campaigns.E) None of the above
F) All of the above

Question 10

Zarathustra made a significant contribution to Western thought when he proposed which of the following?

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A)   That God was pure thought, not a physical individual
B)   That human behavior was influenced both by the environment and by upbringing
C)   That a person's gender had no bearing on his or her intellectual capabilities
D)   That individuals determined their own eternal fate through the moral choices they made while on earthE) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Question 11

As a result of Solon's reforms, council members who prepared the agenda for the assembly were chosen by

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A)   direct election.
B)   an assembly of all property owners.
C)   the decision of the archons.
D)   lottery.E) A) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 12

What was a tyrant in the context of the Greek city-states from the 650s through about 585 B.C.E.? How do the tyrants of that time compare to tyrants as we know them today? Explain what event prompted Greeks to end tyrannical rule and what they replaced tyranny with.

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Question 13

During the Neo-Babylonian Empire, the Chaldeans rebuilt the great temple of their chief god,

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A)   Ahura Mazda.
B)   Zoroaster.
C)   Ishtar.
D)   Marduk.E) A) and C)
F) B) and D)

Question 14

How did trading contacts help Greece recover from its Dark Age, especially in terms of metallurgy and written culture?

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Question 15

Based on this map, who did Greek city-states tend to trade with from 750 to 500 B.C.E.?
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A)   Other Greek city-states and settlements under Greek influence
B)   Phoenicia
C)   Settlements under Phoenician rule
D)   The EtruscansE) A) and B)
F) B) and D)

Question 16

Ancient Greek religion was based on a pantheon of gods, each representing different strengths or forces, and the Greeks believed that

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A)   they had to try to please the gods through prayers, ritual offerings, and the avoidance of offensive behavior.
B)   the gods would reward them whenever they excelled or attained aretê.
C)   the gods demanded that humans conduct their lives according to a strict moral code that forbade transgressions like theft, murder, dishonesty, greed, and cruelty.
D)   the gods had chosen Greece as a favored land, and that the Greeks were destined to conquer other peoples and achieve worldly glory.E) A) and B)
F) A) and C)

Question 17

The Spartan governmental structure can best be described as which of the following?

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A)   An oligarchy, consisting of a council of twenty-eight elders; five annually elected magistrates, or ephors; and two hereditary military and religious leaders, referred to as kings but sharing a status similar to that of the other members of the oligarchy
B)   A democracy headed by an annually elected magistrate who had primary control over military and religious affairs and who ruled in conjunction with an appointed council of elders
C)   A tyranny controlled by the strongest and most popular general, who typically exercised supreme control over all military, religious, and economic matters
D)   An oligarchy consisting of a council of ten of the best generals, known as ephors, elected every two years by an assembly of adult male citizensE) B) and C)
F) A) and D)

Question 18

The concept of miasma-the ritual contamination suffered by the members of a group who failed to punish a criminal in their midst-reflected which of the following?

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A)   A sense of communal responsibility for upholding divine law
B)   The influence of Egyptian religious thought on the Greeks
C)   The belief that people cannot influence the actions of the gods
D)   The power of priests to interfere in public lifeE) None of the above
F) A) and B)

Question 19

Why did Greece emerge as a nexus for philosophical thought by the seventh and sixth centuries B.C.E.? What questions did philosophers raise, and what answers did they propose?

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Question 20

Why were the political forms of the Greek city-states and the Greek concept of citizenship so unprecedented and unique?

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A)   They allowed all the inhabitants of a city-state, irrespective of race or gender, to vote equally.
B)   They represented a radical departure from long-held communal values, as the rights of the individual henceforth took precedence.
C)   They affirmed the right of all Greek inhabitants to an equal share in the state's governance.
D)   They were based on the concept of citizenship for all free inhabitants and allowed for some degree of shared governing, except in tyrannies.E) A) and B)
F) None of the above

Exam 2: Near East Empires and the Reemergence of Civilization in Greece, 1000-500 B.C.E

Based on this map, who did Greek city-states tend to trade with from 750 to 500 B.C.E.? ​ ​

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Why do historians use the term Dark Age when speaking of the eastern Mediterranean region between 1200 and 1000 B.C.E.?

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The Spartan governmental structure can best be described as which of the following?

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Where did most of the rationalist philosophers of the Greek Archaic Age originate?

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During the Neo-Babylonian Empire, the Chaldeans rebuilt the great temple of their chief god,

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How did Greek settlement in the eastern Mediterranean abroad influence the development of Greek culture during the Archaic Age (c. 750-500 B.C.E.) ?

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Which of the following was proposed by Thales and Anaximander?

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