WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS EXAM 2 LATEST UPDATE 2024

WESTERN CIVILIZATIONS EXAM 2 LATEST UPDATE 2024 Greek culture after the time of Alexander the Great mixed with that of the cultures of various eastern nations, this mixed Greek culture is today called? - ANSWER-hellenistic What Greek ruler of Syria persecuted the Jews and instituted idol worship in the Temple of Jerusalem? - ANSWER-Antiochus IV The Bosci were? - ANSWER-In their time the Grazers were known as either Bosci in Latin or Boskoi in Greek, both words sharing the meaning "grass-eaters" (Ascetic Christians who eat grass.) The Minoan Civilization was centered on what island? - ANSWER-island of Crete What seems to have caused the end of the Minoan Civilization? - ANSWER-Eruption of Volcano Thera Alexander the Great followed his father Philip II as the king of what nation? - ANSWER-Macedonia What Persian king did Alexander the Great defeat? - ANSWERDarius III Under which Greek leader did Athens reach the zenith of its military power and the peak of its cultural development? - ANSWER-Pericles What happened at the Battle of Salmis in 479 BC that was so important for the future of Greece? - ANSWER-Greek navy defeated the Persians. In which battle did the famous 300 Spartans fights? - ANSWERBattle of Thermopylae Which man was responsible for killing Alexander the Great's family? - ANSWER-Casandor The members of the First Triumvirate were? - ANSWER-Julius Caesar, Crassus, and Pompei Which was not a provision of the Benedictine Rule? - ANSWERMarriage Who was the first true "emperor" of the Roman Empire? - ANSWER-Caesar Augustus What famous general led the Carthagenians and almost defeated Rome in the 2nd Punic War? - ANSWER-Hannibal the Great Ancient, heavily-armed, Greek, Infantry soldiers were called? - ANSWER-Hoplites Which two cities fought each other in the Peloponnesian Wars? - ANSWER-An ancient Greek war fought by Athens and its empire against the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. The monastery of Monte Cassino in Italy was founded by? - ANSWER-St. Benedict Pachomius was the founder of? - ANSWER-Cenobitic Monasticism Which was not one of the four great Greek families which divided the Empire of Alexander the Great into four kingdoms? - ANSWER-Attalios, Ptolemies, Seleucids, Antigonids The lower class people of ancient Greece were called? - ANSWER-Demoi The upper class people of ancient Greece were called? - ANSWER-Aristo A trireme was? - ANSWER-A Greek warship Which Jewish group was violently opposed to Roman rule? - ANSWER-Zelots The "Pax Romana" was? - ANSWER-This was the long period of relative peace and minimal expansion by military force experienced by the Roman Empire in the 1st and 2nd centuries AD Which Roman emperor went totally insane? - ANSWER-Nero