Western CIV Midterm Exam.
A Greek aristocrat who seized power with the aid of the hoplites and ruled outside the traditional constitutional framework was called a/n - CORRECT ANSWER tyrant.
A major result of the battle of Marathon was - CORRECT ANSWER the vindication of hoplites in battle a...
A Greek aristocrat who seized power with the aid of the hoplites and ruled outside the traditional
constitutional framework was called a/n - CORRECT ANSWER tyrant.
A major result of the battle of Marathon was - CORRECT ANSWER the vindication of hoplites in battle
and a boost to Athenian confidence.
After hoplites were introduced in Greece - CORRECT ANSWER aristocrats lost their monopoly on military
engagement.
By the sixth century B.C.E., so many Greeks had settled in this area that it was called Magna Graecia,
"Greater Greece" - CORRECT ANSWER Southern Italy.
Cleisthenes is important in the history of Athenian government because he - CORRECT ANSWER
championed the cause of the demos and took steps to limit the power of aristocrats.
Herodotus argues that the catalyst of the conflict between the Persians and the Greeks was - CORRECT
ANSWER a revolt by Greeks living in Persian territory.
Historians' understanding of ancient Sparta is flawed and may be unreliable because - CORRECT
ANSWER most surviving written sources are Athenian.
Homer's poetry describes a world in which - CORRECT ANSWER warrior aristocrats competed for status
and power and reinforced social ties through hospitality and gift-giving.
Hubris, which could be punished by the gods, is excessive - CORRECT ANSWER pride.
In a symposium, Archaic Age Greek aristocrats - CORRECT ANSWER cultivated their appreciation of wine,
women, and the arts.
, Ionians transmitted the Lydian invention of _________ to the Greek world. - CORRECT ANSWER coinage
Known as the pre-Socratics, Milesian philosophers - CORRECT ANSWER looked to physical explanations
of the workings of the universe.
Miletus and Ionia were important as early centers of Greek - CORRECT ANSWER philosophy and science.
One of the markers of aristocratic status in Archaic Greece was ownership of - CORRECT ANSWER a
horse.
One result of Periclean Athenian democracy was that - CORRECT ANSWER women were slowly excluded
from public life.
Socrates urged his followers to - CORRECT ANSWER understand and apply standards of absolute good.
The Greeks referred to people as barbarians if they - CORRECT ANSWER did not speak Greek.
The MOST militarized polis in Greece was - CORRECT ANSWER Sparta.
The Sophist claim that "Man is the measure of all things" means - CORRECT ANSWER goodness, truth,
and justice are relative, and adaptable to the needs and interests of human beings.
The finest artistic example of Athenian power, confidence and genius under Pericles is the - CORRECT
ANSWER Parthenon.
The most important Panhellenic shrine, sacred to Apollo and site of an oracle, was - CORRECT ANSWER
Delphi.
The origins of Greek democracy can be identified in the rule of the Athenian aristocrat - CORRECT
ANSWER Solon.
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