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Hellenistic Culture - Test Review

Total questions: 39

Worksheet time: 17mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Greece’s northern neighbor, ruled by Philip II in 359BC

(a)  

2.
Finding happiness and avoiding pain is the philosophy of what?
a)
Stoicism
b)
Epicureanism
c)
Socraticism 
d)
Platonism 
3.
Sound reasoning, controlling your emotions, and making intelligent decisions is the philosophy of what?
a)
Stoicism
b)
Epicureanism
c)
Socraticism
d)
Platonism
4.
Who was the Hellenistic scientist and inventor who famously boasted, "Give me a lever long enough and I will move the world."?
a)
Euclid
b)
Eratosthenes
c)
Aristarchus
d)
Archimedes 
5.

Alexandria, the Greek capital of Egypt and a center of trade, was most famous among scholars for its

a)

Theaters

b)

Trade

c)

Library

d)

Architecture

6.
Happiness comes from doing your duty and following reason, not emotion.
a)
Stoicism
b)
plane geometry
c)
circumference
d)
Epicureanism
7.
Who is known as “the father of medicine”?
a)
Hippocrates
b)
Euclid
c)
Aristarchus
d)
Hypatia
8.

How many battles did Alexander lose during his lifetime?

a)

0

b)

2

c)

3

9.

True or False: Alexander the Great's empire lasted for hundreds of years after he died.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

Philip II was the king of

a)

Persia.

b)

Macedonia.

c)

Greece.

d)

Egypt.

11.

Which strategy did Philip II borrow from the Greeks?

a)

Iron weapons

b)

Surprise attacks

c)

Phalanx formation

d)

Building a navy

12.

The Greek mathematician whose theories are the basis for modern geometry.

a)

Aristarchus

b)

Euclid

c)

Socrates

d)

Sophocles

13.

What does the term "Hellenistic" mean?

a)

Absolute ruler

b)

To conquer

c)

Greek-like

d)

Having Greek ancestry

14.

What happened to Alexander's Empire after his sudden death?

a)

Alexander's son was the next king.

b)

Alexander's wife rule the empire.

c)

Persians reconquered the empire.

d)

It was divided up by his generals.

15.

After defeating Persia, Alexander now ruled __________.

a)

modern day France and Germany

b)

most of Asia

c)

the largest empire the world had ever seen

d)

all of India

16.

Alexander supported the spread of ___________ culture.

a)

Greek

b)

Socratic

c)

Indian

d)

Buddhist

17.

Who was Alexander the Great's teacher?

a)

Aristotle

b)

Archimedes

c)

Plato

d)

Darius

18.

What impact did the Hellenistic Empire have on Greece?

a)

A major world religion was spread

b)

A deadly plague was spread to the Persian Empire.

c)

Culturally and politically separate areas were unified.

d)

Caste systems from the Hindus were adopted by Greeks.

19.

Who thought that governments should be headed by philosopher-kings?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Plato

c)

Aristophanes

d)

Jason

20.

Who freed the Greek cities in Asia Minor from Persian rule?

a)

Philip II

b)

Alexander the Great

c)

Demosthenes

d)

Euclid

21.

Philip II got some Greek cities to join him by ________ them.

a)

Conquering

b)

Inviting

c)

Bribing

d)

All of these

22.

Who told King Ptolemy that “There is no royal way to learn geometry”?

a)

Euclid

b)

Pythagorus

c)

Aristotle

d)

Poseidon

23.

This Macedonian king loved Greek culture and planned to conquer Persia.

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Aeschylus

c)

Philip II

d)

Homer

24.

Homer’s epic, the Iliad, is about

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

The Trojan War

c)

Gilgamesh

d)

The oracle at Delphi

25.

Who was the goddess of wisdom and crafts?

a)

Aphrodite

b)

Artemis

c)

Athena

d)

Apollo

26.

Herodotus wrote...

a)

The Odyssey.

b)

The History of the Persian Wars.

c)

The Book of the Dead.

d)

Antigone.

27.

Who wrote the Odyssey?

a)

Sophocles

b)

Euripides

c)

Homer

d)

Aesop

28.

Aristotle taught his students to follow the

a)

Golden Rule

b)

Golden Mean

c)

Golden Fleece

d)

None of these

29.

The Hellenistic Era produced a great body of

a)

Scientific Achievement

b)

Art and Architecture

c)

Literature and Philosophy

d)

All of the above

30.

The library here attracted scholars from all over the world 

a)

Babylon

b)

Rome

c)

Thebes

d)

Alexandria

31.

Whose armies conquered the land as far east as modern India?

a)

Alexander the Great

b)

Philip II

c)

Ramses II

d)

Cyrus the Great

32.

Who built one of the greatest cities of the ancient world and named it after himself?

a)

Philip II

b)

Macedonia

c)

Alexander the Great

d)

Cyrus

33.

What is a story about gods and heroes?

(a)  

34.

Why is Herodotus so significant to the development of historical writing?

a)

he used a lot of different sources

b)

he told history like a story

c)

he used accurate dates

d)

he included gods and goddesses in his histories

35.

What would be an example of a modern-day Sophist?

a)

lawyers

b)

advertisers

c)

politicians

d)

all of the above

36.

What do Sophists care the most about?

a)

finding the truth

b)

winning arguments

c)

developing theories

d)

free education

37.

What is a short story that teaches a moral/lesson?

(a)  

38.

How does Greek culture still influence us today?

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39.

Why did Alexander's empire fall apart after his death?

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