Analyze the Western Civilization Ch.3 Essay – Flashcards
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Greeks made contact with the _____ in the ninth century B.C.E.
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Phoenicians.
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The Greeks referred to some people with whom they came into contact as barbarians because they:
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did not speak Greek.
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Hubris is:
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excessive pride, which was punished by the gods.
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Homer's poetry describes a world in which:
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warrior aristocrats competed for status and power and reinforced social ties through hospitality and gift-giving.
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The social center and organizational hub of the Greek polis was:
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the agora.
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By the sixth century B.C.E., Greeks founded numerous colonies around the Mediterranean basin, the most significant of which were located where?
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Anatolia and Italy.
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After Hoplites were introduced in Greece:
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aristocrats lost their monopoly on military prowess.
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Hoplites were organized into formations called a:
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phalanx.
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What made Greek battle formations and strategy formidable?
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the training and skill of the hoplites to stay together.
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In the symposium, Archaic Age Greek aristocrats:
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enjoyed wine and listened to poetry.
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A Greek aristocrat who seized power and ruled outside the traditional constitutional framework was called:
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a tyrant.
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The origins of Greek democracy can be identified, in part, in the rule of the Athenian aristocrat:
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Solon.
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Cleisthenes is important in the history of Athenian government because he:
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championed the cause of the demos and took steps to limit the power of aristocrats.
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The most militarized of all the poleis in Greece was:
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Sparta.
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Spartiates rejected innovation and change and were:
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forbidden to engage in trade or commerce.
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Ionians transmitted the Lydian invention of _________ to the Greek world.
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coinage.
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Because of their successful colonial and trading activities, the Miletus:
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became extraordinarily wealthy.
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Milesian philosophers, known as the pre-Socratics:
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looked to physical explanations of the workings of the universe.
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The decisive Greek military victory over the Persians at Salamis was won by:
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the Athenian fleet.
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The Sophist claim that "Man is the measure of all things" means:
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goodness, truth, and justice are not absolutes, but vary according to the needs and interests of human beings.
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Socrates urged his followers to :
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understand the principles of proper conduct and one's actions.
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Greek sculpture evolved from the rather stiff likenesses resembling Egyptian statuary to a style labeled as:
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naturalism.
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One major result of the Persian wars was:
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the vindication of hoplites in battle and a boost to Athenian and Greek confidence.
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A result of the defeat of the Athenian expedition to attack Syracuse was:
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the Athenian assembly replaced its democracy with oligarchy.
