Chapter 2

Question 1

Were brought back to build their massive temples, palaces and cities

Answer 1

Conquered people

Question 2

Were among the most ruthless of the ancient middle east

Answer 2

Assyrian rulers

Question 3

The largest empire of the ancient world to that point

Answer 3

Cyrus the great “King of Kings”

Question 4

The Persians-Military strength and cultural toleration were the foundation for

Answer 4

Maintaining order in the empire

Question 5

Governors duties included:

Answer 5

-Keeping order
-Enrolling toops
-Sending revenue to royal treasure

Question 6

The world is an arena for an ongoing battle for control between divine forces of good and evil

Answer 6

Moral Dualism

Question 7

Israelites had to follow a strict religious and moral code

Answer 7

The 10 Commandments

Question 8

Throughout this period Jewish prophets preached their defeats were divine punishment for…

Answer 8

Neglecting the Sinai covenant and mistreating the poor

Question 9

The creation of _____________ was the crucial development for the history not only of Judaism but also Christianity and Islam

Answer 9

Sacred text

Question 10

The Mycenaean period become the historical setting of much ancient Greek

Answer 10

Literature and mythologies

Question 11

The Greeks that emerged has lost their writing, eventually adopting the

Answer 11

Phoenician alphabet

Question 12

Competitive individual excellence

Answer 12

Arete

Question 13

Greece’s most famous author, Homer who wrote the epic poems

Answer 13

The Iliad and The Odyssey

Question 14

The major theme uniting The Iliad and The Odyssey is

Answer 14

Do not under any circumstances incur the wrath of the gods

Question 15

The Greeks called their land _________ and themselves ____________

Answer 15

Hellas and Hellenes

Question 16

Greeks value…

Answer 16

Excellence

Question 17

The Polis

Answer 17

an independent community of citizens inhabiting a city and the surrounding county-side

Question 18

The Mediterranean climate and the steepness of the terrain limited

Answer 18

crops and how much of them could be grown

Question 19

Population increases usually led to population exodus, as a result …

Answer 19

Greeks colonized throughout the Mediterranean and Black Sea

Question 20

Greeks value

Answer 20

self-sufficiency or individualism

Question 21

The Greek Polis was unique in that it was based on the concept of…

Answer 21

citizenship for all its free males

Question 22

Greeks value

Answer 22

Civic virtue

Question 23

There were 3 types of government in the Greek city-states

Answer 23

-Tyrannies
-Oligarchies
-Democracies

Question 24

Oligarchies

Answer 24

Most common form of government in Archaic Greece

Question 25

Greeks honored the Gods through publicly funded religious activities called…

Answer 25

Cults

Question 26

The most important Oracle in Greece was the

Answer 26

Oracle of Delphi

Question 27

Sparta organized its society with laws directed at a single purpose

Answer 27

Military readiness

Question 28

Primary loyalty was to the _______ not the biological family

Answer 28

Group

Question 29

Discipline was harsh - this trained them for the most honorable occupation for Spartan men

Answer 29

An Obedient Solider

Question 30

Helots

Answer 30

Slaves of the Spartan city-state who were Greek in origin

Question 31

The Spartan Government was an Oligarchy, consisting of 3 components.

Answer 31

-2 Hereditary prestigious military leaders (called Kings), who served as both the states religious heads and generals of the army

-A council of 28 Elders over the age of 60 that makes laws

-5 annually elected magistrates or Ephors (overseers) who made policy and enforced law

Question 32

Who became magistrates and judges and ran the judicial system bu rendering verdicts in disputes and criminal accusations

Answer 32

Archons

Question 33

Cleisthenes

Answer 33

Father of Athenian Democracy

Question 34

Whereby a vote from more than 6,000 of the citizens would exile a citizen for 10 years

Answer 34

Ostracism

Question 35

The Myceseanes valued war over

Answer 35

religion