History, Pt 1

Question 1

Who was Alexander the Great?

Answer 1

A Macedonian who conquered Greece, Persia, and much of the Middle East.

Question 2

Whose conquests helped to Hellenize the Mediterranean area?

Answer 2

Alexander the Great

Question 3

What year did Alexander the Great’s conquests begin?

Answer 3

334 BC

Question 4

When and with what events did the Hellenistic Age begin?

Answer 4

334 BC, the beginning of Alexander’s conquests

Question 5

When and with what event did the Hellenistic Age end?

Answer 5

31 BC

Question 6

What is the Hellenistic Age?

Answer 6

A period of uniform civilization in the Mediterranean and Near East world.

Question 7

What is Hellenism?

Answer 7

The blend of Greek and Near Eastern culture

Question 8

What is Hellenization?

Answer 8

• Defining feature of Hellenism

- Spread of Greek culture, language, and political domination

Question 9

Who was a Jewish philosopher contemporary of Jesus who applied philosophy to try to interpret the Torah?

Answer 9

Philo

Question 10

Who was Philo?

Answer 10

Jewish philosopher who tried to apply philosophy to interpreting the Torah

Question 11

Name the three successor kingdoms of Alexander the Great.

Answer 11

Antigonids
Seleucides
Ptolemies

Question 12

Which successor kingdom controlled Macedonia after Alexander the Great’s death?

Answer 12

Antigonids

Question 13

Which successor kingdom had to be a culture of war because their land had little in the way of natural boundaries?

Answer 13

Seleucides

Question 14

Which successor kingdom controlled much of the Near East after after the death of Alexander the Great?

Answer 14

Seleucides

Question 15

Which successor kingdom controlled Egypt after the death of Alexander the Great?

Answer 15

Ptolemies

Question 16

Which successor kingdom was known for its scholarship and commerce?

Answer 16

Ptolemies

Question 17

Which successor kingdoms first and then later ruled Judea?

Answer 17

Ptolemies

Seleucids

Question 18

Under which kingdom was the Septuagint completed?

Answer 18

Ptolemies

Question 19

Under which kingdom did the Tobiads rule?

Answer 19

Ptolemies

Question 20

How did the Tobiads feel about Hellenistic reform?

Answer 20

They were leading the Jewish Hellenistic reform.

Question 21

Which Jewish princes were ruling over the Jews during the time of the Ptolemies?

Answer 21

Tobiads

Question 22

Who worked as an Egyptian finance minister and an example to the other upper class Jews on how embracing Hellenization could bring wealth?

Answer 22

The Tobiad Joseph

Question 23

What document describes how the Septuagint was supposed to have been created?

Answer 23

The Epistle of Aristeas

Question 24

What does the Epistle of Aristeas describe the creation of?

Answer 24

The Septuagint

Question 25

Which two parties in Jerusalem fought over Hellenistic Reform?

Answer 25

Pro-Ptolemaic and Pro-Seleucid

Question 26

In the context of the Hellenistic reforms, which party was less open to the Greeks?

Answer 26

Pro-Ptolemaic

Question 27

In the context of Hellenistic reforms, which party was more open to the Greeks?

Answer 27

Pro-Seleucid

Question 28

What was the Hellenistic reform debate about?

Answer 28

How open the Jews should be to the outside world

Question 29

How did Jerusalem change under the Hellenistic reforms?

Answer 29

Status was first ethnos, then changes to a polis, renamed Antioch