Western Civ. CH2

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 on the ancient world to that point

Answer 3

Cyrus the Great “King of Kings”

Question 4

Military strength and cultural toleration were the foundations for

Answer 4

maintaining order in the empire

Question 5

Governors duties included:

Answer 5

keeping order
enrolling troops (recruiting)
sending revenue to royal treasure

Question 6

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

Answer 6

moral dualism

Question 7

The 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 this __________ was the most crucial development for the history not only of Judaism but also Christianity and Islam

Answer 9

sacred text

Question 10

The Mycenaean period became the historical setting of much of the ancient Greek

Answer 10

literature and mythology

Question 11

The Mycenaeans valued war more than ________

Answer 11

religion

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Phoenician alphabet

Question 13

competitive individual excellence

Answer 13

Arete

Question 14

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

Answer 14

The Iliad and The Odyssey

Question 15

Above all else, the major theme uniting the Iliad and the Odyssey

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Do not under circumstances incur the wrath of the gods

Question 16

The Value of

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Excellence

Question 17

The Polis

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An independent community of citizens inhabiting a city and the surrounding countryside

Question 18

Mediterranean climate and the steepness of the terrain limited

Answer 18

Which crops and how much of them could be grown

Question 19

Population increases usually led to population exodus .
As a result,___________________

Answer 19

Greek colonized throughout the Mediterranean and Black Sea

Question 20

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

There are three types of government:
- Most common form of government in Archaic Greece

Answer 22

Tyrannies
Oligarchies
-Democracies

Question 23

Greeks honored their gods through publicly founded religious activity called

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cults

Question 24

The most important oracle in Greece was the

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Oracle of Delphi (Apollo)

Question 25

Sparta- organized its society with laws directed at a single purpose

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Military readiness

Question 26

Primary loyalty was to the

Answer 26

group

Question 27

The Discipline was harsh
- This trained him for honorable occupation for Spartan men

Answer 27

An obedient soldier

Question 28

Helots

Answer 28

Slaves of the Spartan city, state who were Greek in origin.

Question 29

The Spartan Government was an oligarchy, consisting of three components

Answer 29

• 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)
• 5 annually elected magistrates or Ephors (overseers) who made policy and enforced laws.

Question 30

Who became magistrates and Judges and ran the Judicial system by rendering verdicts in disputes and criminal accusations

Answer 30

Archons

Question 31

Cleisthenes

Answer 31

Father of Athenian Democracy

Question 32

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

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Ostracism