Western Civilization to 1500

Study Guide : Exam I (Chapters 3, 4, 5)

 

 

1.   What impact did geography have on Ancient Greece?

 

2.   What characterized Homeric heroes?

 

3.   What does tyranny mean to the Ancient Greeks?

 

4.   Why is Sappho famous?

 

5.   What impact did the Lycurgan regime have in Sparta?

 

6.   What was a major result of the Persian Wars?

 

7.   What does the term liminal mean regarding Athenian women?

 

8.   Why was Philip II able to conquer Greece?

 

9.   What important consequence did Alexander's conquests have?

 

10. How would one describe the political history of the Hellenistic period?

 

11. What was the relation between the Hellenistic cities and the monarchy?

 

12. How deep was Hellenization among Eastern peoples?

 

13. What does koiné mean?

 

14. What was distinctive about Hellenistic culture?

 

15. What factors led to the widespread rise of philosophy in the Hellenistic world?

 

16. What work made Euclid famous?

 

17. Why did urban women grow more prominent in Hellenistic times?

 

18. What were the major consequences of the Hellenistic Age?

 

19. How do the Romans compare with the Greeks as diplomats?

 

20. What were the major social divisions of the Early Roman Republic?

 

21. The social strength of the Plebeians derived from what force during the struggle of the Orders?

 

22. What general led Carthage during the Second Punic War?

 

23. What was the main feature of the Reform Program of Tiberius Gracchus?

 

24. How did Gaius Marius change the nature of the Roman Army?

 

25. What was the major consequence of Julius Caesar's reforms?