2nd semester exam

Question 1

what is a tyrant

Answer 1

an illegitimate ruler who seized power, but usually rules with popular assent

Question 2

what is a hoplite

Answer 2

a spartan foot soldier

Question 3

what is phalanx

Answer 3

a formation with shields and spears at the front to skewer oncoming enemies

Question 4

3 major Hellenistic dynesties

Answer 4

antigonus, seleucas, ptolemy

Question 5

dates of the antigonus dynasty

Answer 5

323-168 BC

Question 6

dates of the seleucas dynasty

Answer 6

323-63 BC

Question 7

dates of the ptolemy dynasty

Answer 7

323-30 BC

Question 8

dates and importance of the battle of Chaeronea

Answer 8

338 BC, it brought Greece under Macedonian control, Greece would not be independent again for thousands of years

Question 9

prior to the agriculteral revolution how did humans live?

Answer 9

in hunter-gatherer tribes/nomadic tribes

Question 10

what was the 1st empire

Answer 10

the akkadian empire

Question 11

sumerian temples are called

Answer 11

ziggarats

Question 12

era prior to written history is

Answer 12

pre-history

Question 13

where do we get info about the peloponnesian war

Answer 13

Thucydides

Question 14

year of battle of Gaugamela and its significance

Answer 14

331 BC, it was the battle in which Alexander completed his conquest of the Persian empire

Question 15

year of the battle of marathon

Answer 15

490 BC

Question 16

who is king Leonidas?

Answer 16

He was king of Sparta who died in the Battle of Thermopylae

Question 17

what battle ended the Peloponnesian War

Answer 17

the battle of Aegospotami

Question 18

Athenian law givers are

Answer 18

drakon and solon

Question 19

when is greek colonization at its peak?

Answer 19

8th-7th century

Question 20

pyramid building was perfected in what kingdom

Answer 20

the old kingdom

Question 21

sumerians, Hittites, and Greeks arranged themselves into what kinds of society

Answer 21

city-states

Question 22

the Peloponnesian war was between which 2 leagues

Answer 22

the Delian league and the Peleponnnesian league

Question 23

what is Hellenism

Answer 23

greek culture

Question 24

what is aristocracy

Answer 24

rule of the best

Question 25

what does "Magna Graecia" refer to

Answer 25

refers to the prominent greek cities along the southern Italian coast

Question 26

years of Babylonian exlie

Answer 26

598-538 BC

Question 27

which pharoah was monotheistic

Answer 27

akhenaten/amenhotep IV

Question 28

what does civitas mean

Answer 28

city

Question 29

oldest epic?

Answer 29

gilgamesh

Question 30

year athens becomes a democracy

Answer 30

508 BC

Question 31

democracy?

Answer 31

rule of the people

Question 32

capital of the Hittite empire

Answer 32

Hattusa

Question 33

when was the battle of salamis and its significance

Answer 33

480 BC, important because it was a turning point in the war for the Greeks helping them win the 2nd persian invasion, and a greek victory against persia

Question 34

year of the battle of Qadesh and who it was between

Answer 34

1285 BC, between Egyptians and Hittites

Question 35

years of Peloponnesian War

Answer 35

431-404 BC

Question 36

diadochi war?

Answer 36

war between the successors of alexander over who would rule his empire

Question 37

which athenian tyrant was driven out and who was his father

Answer 37

Pisistratus, his father was Hippocrates

Question 38

3 kings of Israel are?

Answer 38

Saul, David, and Solomon

Question 39

Agriculteral Revolution led to a surplus of food which allowed for

Answer 39

specialization

Question 40

Date of beginning of history

Answer 40

3000 BC

Question 41

sumerian writing is called

Answer 41

cuneiform

Question 42

year israelites entered canaan?

Answer 42

1200 BC

Question 43

date of 1st Persian Invasion and the king of persia at the time

Answer 43

490, Darius

Question 44

date of 2nd Persian Invasion and the king of persia at the time

Answer 44

480, Xerxes

Question 45

what does -lithic mean

Answer 45

stone

Question 46

oligarchy?

Answer 46

rule of the few

Question 47

who was Hammurabi, why is he important, dates of his rule

Answer 47

-he was king of Babylon -he had the oldest most complete law code we have, -he ruled 1792-1750 BC

Question 48

who founded the Akkadian Empire

Answer 48

Sargon

Question 49

date of the end of the new kingdom

Answer 49

1070 BC

Question 50

date of the beginning of the old kingdom

Answer 50

2649 BC

Question 51

what are the names of the 2 kingdoms israel split into

Answer 51

Judah and israel

Question 52

when did the Kingdom of Judah end and why

Answer 52

598 BC, Babylon captured it

Question 53

when did the kingdom of israel end and why

Answer 53

722 BC, Assyria conquered it

Question 54

plutocracy?

Answer 54

rule of the rich

Question 55

dates of Alexander the Great

Answer 55

336-323 BC

Question 56

spartan law giver/constitution

Answer 56

Lycourgas

Question 57

what are the Phoenicians known for

Answer 57

purple dye and inventing the alphebet

Question 58

where do we get our info about the Persian War

Answer 58

Herodotus

Question 59

which people founded Carthage

Answer 59

Phoenicians

Question 60

what was the Agriculteral Revolution and when did it happen

Answer 60

When people started to farm and domesticate animals, instead of hunting and gathering 10,000 BC

Question 61

who was Alexander's father

Answer 61

Phillip II