Which of the following statements is false?    
A. The development of human intelligence took place rapidly because the ancestors of humankind already possessed a strong competitive edge over other animals.  
B. The development of human intelligence was closely linked to the physical evolution of the face muscles and the skull.  
C. The development of human intelligence was affected by the discovery of fire.   
D. The development of human intelligence was linked to such physical characteristics as the opposable thumb and the ability to walk erect.  
Answer: A
Approximately how long was the interval between the discovery of agriculture and the appearance of the first permanent urban settlements in the Middle East?   
A. 50 years   
B. 300 years   
C. 1000 years   
D. 7000 years   
E. 20,000 years   
Answer: D
Which of the following statements is false?      
A. In the course of the agricultural revolution, human beings learned to domesticate animals.   
B. In the course of the agricultural revolution, human beings gave women an increasingly important role in agriculture.  
C. In the course of the agricultural revolution, human beings were able to live in more densely populated settlements.  
D. In the course of the agricultural revolution, human beings began to play more specialized economic roles, such as priests, potters, and tradesmen  
Answer: B
Which of the following statements is true?    
A. The first great civilizations grew up in sparsely settled areas, where food was easy to grow.  These were placed where early peoples could make mistakes with their social arrangements and still survive 
B. The first great civilizations were in temperate areas, where water was abundant and easy to control      
C. The first great civilizations appeared in areas where water had to be carefully channeled through irrigation and flood control  
D. The first great civilizations appeared where people were relatively free from the control of their rulers  
Answer: C
Which of the following peoples did NOT conquer Egypt?    
A. the Hyksos   
B. the Phoenicians   
C. the Persians   
D. the Greeks   
Answer: B
probably formed the first economic class NOT directly engaged in producing its own food.   
A. lawyers   
B. soldiers   
C. priests   
D. shoemakers   
E. iron mongers   
Answer: B
Which of the following statements is false?     
A. The power of the pharaohs was strengthened by the belief that they were the incarnations of a god  
B. The power of the pharaohs can sometimes be measured by the efforts of the nobility to ensure royal protection in the afterlife  
C. The power of the pharaohs was weakened in part by the problems of governing a kingdom that had grown so large that in many places the ruler had to rely on officials who were difficult to control 
D. The power of the pharaohs suffered many ups and downs, but in general they were able to build increasingly magnificent tombs throughout Egyptian history  
Answer: D
Which of the following statements is false?      
A. Since the pharaoh was the center of religious and political life, Egyptian art was often used, even by the nobility, as a means of asking for his protection in the afterlife 
B. Since the pharaoh was the center of religious and political life, Egyptian art was uninterested in the lives of common people, such as farmers or peasants  
C. Since the pharaoh was the center of religious and political life, Egyptian art sometimes portrayed him with agricultural implements to symbolize the fact that he was responsible for ensuring the fertility of the soil 
D. Since the pharaoh was the center of religious and political life, Egyptian art might portray him as a great warrior, at least in times when Egypt was enjoying military successes 
Answer: B
Which of the following statements is false?    
A. The Egyptian New Kingdom witnessed the rise to power of a class of professional soldiers.  
B. The Egyptian New Kingdom was finally ruled by the Ptolemies, descendants of one of Alexander the Great's generals.  
C. The Egyptian New Kingdom was conquered by a succession of foreign invaders, especially after the year 1000 B.C.  
D. The Egyptian New Kingdom under the influence of foreign domination discarded the cultural styles and models that had served Egypt so long.  
Answer: D
After the death of King Solomon, the Kingdom of Israel split in two.  The northern kingdom retained the name Israel; the southern kingdom was named   
A. Phoenicia   
B. Palestine   
C. Lebanon   
D. Sumeria   
E. Judah   
Answer: E
Which of the following statements is NOT true?    
A. Bronze is made from two ores (copper and tin) that were easy to obtain   
B. Bronze unlike iron does not have to be hardened by the difficult process of carburation  
C. Bronze was such an important product that the Phoenicians found it profitable to travel widely to obtain copper and tin ores  
D. Bronze concentrated power in the hands of those who could afford bronze tools and weapons  
Answer: A
All but one of the following peoples founded an empire that dominated Mesopotamia at some time during this period:   
A. the Assyrians   
B. the Israelites   
C. the Babylonians   
D. the Persians   
Answer: B
All but one of the following peoples served in the armies of the great Mesopotamian empires:   
A. the Greeks   
B. the Indians   
C. the Romans   
D. none of the above   
Answer: C
Which of the following statements is NOT true?      
A. The Phoenicians established a widespread network of trading colonies throughout the Mediterranean.  
B. The Phoenicians possessed an alphabetic script that was adapted by many of the peoples with whom they came in contact.  
C. The Phoenicians used their economic strength to overthrow the empires of Egypt and Mesopotamia.  
D. The Phoenicians lived in close contact with the kingdoms of Israel.   
Answer: C
What is the earliest date for which we have written records in Mesopotamia?    
A. 1200 B.C.   
B. 480 A.D.   
C. 8000 B.C.   
D. 3000 B.C.        
E. 10,000 B.C.   
Answer: D
Pericles was the leader of    
A. Sparta   
B. Corinth   
C. Athens   
D. Syracuse   
E. Troy   
Answer: C
Consider the following description.  "In the fifth century B.C., a group of men set themselves up as freelance teachers of wisdom.  Although some of them were important thinkers, others contented themselves with teaching superficial tricks of argument that were useful in law suits or political debate."  This description best fits 
A. the Epicureans   
B. the Sophists   
C. the Stoics   
D. the Cynics   
E. the Pathagagoreans   
Answer: B
#111018  All but one of the following were important Greek historians:    
A. Herodotus   
B. Thucydides   
C. Xenophon   
D. Socrates   
Answer: D
#111019  Which of the following statements is NOT true?    
A. The Iliad and The Odyssey by the time of Socrates and Plato had come to occupy a position at the center of Greek culture and education.  
B. The Iliad and The Odyssey describe a war and its aftermath that took place some time around 1200 B.C.  
C. The Iliad and The Odyssey embody a clear-cut code of personal heroism.   
D. The Iliad and The Odyssey describe the events that created the first long-lasting Greek empire.  
Answer: D
#111020  In discussing the history of Greek philosophy, Professor Weber says, "Whereas once a socially active life was the ideal, now the ideal becomes escape to the contemplative life."  At about what time does Professor Weber believe that the Greeks began to yearn for this escape? 
A. in the early fifth century, when the Greeks were afraid of being conquered by Persia   
B. in the late fifth century, during the horrors of the Peloponnesian War   
C. in the early fourth century, as a result of the execution of Socrates   
D. in the middle to late fourth century, as the city-states were losing their independence   
Answer: D
#111021  Which of the following statements is NOT true?    
A. Socrates argued that many of the Greek myths, such as those in The Iliad and The Odyssey, were obviously untrue since they portrayed the gods as sinful and debauched 
B. Socrates was so influential, in part, because he belonged to a family that dominated Athenian politics  
C. Socrates found many of his followers among the sons of aristocratic families   
D. Socrates was tried for treason and for corrupting the young   
Answer: B
#111022  Which of the following statements is false?    
A. Plato believed that a city should be as large as possible, in order to have the maximum strength in war.  
B. In Greek cities, women, slaves, and foreigners had no civic rights.   
C. Aristotle believed that in the ideal city all citizens should know one another by sight.   
D. The geography of Greece was such that many cities had easier access to the sea than to one another.  
Answer: A
#111023  Which of the following statements is false?    
A. In 401 B.C., the Greek historian Xenophon embarked on an expedition to support the claims of a Persian prince to his country's throne.  
B. In 401 B.C., the Greek historian Xenophon embarked on an expedition that would inspire the ambitions of Alexander the Great several generations later.  
C. In 401 B.C., the Greek historian Xenophon embarked on an expedition that conquered the Persian Empire.  
D. In 401 B.C., the Greek historian Xenophon embarked on an expedition that demonstrated the military potential of the Greek phalanx.  
Answer: C
#111024  Diogenes, who lived from approximately 412 to 323 B.C., was one of the leading philosophers of the   
A. Cynics   
B. Sophists   
C. Stoics   
D. Epicureans   
E. Aristotleans   
Answer: A
#111025  Which of the following did NOT take control of some part of the empire of Alexander the Great?   
A. the Seleucids of Syria   
B. the Ptolemies of Egypt   
C. the Etruscans of northern and central Italy   
D. the Macedonian rulers of Greece   
Answer: C
#111026  Which of the following cities was NOT a center of learning and culture in the Hellenistic age?   
A. Alexandria   
B. Rome   
C. Antioch   
D. Athens   
Answer: B
#111027  Which of the following statements is false?    
A. Among the reasons for the breakup of Alexander's empire after his death were the rivalries among his generals.  
B. Among the reasons for the breakup of Alexander's empire after his death were his refusal to allow Greeks to intermarry with local people.  
C. Among the reasons for the breakup of Alexander's empire after his death were the problems of administering an empire that extended over many thousands of miles.  
D. Among the reasons for the breakup of Alexander's empire after his death were the variety of the different cultures he had tried to unite.  
Answer: B
#111028  Which of the following statements is false?    
A. The Hellenistic empires made Greek a lingua franca throughout the Eastern Mediterranean world.  
B. The Hellenistic empires created a cosmopolitan urban culture.   
C. The Hellenistic empires created a culture that unified the cities and the countryside.   
D. The Hellenistic empires often accorded their rulers divine honors as a way of holding the allegiance of many different peoples.  
Answer: C
#111029  Which of the following statements is false?    
A. Professor Weber argues that Hellenistic art strove for greater realism than could be found in classical art.  
B. Professor Weber argues that Hellenistic art often portrayed highly dramatic situations.  
C. Professor Weber argues that Hellenistic art was sometimes melodramatic or grotesque.  
D. Professor Weber argues that Hellenistic art neglected technical virtuosity.   
Answer: D
#111030  Which of the following statements is false?    
A. Professor Weber argues that the growth of the great Hellenistic empires strengthened people's attachment to their own civic religions  
B. Professor Weber argues that the growth of the great Hellenistic empires moved the center of power away from the individual cities  
C. Professor Weber argues that the growth of the great Hellenistic empires led philosophers to discount the importance of active involvement in political life.  
D. Professor Weber argues that the growth of the great Hellenistic empires brought people into contact with a great variety of religions.  
Answer: A
#111031  Which of the following statements is false?    
A. Astrology was central to many mystery religions because the heavenly bodies were thought to control human destinies.  
B. Astrology was central to many mystery religions because the ordered movements of the heavenly bodies were thought to produce a vast and eternal harmony.  
C. Astrology was central to many mystery religions because the keys to salvation were granted to all people, just as the heavens were visible to all.  
D. Astrology was central to many mystery religions because it was believed that the doctrines or rituals of the cults allowed believers to reach the heavenly sphere of the ultimate god. 
Answer: C
#111032  Civilization is best defined as    
A. a human form of culture in which many people live in urban centers, have mastered the art of smelting metals, and have developed a method of writing.  
B. the ways of living built up by a group and passed on from one generation to another.   
C. a society where the population engages in abstract thought and promotes policies of peace rather than war.  
D. the complex interrelationships among human beings which result in the accumulation of wealth and power.  
E. all of the above   
Answer: A
#111033  The strongest statement of Hebrew monotheism is to be found in     
A. Epic of Gilgamish.   
B. the Second Isaiah.   
C. Hammurabi's Code.   
D. The Book of Abraham.   
E. Sanskrit.   
Answer: B
#111034  Which of the following is a telling of the story of the Flood in which the hero has many adventures and learns of his own mortality?   
A. Code of Hammurabi   
B. the Second Isaiah   
C. the Epic of Gilgamesh   
D. the odyssey of the ten lost tribes   
E. the "Israel Stele"   
Answer: C
#111035  Man has dominated Earth for only about half of the planet's existence.    
A. True   
B. False   
C.
D.
Answer: B
#111036  The Code of Hammurabi was    
A. an outline of religious practice.   
B. a body of civil and criminal law.   
C. the moral teaching of Hammurabi.   
D. a system of writing developed by the Babylonians.   
E. the oath taken by the Klingon military caste.   
Answer: B
#111037  Out of the civil wars that followed Julius Caesar's assassination, his nephew Octavian, later called           , emerged as the effective ruler of Rome.   
A. Tiberius         
B. Augustus   
C. Ramses II   
D. Abraham   
E. Anubis   
Answer: B
#111038  The term Stone Age is used to describe the period of early human cultures because    
A. stone was the material from which tools and weapons were made.   
B. it was an age of ignorance, rigidity, and inflexibility.   
C. it was so named by the people living in that period.   
D. the people of that age were always stoned.   
E. it was named after the famed anthropologist, I. M. Stone   
Answer: A
#111039  The greatest achievement of the Neolithic age was    
A. the first forms of art.   
B. the creation of agriculture and village life.   
C. the invention of gods.   
D. the exploration and mapping of the world.   
E. the development of iron for making tools and weapons.   
Answer: B
#111040  Neolithic literally means    
A. Old Stone Age.   
B. Middle Stone Age.   
C. New Stone Age.   
D. Bronze Age.   
E. natural or organic.   
Answer: C
#111041  The Book of the Dead was    
A. written by Akhenaton.   
B. a collection of spells whereby the dead could get safely to the next world.   
C. a manual on mummification.   
D. a record of items buried with the pharaoh.   
E. was compiled and edited by Egypt's most famous Queen, Nefertiti.   
Answer: B
#111042  Scientists estimate that the earth may be as many as    
A. 20 billion years old.   
B. 5-6 million years old.   
C. 6 billion years old.   
D. 100 million years old.   
E. 27 thousand years old.   
Answer: C
#111043  The Greeks called the Egyptian system of writing hieroglyph which means:    
A. high writings.   
B. sacred carvings.   
C. ancient records.   
D. Pharaoh's scribe.   
E. Mesopotamian.   
Answer: B
#111044  Which of the following was not an Egyptian or an Egyptian god?    
A. Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh   
B. Amon-Re   
C. Aton   
D. Osiris   
E. Anubis   
Answer: A
#111045  In order to call a period "historical," there must be evidence of     
A. writing.   
B. pottery remains.   
C. social organization   
D. warfare and weapons.   
E. the use of tools.   
Answer: A
#111046  According to tradition the Jewish patriarch            came from Ur about 1900 B.C. to settle in the land of the Canaanites.   
A. Abraham   
B. Noah   
C. Moses   
D. Octavian   
E. King Solomon   
Answer: A
#111047  In 586 B.C., King Nebuchadnezzar II conquered Judah.  He destroyed the great temple built by Solomon and took thousands of hostages off to his capital.  This time and experience is called  
A. the Babylonian Captivity   
B. the Time of Troubles   
C. the Age of Anubis   
D. Nebuchadnezzer's Curse   
E. the Paleolithic Age   
Answer: A
#111048  The word from the study guide that means the doctrine or belief that there is only one God is    
A. theology   
B. pantheon   
C. polytheism   
D. Messiah   
E. monotheism   
Answer: E
#111049  The name of Amenholep IV's beautiful wife was    
A. Helen   
B. Nefertite   
C. Cleopatra   
D. Penelope   
E. Agnes   
Answer: B
#111050  By 3000 B.C., the Sumerians had developed a system of writing which utilized a wedge shaped stylus writing on clay tablets.  This system of writing is called   
A. arete   
B. hieroglyphics   
C. ziggarat   
D. cuneiform   
E. frescoe   
Answer: D
#111051  In 480 B.C., the Greeks won a decisive naval battle when they defeated the Persians at    
A. Plataea   
B. Thermophylae   
C. Laconia   
D. Ionia   
E. Salamis   
Answer: E
#111052  The Spartan polis aimed above all at producing    
A. wise lawgivers.   
B. wealthy traders.   
C. brave and victorious soldiers.   
D. magicians and mystics.   
E. orators.   
Answer: C
#111053  Which qualities would a Homeric hero prize most dearly?    
A. strength, team work, artistic ability    
B. charity, prowess, speaking ability   
C. individual prowess, courage, excellence   
D. wealth, love of country, the good life   
E. patriotism and tolerance   
Answer: C
#111054  Hubris (hybris) can best be defined as    
A. arrogance, overweening pride.   
B. loyalty.   
C. the courage to act quickly when in danger.   
D. political insecurity.   
E. a soft white cheese.   
Answer: A
#111055  The Persian empire was established by    
A. Darius the Great.   
B. Xerxes.   
C. Cyrus the Great.   
D. Aristagoras.   
E. Amenhotep IV.   
Answer: C
#111056  In the battle of Marathon,    
A. the Athenians had the aid of many allies.   
B. Athens stood almost alone against the Persians.   
C. the Athenians were aided by Spartan land forces.   
D. the Athenians lost.   
Answer: B
#111057  King Leonidas and his 300 Spartan heroes stood, fought and died in the defense of the Greek world at the Battle of                     .  Rarely before or since has the world seen such martial courage and military prowess.  
A. Salamis   
B. Thermopylae   
C. Marathon   
D. Plataea   
E. Waterloo   
Answer: B
#111058  The famous Greek adages "Know thyself" and "Nothing in excess" are connected to    
A. The Cult of Apollo at Delphi   
B. The Cult of Dionysus   
C. Oedipus of Thebes   
D. the Mycenaens   
E. Homeric values   
Answer: A
#111059  The Spartan slave was called a    
A. hoplite.   
B. hybris.   
C. agon.   
D. Helot.   
E. none of the above.   
Answer: D
#111060  The attack on Greece was led by the Persian king    
A. Cyrus.   
B. Xerxes.   
C. Solon.   
D. Cambyses.   
E. Herman.   
Answer: B
#111061  The main palace complex on Crete is located at    
A. Laconia.   
B. Cnossus.   
C. Mycenae.   
D. Attica.   
E. Plataea.   
Answer: B
#111062  In 499 B.C. the Ionian Greeks led by Aristagoras of Miletus rebelled against:    
A. Sparta.   
B. Rome.   
C. Athens.   
D. Persia.   
E. Laconia.   
Answer: D
#111063  Which of the following was the Greek god of war?    
A. Hermes   
B. Zeus   
C. Apollo   
D. Dionysus   
E. Ares   
Answer: E
#111064  The Greek colonization movement around 750 B.C. occurred primarily because of the    
A. fear of the Dorian invasion.   
B. overpopulation of Greek lands.   
C. desire to trade and make money.   
D. need to escape from internal disputes between city states.   
E. love for excitement and adventure that characterized the Greeks.   
Answer: B
#111065  The Homeric epics refer to    
A. Oedipus Rex and the Odyssey.   
B. The Iliad and the Odyssey.   
C. Works and Days and the Theogony.   
D. The Iliad and The Golden Ass.   
E. Agemennon and Achilles.   
Answer: B
#111066  The famous Greek philosopher Socrates believed that democracy was the best possible form of government.   
A. True   
B. False   
C.
D.
Answer: B
#111067  The hoplite phalanx was    
A. a military formation composed of heavily armed infantrymen.   
B. a military formation composed of aristocratic cavalrymen.   
C. a quick, maneuverable warship.   
D. the shield or buckler carried by Greek warriors.   
E. none of the above   
Answer: A
#111068  Which of the following was the father of the Gods?    
A. Demeter   
B. Apollo   
C. Athena   
D. Zeus   
E. Poseidon.   
Answer: D
#111069  The name of the Greek god of the seas and earthquakes is    
A. Dionysus   
B. Apollo   
C. Hermes   
D. Oedipus   
E. Poseidon   
Answer: E
#111070  Penelope's husband                      (name) fought for years at the siege of Troy.  After the fall of Troy, it took him many years of wandering adventures to return home whereupon he slew all the suitors of his virtuous wife.  
A. Poseidon   
B. Odysseus   
C. Achilles   
D. Homer   
E. Leonidas   
Answer: B
#111071  In 490 B.C., the Athenians beat the Persians at the Battle of                     .  This battleground was 26 miles from the city of Athens.   
A. Laconia   
B. Thermopylae   
C. Plataea   
D. Salamis   
E. Marathon   
Answer: E
#111072  (c.a. 490-425 B.C.) a Greek from Asia Minor is often called "the father of history."  He wrote a history of the Persian Wars; he also wrote of the tyranny of the Cypselids of Corinth.  
A. Homer   
B. Herodotus   
C. Hesiod   
D. Solon   
E. Thucydides   
Answer: B
#111073  In Greek history, the term that means a city and its surrounding countryside is    
A. Ionia   
B. Attica   
C. polis   
D. arete   
E. hubris   
Answer: C
#111074  The Greek poet                      was born about 612 B.C. on the island of Lesbos.  Although only fragments of her writings survive, we know that she was regarded as one of the greatest lyric poets in antiquity.  
A. Dorian   
B. Penelope   
C. Hera   
D. Sappho   
E. Helen            
Answer: D
#111075  is the modern English word that means unusually severe penalties., the term derives from the name of an Athenian lawgiver of the 7th Century B.C.   
A. Draconian   
B. inimical   
C. drachma   
D. hedonistic   
E. Hippocratic   
Answer: A
#111076  In the great epic poem The Iliad, "the most kingly" commander of the Greek forces in the siege of Troy was   
A. Achilles   
B. Homer   
C. Agememnon   
D. Odysseus   
E. Hector   
Answer: C
#111077  The two main historians of classical Greece were    
A. Homer and Hesiod.   
B. Pliny and Sappho.   
C. Sophocles and Aristotle.   
D. Herodotus and Thucydides.   
E. Xerxes and Sappho.   
Answer: D
#111078  Thucydides was an Athenian who    
A. wrote the history of the Persian wars.   
B. wrote the history of the Peloponnesian War.   
C. divorced himself from the influence of the Hippocratic school of medicine.   
D. describes the chaos of the warring Greek states in the second century B.C.   
E. was the victorious Athenian general at Marathon.   
Answer: B
#111079  Philip II died       
A. by assassination.   
B. by suicide.   
C. of old age.   
D. while fighting in Persia.   
E. of ovarian cancer.   
Answer: A
#111080  Which best describes the philosophy of the Stoics?    
A. denunciation of convention, advocacy of a crude life in accordance with nature   
B. a life in harmony with god and nature, knowledge of good and evil, avoidance of passion  
C. Since nothing can be known, nothing matters.   
D. both a. and c.   
E. all of the above   
Answer: B
#111081  Alexander's troops refused to proceed farther after they reached    
A. Persia.   
B. India.   
C. Egypt.   
D. China.   
E. puberty.   
Answer: B
#111082  In 1977, the excavation of a mound at Vergina yielded extraordinarily rich finds.  It is what many consider to be the tomb of                     .   
A. Demosthenes.   
B. Philip II.   
C. Isocrates.   
D. Aristotle.   
E. Cleopatra.   
Answer: B
#111083  The famous soldier and philosopher Xenophon recounts how Greece was at last brought to peace and stability as a result of the decisive Theban victory at the Battle of Mantinea in 362 B.C.  
A. True   
B. False   
C.
D.
Answer: B
#111084  The rising power in the Greek world about 350 B.C. was    
A. Macedon.   
B. the Athenian Empire.   
C. Thrace.   
D. Corinth.   
E. Sparta.   
Answer: A
#111085  The "Hellenistic World" refers to    
A. Greece of the fifth century.   
B. the innovative map by Eratosthenes.   
C. a period of three centuries when Greek culture was spread to Egypt and Asia changing both East and West.  
D. the Hellenic world after it was conquered by Rome   
E. none of the above.   
Answer: C
#111086  All of the following were successors to Alexander and ruled parts of his divided empire except the   
A. Ptolemy Dynasty   
B. Seleucid Dynasty   
C. Antigonid Dynasty   
D. Granicus Dynasty   
Answer: D
#111087  The period from 404-371 B.C. was called the Spartan hegemony and is characterized by    
A. Spartan leadership of the Greek world.   
B. overextension of Spartan power in Asia Minor.   
C. the rise of Theban power.   
D. Spartan arrogance.   
E. all of the above.   
Answer: E
#111088  At the time of Alexander's invasion, who was king of Persia?    
A. Xerxes   
B. Darius III   
C. Cyrus the Great   
D. Darius I   
E. Elmer VIII   
Answer: B
#111089  Which of the following statements about the Battle of Mantinea is false?    
A. It was fought in 362 B.C.   
B. Epaminondas of Thebes was killed in the battle.   
C. Thebes faced Athens as well as an anti-Theban Peloponnesian coalition as adversaries in the battle.  
D. The battle was decisive and ended the uncertainty and political confusion that had plagued Greece.  
E. Xenophon wrote about the battle and its consequences.   
Answer: D
#111090  After the Persian wars, Athens headed a defense alliance which she transformed into the Athenian Empire.  It was called the   
A. Delian League.   
B. Ionian League.   
C. Peloponnesian League.   
D. Corinthian League.   
E. Eastern Greek Empire   
Answer: A
#111091  The leading opponent of Philip II at Athens was    
A. Isocrates.   
B. Demosthenes.   
C. Eubulus.   
D. Callimachus.   
E. Aristotle.   
Answer: B
#111092  Zeno of Cyprus founded    
A. cynicism.   
B. stoicism.   
C. epicureanism.   
D. skepticism.   
E. nepotism.   
Answer: B
#111093  The author of the still-influential book ELEMENTS or The Elements of Geometry was .  This timeless work was written in the early third century B.C.   
A. Euclid.   
B. Archimedes of Syracuse.   
C. Demosthenes.   
D. Socrates.   
E. Plato.   
Answer: A
#111094  Alexander was forced to end his conquest in India because of    
A. a mutiny by his men.   
B. a lack of funds.   
C. a fever which eventually killed him.   
D. his assassination.   
E. a lack of resistance by the natives.   
Answer: A
#111095  Which of the following is not one of the three orders of Greek architecture?    
A. Doric   
B. Athenian   
C. Ionic   
D. Corinthian   
Answer: B
#111096  Which style of architecture has the simplest and least ornate columns?    
A. Doric   
B. Athenian   
C. Ionic   
D. Corinthian   
Answer: A
#111097  The leader of the Athenian expedition of 415-413 B.C. against Sicily was    
A. Cleon.   
B. Lysander.   
C. Alcibiades.   
D. Cimon.   
E. Pericles.   
Answer: C
#111098  was a persuasive speaker, a skillful  politician, a  respected military leader and an acknowledged patriot.  He was the leader of Athens in 431 B.C. when the Great Peloponnesian War broke out.  
A. Thucydides   
B. Alcibiades   
C. #111099  (469-399 B.C.) is probably the most famous teacher in history.  He said that all forms of government carry within themselves the seeds of their destruction.  He was put to death by the Athenian state and although he was given a chance to escape, he chose to stay and die because of his veneration of duty and the law. 
D. 3
E. Epaminondas   
Answer: A
Pericles   
A. Diogenes   
B. Aristophanes   
C. #111100  (429-347 B.C.) founded the Academy in Athens, a school that thrived for almost a thousand years.  He was no fan of democracy.  He envisioned a Utopia ruled over by carefully selected and educated "philosopher kings."  
D. 2
E. Euclid   

Plato   
A. Xenophon   
B. Thuycydides   
C. #111101  Plato said that                      was Socrates gone mad.  This famous Cynic wore rags and lived in a tub (ca. 400-325 B.C.).   
D. 3
E. Pericles   

Herodotus   
A. Demosthenes   
B. Leonidas   
C. #111102  , the greatest of the Athenian comic poets, presented the play Lysistrata in 411 B.C.   
D. 1
E. Aristophanes   

Demosthenes   
A. Aristotle   
B. Archimedes   
C. #111103  Professor Weber tells us that the age of reptiles (dinosaurs) ended about            years ago.   
D. 1
E. 60,000,000   

10,000,000   
A. 800,000   
B. 14,000   
C. #111104  Professor Weber tells us that man or manlike creatures first fashioned a tool about          years ago.   
D. 3
E. 60 million   

32 million   
A. 200,000   
B. 14,000   
C. #111105  Professor Weber describes early Stone Age man as all but which one of the following:    
D. 3
E. hunters   

gleaners   
A. nomads   
B. #111106  Which of the following is false?    
C. 5
D. Professor Weber tells us that Stone Age people engaged in frequent warfare   
E. Professor Weber tells us that Stone Age people often engaged in human sacrifice.       

Professor Weber tells us that Stone Age people kept slaves.   
A. Professor Weber tells us that Stone Age people generally sacrificed animals to perpetuate the forces of nature and darkness.  
B. #111107  According to Professor Weber, the main motivators in the politics of the ancient world and in today's world is/are   
C. 4
D. fellow feeling and benevolence   
E. the need for order through cooperation   

religion and altruism   
A. sociability and the impulse toward group living and decision making   
B. #111108  Professor Weber tells us that the longest lasting civilization has been the    
C. 3
D. Greek   
E. Sumerian   

Egyptian   
A. English   
B. #111109  Professor Weber shows that the "Fertile Crescent" was in    
C. 2
D. Italy   
E. Egypt and Mesopotamia