Test Bank For Making of the West Peoples and Cultures Value Edition 5th Edition By Hunt
Answer each question with three or four sentences.
1.
How did the Peloponnesian War affect moderately well-off women who lost male family members during the war? How did these women cope with their changed circumstances?
2.
What did Plato mean by the “Forms”?
3.
Explain the link between Aristotle’s distrust of democracy and his views on slavery. Aristotle believed that common sense and the careful observation of nature could explain inequalities in life. Which observations contributed to his belief that women were inferior to men?
4.
What scientific and cultural impact did Alexander the Great leave behind upon his death?
5.
How did the successor kings establish themselves as legitimate rulers of their new kingdoms?
6.
Trace the link between military expenditure, state bureaucracy, and the spread of Greek language and culture in the Hellenistic kingdoms.
7.
Why did most urban elites cooperate willingly with Hellenistic monarchs?
8.
Explain why Hellenistic kings’ lavish spending on the arts reflected political goals more than artistic ones.
9.
How did medicine advance in the Hellenistic world?
10.
How did the idea develop that some Hellenistic rulers were divine? Why did people worship them?
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