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Chapter 3 WesternCiv
Question | Answer |
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After successfully leading the Greek resistance to Persia, Athens | Gradually transformed the Delian League into an empire. |
All of the following are true of the Athenian statesman Pericles EXCEPT | He secured Athens' dominance of the Greek world. |
Athenian policy during the Peloponnesian War after 429 B.C. was characterized by | Rash actions advocated by demagogues, supported by popular enthusiasm. |
The most important consequence of the Peloponnesian War was that | The war left Greece exhausted and demoralized. |
Greek philosophy began from the assumption that | There is an order in the universe that humans can discover through reason. |
The earliest Greek philosophers in Miletus focused on determining | The fundamental composition of the universe |
Pythagoras' assertion that mathematical relationships are the key to understanding the universe | Presaged the discovery of mathematical relationships within all things. |
The Sophists taught their students | How to achieve success in life |
Socrates' primary legacy was | Pursuing moral truths through a process of questioning and logical analysis. |
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