A.   common people should always try to change the natural order of things, and work to seize power from the wealthy

B.   that people should not participate in politics and worldly affairs, and instead withdraw to a life of quiet solitude and poverty

C.   life can only be lived to its fullest by indulging in extreme experiences and abandoning all self control

D.   people could be happy only when living in accordance with nature and that a single law, which was part of the natural order of life, governed all people

A.   enlisting in the Persian army

B.   refusing to adopt Greek culture, which was seen as honorable behavior by Greek rulers

C.   founding new city-states with other non-Greeks

D.   learning the Greek language and adopting a Greek name

A.   an Egyptian priestess who convinced many of Alexander the Great’s followers to worship Egyptian gods and goddesses

B.   the Hellenistic goddess of fate or fortune - a new deity that blended Greek and indigenous beliefs

C.   an ancient Greek goddess that the conquered Persians refused to worship

D.   Alexander the Great’s queen, who ruled his empire for 40 years after his death

A.   the founder of the Roman Empire

B.   a barbaric dictator who lacked any connection to the Greek culture he claimed to represent

C.   an ineffective general whose attempts to conquer the Persian Empire were badly planned and executed

D.   a brilliant leader who sought personal glory through conquest, and was intolerant of any opposition

A.   limited to the royal palaces of monarchs, because common people were not permitted to own slaves

B.   common, and slaves were used in shops, fields, armies, mines, and in the homes of wealthier people

C.   unnecessary, because of the large number of laborers who were willing to work for very low wages

D.   usually banned, because Greek philosophers argued that owning a slave was immoral