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The Minoans were Greek speakers. ✔Correct Answer-False
The abbreviation A.D. used in dates, such as June 30, A.D. 2020, stands for After Death.
✔Correct Answer-False
The Minoan civilization, based on the island of Crete, was noteworthy for its: ✔Correct
Answer--writing system
-advanced architectural and building techniques
-highly developed hierarchies of labor and government
Heinrich Schliemman's discovery and excavation of sites such as Troy and Mycenae were
significant chiefly because they: ✔Correct Answer-opened up a whole new field of Bronze Age
studies
Greek speakers first arrive in what becomes the Greek world in: ✔Correct Answer-2000 BC
Palace-complexes dominated much of the Bronze Age era Greek world. The palace sites were all
destroyed and the Dark Ages set in. Besides language, what stayed about the same in the Greek
world through the Dark Ages and into the historical period? ✔Correct Answer-religion -- most
of the same gods
What caused the end of the Bronze Age? ✔Correct Answer--Drought and famine
-volcanic eruption
-Sea-Peoples
-internal strife
Put in chronological order from earliest to most recent. 1 = farthest away in time from us; 5 =
closest to us, most recent. ✔Correct Answer-1600 Shaft Graves at Mycenae = second wave of
Greek speakers
1400 Greeks (Mycenaeans) conquer Minoans
1300 Era of Big Booty Walls
1200 Mycenaean Palace-complexes destroyed by
800-500 Greek Colonization
The era Homer depicts in the Iliad: ✔Correct Answer-is quasi-fictional, mingling Bronze and
Dark Age traits
, Scholars believe that Homer wrote out and edited his poems very carefully. ✔Correct Answer-
False
Greek poetry relies on rhyming like English. ✔Correct Answer-False
The leaders in the Homeric world of the Iliad gain status through these two important skills:
✔Correct Answer-1) Fighting on the Battlefield
2) Speaking wisely among peers
In the excerpt of the Iliad we read, why is Achilles so angry? ✔Correct Answer-Agamemnon
takes his prize from him
An example of a Bronze Age element in the Iliad would be: ✔Correct Answer-the boar's tusk
helmet
The Dark Age saw widespread construction of large scale buildings throughout the Greek world.
✔Correct Answer-False
The megaron building style, used for the throne room in Mycenaean palaces, continues
throughout Greek antiquity, often in the form of a temple. ✔Correct Answer-True
Around 750 BC there was a 7-fold increase in the population in Attica. How do we know this?
✔Correct Answer-Big jump in number of graves/tombs
Which of these was NOT a key defining characteristic of the polis? ✔Correct Answer-always
had a king
What are the key defining characteristics of the polis? ✔Correct Answer--typically used
hoplite warfare
-shared sense of identity and cults
-politically independent, self-ruling
Who is the earliest figure about whom we know enough to call historical in the development of
democracy at Athens? ✔Correct Answer-Cylon
This man wrote a rather strict law code he hoped would help mediate the vendettas between
powerful, regionally based clans in Attica. ✔Correct Answer-Draco
Before Solon, the political process at Athens was open to anyone regardless of their social and
economic class. ✔Correct Answer-False
Whom do you associate with the slogan, "Wealth not birth"? ✔Correct Answer-Solon
Which of these was NOT one of Solon's reforms? ✔Correct Answer-freed all slaves
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The Minoans were Greek speakers. ✔Correct Answer-False
The abbreviation A.D. used in dates, such as June 30, A.D. 2020, stands for After Death.
✔Correct Answer-False
The Minoan civilization, based on the island of Crete, was noteworthy for its: ✔Correct
Answer--writing system
-advanced architectural and building techniques
-highly developed hierarchies of labor and government
Heinrich Schliemman's discovery and excavation of sites such as Troy and Mycenae were
significant chiefly because they: ✔Correct Answer-opened up a whole new field of Bronze Age
studies
Greek speakers first arrive in what becomes the Greek world in: ✔Correct Answer-2000 BC
Palace-complexes dominated much of the Bronze Age era Greek world. The palace sites were all
destroyed and the Dark Ages set in. Besides language, what stayed about the same in the Greek
world through the Dark Ages and into the historical period? ✔Correct Answer-religion -- most
of the same gods
What caused the end of the Bronze Age? ✔Correct Answer--Drought and famine
-volcanic eruption
-Sea-Peoples
-internal strife
Put in chronological order from earliest to most recent. 1 = farthest away in time from us; 5 =
closest to us, most recent. ✔Correct Answer-1600 Shaft Graves at Mycenae = second wave of
Greek speakers
1400 Greeks (Mycenaeans) conquer Minoans
1300 Era of Big Booty Walls
1200 Mycenaean Palace-complexes destroyed by
800-500 Greek Colonization
The era Homer depicts in the Iliad: ✔Correct Answer-is quasi-fictional, mingling Bronze and
Dark Age traits
, Scholars believe that Homer wrote out and edited his poems very carefully. ✔Correct Answer-
False
Greek poetry relies on rhyming like English. ✔Correct Answer-False
The leaders in the Homeric world of the Iliad gain status through these two important skills:
✔Correct Answer-1) Fighting on the Battlefield
2) Speaking wisely among peers
In the excerpt of the Iliad we read, why is Achilles so angry? ✔Correct Answer-Agamemnon
takes his prize from him
An example of a Bronze Age element in the Iliad would be: ✔Correct Answer-the boar's tusk
helmet
The Dark Age saw widespread construction of large scale buildings throughout the Greek world.
✔Correct Answer-False
The megaron building style, used for the throne room in Mycenaean palaces, continues
throughout Greek antiquity, often in the form of a temple. ✔Correct Answer-True
Around 750 BC there was a 7-fold increase in the population in Attica. How do we know this?
✔Correct Answer-Big jump in number of graves/tombs
Which of these was NOT a key defining characteristic of the polis? ✔Correct Answer-always
had a king
What are the key defining characteristics of the polis? ✔Correct Answer--typically used
hoplite warfare
-shared sense of identity and cults
-politically independent, self-ruling
Who is the earliest figure about whom we know enough to call historical in the development of
democracy at Athens? ✔Correct Answer-Cylon
This man wrote a rather strict law code he hoped would help mediate the vendettas between
powerful, regionally based clans in Attica. ✔Correct Answer-Draco
Before Solon, the political process at Athens was open to anyone regardless of their social and
economic class. ✔Correct Answer-False
Whom do you associate with the slogan, "Wealth not birth"? ✔Correct Answer-Solon
Which of these was NOT one of Solon's reforms? ✔Correct Answer-freed all slaves
