CLAS*1000 Final Exam
,Rerum cognoscere causas - CORRECT ANSWERS-"to know the meaning of things"
Who wrote "Rerum cognoscere causas?" - CORRECT ANSWERS-Vergil
When was the Bronze Age? - CORRECT ANSWERS-3400-1200 BCE
King Minos Father - CORRECT ANSWERS-Zeus
Minoans - CORRECT ANSWERS-Greek civilization that had developed on the island of
Crete by 2000 BCE to 1600 BCE
Religion Minoan civilization - CORRECT ANSWERS-Prevalent femininity, ex snake
goddesses
Who replaced the Minoans - CORRECT ANSWERS-Mycenaeans
Mycenaeans - CORRECT ANSWERS-Rose following the fall of Minoans and becomes
the hegemonic power
Linear A - CORRECT ANSWERS-Minoan Language; untranslated
Linear B - CORRECT ANSWERS-Mycenaean language; translated by Micheal Ventris
and John Chadwick
Why did Minoan Palaces lack defensive building? - CORRECT ANSWERS-A peaceful
period on Crete, no need for barriers or walls
Mycenaean Palaces - CORRECT ANSWERS-built on a hill with thick stone walls circled
the palace
What was abundant in Mycenae according to Homer - CORRECT ANSWERS-Gold and
Jewels
Bronze Age
Dark Age
Archaic Period
Classical Period
Hellenistic Period - CORRECT ANSWERS-Correct Order of Periodization
When was the start of the Hellenistic Period - CORRECT ANSWERS-338-330 BCE
When was the Classical Period? - CORRECT ANSWERS-480-338 BCE
When was the Archaic period - CORRECT ANSWERS-800-480 BCE
When was the Dark Ages? - CORRECT ANSWERS-1000-800 BCE
, When was the destruction of the Mycenaean Palaces at Knossos and Thebes -
CORRECT ANSWERS-1250 BCE
When was the destruction of Mycenaean palaces at Mycenae, Tiryns, and Pylos? -
CORRECT ANSWERS-1200 BCE
When was the Trojan War? - CORRECT ANSWERS-1180 BCE
Author of Odyssey and Iliad - CORRECT ANSWERS-Homer
The Dark Age is characterized by - CORRECT ANSWERS-A period of collapse where
populations and literacy decline
When do the Mycenaeans disappear? - CORRECT ANSWERS-The Dark Age
The use of Iron - CORRECT ANSWERS-Begins towards the end of the Dark Age
What does Wanax mean? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Mycenaean word for King in the
Bronze Age
Basileus - CORRECT ANSWERS-Chief or King, used in the Dark Age
What does the Basileus represent - CORRECT ANSWERS-A diminished concept of
Kingship
The First Olympics - CORRECT ANSWERS-776 BCE at the end of the Dark Age
When does Homer begin writing Greek literature? - CORRECT ANSWERS-The Archaic
Period
Where do the Greeks get their alphabet? - CORRECT ANSWERS-The Phoenician's in
the East
Greek Colonization - CORRECT ANSWERS-Greeks spread to Sicily, Southern Italy,
Black Sea, and Ionia
The Polis - CORRECT ANSWERS-"citizen state"
Archamenid Empire - CORRECT ANSWERS-The Persians
King of Persia who attacks Greece in 490 BCE - CORRECT ANSWERS-King Darius
The Battle of Marathon - CORRECT ANSWERS-Lead by Darius, Greeks survive
Xerxes - CORRECT ANSWERS-Son of Darius, leads attack in 480 BCE
,Rerum cognoscere causas - CORRECT ANSWERS-"to know the meaning of things"
Who wrote "Rerum cognoscere causas?" - CORRECT ANSWERS-Vergil
When was the Bronze Age? - CORRECT ANSWERS-3400-1200 BCE
King Minos Father - CORRECT ANSWERS-Zeus
Minoans - CORRECT ANSWERS-Greek civilization that had developed on the island of
Crete by 2000 BCE to 1600 BCE
Religion Minoan civilization - CORRECT ANSWERS-Prevalent femininity, ex snake
goddesses
Who replaced the Minoans - CORRECT ANSWERS-Mycenaeans
Mycenaeans - CORRECT ANSWERS-Rose following the fall of Minoans and becomes
the hegemonic power
Linear A - CORRECT ANSWERS-Minoan Language; untranslated
Linear B - CORRECT ANSWERS-Mycenaean language; translated by Micheal Ventris
and John Chadwick
Why did Minoan Palaces lack defensive building? - CORRECT ANSWERS-A peaceful
period on Crete, no need for barriers or walls
Mycenaean Palaces - CORRECT ANSWERS-built on a hill with thick stone walls circled
the palace
What was abundant in Mycenae according to Homer - CORRECT ANSWERS-Gold and
Jewels
Bronze Age
Dark Age
Archaic Period
Classical Period
Hellenistic Period - CORRECT ANSWERS-Correct Order of Periodization
When was the start of the Hellenistic Period - CORRECT ANSWERS-338-330 BCE
When was the Classical Period? - CORRECT ANSWERS-480-338 BCE
When was the Archaic period - CORRECT ANSWERS-800-480 BCE
When was the Dark Ages? - CORRECT ANSWERS-1000-800 BCE
, When was the destruction of the Mycenaean Palaces at Knossos and Thebes -
CORRECT ANSWERS-1250 BCE
When was the destruction of Mycenaean palaces at Mycenae, Tiryns, and Pylos? -
CORRECT ANSWERS-1200 BCE
When was the Trojan War? - CORRECT ANSWERS-1180 BCE
Author of Odyssey and Iliad - CORRECT ANSWERS-Homer
The Dark Age is characterized by - CORRECT ANSWERS-A period of collapse where
populations and literacy decline
When do the Mycenaeans disappear? - CORRECT ANSWERS-The Dark Age
The use of Iron - CORRECT ANSWERS-Begins towards the end of the Dark Age
What does Wanax mean? - CORRECT ANSWERS-Mycenaean word for King in the
Bronze Age
Basileus - CORRECT ANSWERS-Chief or King, used in the Dark Age
What does the Basileus represent - CORRECT ANSWERS-A diminished concept of
Kingship
The First Olympics - CORRECT ANSWERS-776 BCE at the end of the Dark Age
When does Homer begin writing Greek literature? - CORRECT ANSWERS-The Archaic
Period
Where do the Greeks get their alphabet? - CORRECT ANSWERS-The Phoenician's in
the East
Greek Colonization - CORRECT ANSWERS-Greeks spread to Sicily, Southern Italy,
Black Sea, and Ionia
The Polis - CORRECT ANSWERS-"citizen state"
Archamenid Empire - CORRECT ANSWERS-The Persians
King of Persia who attacks Greece in 490 BCE - CORRECT ANSWERS-King Darius
The Battle of Marathon - CORRECT ANSWERS-Lead by Darius, Greeks survive
Xerxes - CORRECT ANSWERS-Son of Darius, leads attack in 480 BCE
