HST 101 midterm exam questions and
answers graded A+
cargo - correct answer ✔✔a product of civilization
cargo - correct answer ✔✔Europeans had more _____ but they had longer tradition of
civilization
continental axis - correct answer ✔✔the theory that east to west transportation, through
eurasia, was easier than north to south
pizarro - correct answer ✔✔whose victory came from cargo
bronze - correct answer ✔✔the invention of _____ was an expensive process as opposed to
cheap
democratic, 3500-1200 bce - correct answer ✔✔the bronze age is seen as ____, and was in the
years _____
linear B - correct answer ✔✔____ is a bronze age syllabary that came from minoans
mycenaeans - correct answer ✔✔these people were haughty and militaristic, they were ruled
by tightly centralized military officers and bureaucrats
rebus principle - correct answer ✔✔The idea that symbols could be used to represent the
sounds of a language rather than represent real objects
, cuneiform - correct answer ✔✔the first written language
sumerians - correct answer ✔✔who invented cuneiform
cuneiform - correct answer ✔✔____ is logographic
phoenicians - correct answer ✔✔who founded the alphabet, which became the origin of every
other alphabet
merchants - correct answer ✔✔what kind of people were the phoenicians
syllabary - correct answer ✔✔what is halfway b/w pictograms and the alphabet, and is very
efficient
homer - correct answer ✔✔who was the creator of the iliad and odyssey based during the
trojan war
iliad, odyssey - correct answer ✔✔the _____ and the ____ are both about the issue of honor
due to the kings
1100-800 bc - correct answer ✔✔the greek dark age was from ___ which was after the bronze
age
writing - correct answer ✔✔in the greek dark age, ___ went away and people died
polis - correct answer ✔✔greek form of a city state
answers graded A+
cargo - correct answer ✔✔a product of civilization
cargo - correct answer ✔✔Europeans had more _____ but they had longer tradition of
civilization
continental axis - correct answer ✔✔the theory that east to west transportation, through
eurasia, was easier than north to south
pizarro - correct answer ✔✔whose victory came from cargo
bronze - correct answer ✔✔the invention of _____ was an expensive process as opposed to
cheap
democratic, 3500-1200 bce - correct answer ✔✔the bronze age is seen as ____, and was in the
years _____
linear B - correct answer ✔✔____ is a bronze age syllabary that came from minoans
mycenaeans - correct answer ✔✔these people were haughty and militaristic, they were ruled
by tightly centralized military officers and bureaucrats
rebus principle - correct answer ✔✔The idea that symbols could be used to represent the
sounds of a language rather than represent real objects
, cuneiform - correct answer ✔✔the first written language
sumerians - correct answer ✔✔who invented cuneiform
cuneiform - correct answer ✔✔____ is logographic
phoenicians - correct answer ✔✔who founded the alphabet, which became the origin of every
other alphabet
merchants - correct answer ✔✔what kind of people were the phoenicians
syllabary - correct answer ✔✔what is halfway b/w pictograms and the alphabet, and is very
efficient
homer - correct answer ✔✔who was the creator of the iliad and odyssey based during the
trojan war
iliad, odyssey - correct answer ✔✔the _____ and the ____ are both about the issue of honor
due to the kings
1100-800 bc - correct answer ✔✔the greek dark age was from ___ which was after the bronze
age
writing - correct answer ✔✔in the greek dark age, ___ went away and people died
polis - correct answer ✔✔greek form of a city state
