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Chapter 2
The Rise of Greek Civilization


MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. The earliest Bronze Age settlements were ________.
A. at the mainland site of Mycenae
B. at the coastal site of Miletus
C. on the islands of the Aegean Sea
D. on the island of Crete
Answer: D
Page Ref: 34
Skill: Factual
Topic: The Bronze Age on Crete and on the Mainland to about 1150 B.C.E.

2. Some scholars have argued that because the civilizations of Crete reflected the
importance of women, they were more ________ than others.
A. tranquil
B. aggressive
C. artistic
D. philosophical
Answer: A
Page Ref: 35
Skill: Factual
Topic: The Bronze Age on Crete and on the Mainland to about 1150 B.C.E.

3. Some scholars have suggested that a group of pirates known as ________ destroyed
Pylos.
A. Miletus
B. Cnossus
C. Dorians
D. tholos
Answer: C
Page Ref: 36
Skill: Factual
Topic: The Bronze Age on Crete and on the Mainland to about 1150 B.C.E.




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,4. Although Homer’s Mycenaean heroic characters worshipped gods in temples, in real
life it would not have occurred because Mycenaeans ________.
A. were monotheistic and worshipped only one God
B. only made sacrifices
C. only worshipped outside
D. had no temples
Answer: D
Page Ref: 38
Skill: Factual
Topic: The Greek “Middle Ages” to about 750 B.C.E.

5. Which of the following correctly identifies the four classes in Homeric society?
A. Mycenaeans, Minoans, slaves, and nobles
B. nobles, shepherds, thetes, and indentured servants
C. knights, landless laborers, thetes, and shepherds
D. nobles, thetes, landless laborers, and slaves
Answer: D
Page Ref: 38
Skill: Factual
Topic: The Greek “Middle Ages” to about 750 B.C.E.

6. The Acropolis in Athens is an example of a(n) ________.
A. tholos
B. agora
C. public bathhouse
D. citadel
Answer: D
Page Ref: 40
Skill: Factual
Topic: The Polis

7. Until defeated by the Roman legion, the dominant military force in the eastern
Mediterranean was the ________.
A. agora
B. citadel
C. hoplite phalanx
D. battalion
Answer: C
Page Ref: 41
Skill: Factual
Topic: The Polis




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, 8. Colonization encouraged trade, industry, and the manufacturing of items such as
________.
A. weapons, pottery, silks, and leather products
B. pottery, silks, weapons, and fine artistic metalwork
C. fine artistic metalwork, tools, pottery, and silks
D. tools, weapons, pottery, and fine artistic metalwork
Answer: D
Page Ref: 43
Skill: Factual
Topic: Expansion of the Greek World

9. Greek colonies, established for the good of the colonists, were sponsored by
________.
A. the colonists themselves
B. the mother city
C. rich merchants
D. nobility
Answer: B
Page Ref: 42
Skill: Factual
Topic: Expansion of the Greek World

10. A tyrant was a ________ who gained power in an unorthodox way.
A. colonist
B. pirate
C. fisherman
D. monarch
Answer: D
Page Ref: 43
Skill: Factual
Topic: Expansion of the Greek World

11. By the time the last tyrants left, they were universally hated for their ________.
A. illegal dealings with land
B. cruelty and repression
C. dogmatic religious views
D. unfair laws for colonists
Answer: B
Page Ref: 43
Skill: Factual
Topic: Expansion of the Greek World




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