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1
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Where was the main storage castle of the Minoan people?

What Island?

A

Island of Crete

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When did the Minoan culture flourish?

What year and age?

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2700 BCE
Bronze Age

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3
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What two systems of writings did the Minoan people create?

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Linear A&B

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When is the decline of Minoan culture marked?

Year and Age?

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1450 BCE
Iron Age

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What volcano is theorised to wipe out Minoans? (most popular theory)

Volcanic Island of __?

A

Volcanic Island of Thera

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The Minoan civilization reached its height during the bronze age. This coincides with their economy at the time because _____

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They traded a lot of tin which when mixed with copper creates bronze.

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Sir Arthur Evans found Knossos, one of many palaces on the Island of Crete. The Knossos Palace consisted primarily of ____

A

Storage space for food.

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8
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The Minoans were primarily a trading empire and trade depends upon both organization and some kind of written records. What offered scholars the ‘key’ to unlocking the Minoan written language?

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Linear B was the first system used by the Greeks

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Minoan art has depictions of men in headdresses as well as men and women jumping over the end of a bull. In what way are these depictions similar to each other?

A

In both instances, scholars are not entirely sure what the images represent.

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10
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Which is the correct historical order?

A

Pictograph, Symbolic Phoneme, Abjad, Alphabet

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Why was early cuneiform such a limited form of writing?

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Pictographs were very limited and few people could learn such massive system.

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For literacy to expand and for empires to grow larger, _____.

A

A writing system should have a few, simple and easy-to-use characters

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How were the problems of early cuneiform solved?

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Pictograms were replaced by symbolic phonemes.

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Mycenae featured all of the following except:

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Towers along the walls

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The Mycenaen civilization came to an end due to the following:

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Sustained invasions from foreign peoples

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16
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Most archaeologists dislike Heinrich Schliemann because _____.

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Schliemann destroyed a lot in his search.

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17
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Mycenae rose to power thanks to _____.

A

The power vacuum left by the Minoans

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The heroes of later Greek myths were _____.

A

Historical figures of the Mycenaean bronze age

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Which of the following civilizations were NOT involved in Bronze Age battles that occurred between 1200 and 1150 BCE?

A

The Minoans

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20
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What was an outcome of the dissolution of the Mycenaean government?

A

Development of a series of independent City-States

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21
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The Mycenaeans and the Minoans shared all of the following EXCEPT:

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Their militarism

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22
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The Dorian Invasion of Mycenae led to which of the following:

a) All answers are correct

b) A sharp decline in trade

c) The destruction of every city in Greece

d) The loss of literacy

e) The abandonment of urban centers

A

All Answers are correct

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23
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How did literacy develop within the Greek City-States?

a) The development of the epic poem

b) All answers are correct

c) The development of both prose and academic texts

d) Literacy became accessible to the masses

e) The creation of the first true alphabet

A

B

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24
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Why were heroes so important for the Greeks?

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They were regarded as models of virtue.

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25
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How was Christianity influenced by Greek religion?

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Christians adopted holy days, saints and rituals from Greek religion.

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26
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Upon learning that a god had taken a personal interest in him, an ancient Greek would most likely be _____.

A

Terrified.

27
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Why is it so hard to make generalizations about Greek religion?

a) All answers are correct.

b) Greek religion lacks a single defining holy text.

c) Greek religion was adapted to meet the needs of the community.

d) Greek religion was polytheistic.

A

A

28
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Which of the following is NOT true about Greek heroes?

a) They were objects of worship.
b) They were usually demigods.
c) The most famous one was Hermes.
d) They were models of arete.

A

C

29
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Greek city states did not form kingdoms and empires like their Egyptian and Sumerian counterparts because:

A

The Greek mountains and sea served as natural obstacles to unification.

30
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Which city-state treated women the best?

A

Sparta

31
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Greek women were not solely reliant upon the financial resources of their husbands. This is evidenced through their ability to:

A

Engage in petty trading and keep the proceeds of such transactions

32
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A Greek woman is unhappy in her marriage and seeks a divorce. She has been financially well taken care of throughout her marriage and her husband is a well-respected member of Greek society. Although her mother is against her wish to divorce, her brothers support her actions. In this circumstance, the woman will _____?

Yes or No?

A

Yes

33
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Spartan women were treated well because _____.

A

They had given birth to Spartan warriors

34
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What is an example of the manner in which Greek theater portrayed women?

A

Female characters were sometimes too good for their husbands.

35
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What is the PROBABLE reason that early Archaic Greek sculpture resembles the stiff, unnatural sculpture of the Egyptians?

A

Because the Egyptians used less malleable materials, their sculptures appeared stiff and unnatural. Even though early Archaic Greek sculpture was made of more malleable materials, they were styled like those produced by their Egyptian predecessors.

36
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Which of the following lists places the styles of Greek pottery in correct chronological order?

A

Geometric, Orientalizing, Black Figure, Red Figure

37
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The following image is an example of which style of Greek sculpture?

A

Archaic

38
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This statue of Hermes is an example of Greek…

A

Idealism

39
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Greek sculpture surpassed that of previous cultures because:

A

The Greeks had better materials to sculpt with than their predecessors.

40
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This column, with its plantlike decorations at its capital, is _____ .

A

Corinthian columns - leafy quality

41
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You are designing your dream home and plan to utilize the Greek’s trick of entasis. This means that you will:

A

Build columns that are larger at the bottom than at the top.

42
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You would most likely find an idol to a God in an ancient Greek temple’s _____.

A

Naos

43
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Which statement correctly compares the columns of the Doric and Ionic orders?

A

They both have fluted drums but the Doric capital features a simple tapered disk while the Ionic capital includes a scroll shape.

44
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Greek theatres are famous for their _____.

A

Designed to carry the slightest sound all the way to the back.

45
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The Presocratics were mostly concerned with explaining

A

Explanations in nature, in forces that could be perceived and understood.

46
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Zeno’s paradox of the bow tried to demonstrate Parmenides’ theory with a series of paradoxes. Zeno tried to prove that:

A

Motion is impossible

47
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The first 3 Greek philosophers were called the Monists because they believed in:

A

Believed the universe to be made of just one material.

48
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Democritus insisted on the existence of void, or vacuum, on the grounds that:

A

Without some empty space, nothing would be able to move.

49
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How was Heraclitus different from most of the Presocratics?

A

The only constant was change.

50
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The perioikoi served all of the following functions in Spartan society, EXCEPT:

A

Voting in the assembly

51
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Sparta was ruled by:

All of the above.

A

Sparta was ruled by an assembly in which all Spartans over 30 voted, a pair of kings, a Council of Elders elected for life, and a panel of Ephors elected annually.

52
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Which of the following best illustrates the Spartan agoge?

A

Children torn from their mothers and subjected to a series of tests to remove the weak and cowardly.

53
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Which of the following explains the need for Spartan hoplites as well as the phalanx style of warfare?

A

The Spartans had a massive slave population to keep under control.

54
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How was the caste system of Sparta dependent on the helots?

A

The helots farmed the food that fed the Spartans.

55
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The Greeks beat the Persians at Salamis because:

A

In the narrow strait, the Greeks could face the persians a few at a time.

56
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What effect did the battle of Salamis have on Greek culture?

A

Buoyed by the victory of Salamis, Greece blossomed into a culture that soon became the model of Western civilization.

57
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The Persians were defeated at Marathon because:

A

The Greek Phalanx was much more disciplined than the Persian horde.

58
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How were Herodotus’ historical accounts different from previous accounts?

A

He recorded and explained history in rational terms.

59
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In 490 BCE, Persian emperor Darius the Great invaded Greece because:

A

The Greeks kept trying to colonize his empire and starting rebellions.

60
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What does the term ‘chattel slavery’ mean?

A

Chattel slavery means that slaves were bought, sold and leased like livestock.

61
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Athenian slaves rowed triremes (an ancient type of ship) in wartime. In what way is this surprising?

A

Participation in warfare has historically been a path to political power.

62
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What is one primary difference between the Spartan Helots and the Athenian chattel slaves?

A

A helot lived relatively independently, yet was bound to the land and paid tribute to his master. Athenian slaves engaged in a wide variety of trades. Some of these trades were quite harsh.

63
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Athenian slaves worked in which of the following trades?

a) Farming

b) Weaving

c) All answers are correct.

d) Rowing

e) Mining

A

C

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