Chap 002

Chapter 02 - The Aegean: The Minoans, the Mycenaeans, and the Greeks of the Archaic Age
Chapter 02
The Aegean: The Minoans, the Mycenaeans, and the Greeks of the Archaic
Age
Multiple Choice Questions

1. Named for King Minos, the Minoan civilization
A. had a simple class structure consisting of nobles and peasants.
B. was based on a stable mercantile economy.
C. was a society based on a military hierarchy.
D. had high walls protecting its great palaces.
2. The Minoan language known as Linear A

A. has never been deciphered.
B. was superseded by a Roman language.
C. was deciphered and became the basis of early Greek.
D. tells us about Minoan religions.
3. Minoan religion exhibited which of the following key traits?

A. worship of a god of thunder
B. human sacrifices
C. worship of a mother goddess
D. belief in a deity who resides within each human subject
4. Minoan civilization eventually fell to the

A. Egyptians.
B. Etruscans.
C. Mycenaeans.
D. Dorians.
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5. Mycenaean civilization was centered

A. on the Peloponnesus.
B. in northern Greece.
C. on the Greek islands.
D. on Crete.
6. Minoan civilization transmitted which legacy to Archaic Greece?

A. fortress-palaces
B. ashlar-style construction
C. legends and myths of gods and heroes
D. imaginative literature
7. Homer's writings drew on legends of

A. Egyptian civilization.
B. Minoan civilization.
C. Mycenaean civilization.
D. Etruscan civilization.
8. Who is the originator of the major conventions of epic literature?

A. Homer
B. Hesiod
C. Sappho
D. Archilocus
9. Greeks of the Archaic Age were NOT bound together by a

A. common language.
B. unified state.
C. shared tradition of heroic stories and folk tales.
D. standard set of myths and religious practices.
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10. A major political change occurred, in the early Archaic Age, that
A. shifted power from the land owners to the peasants.
B. made the kings more powerful than ever.
C. put power into the hands of the noble families.
D. allowed the slaves to serve in the government.
11. An oligarchy is
A. government by the few.
B. similar to a democracy.
C. rule by a king.
D. None of these answers is correct.
12. In Archaic Greece, a tyrant was a person

A. given extraordinary power to solve specific problems.
B. who usually represented a foreign power.
C. whom the Greeks came to trust above all others.
D. who guided citizens of the polis in religious festivals.
13. The rest of Greece admired Sparta for its

A. artistic creativity.
B. contributions to philosophy.
C. military might.
D. All these answers are correct.
14. Solon was

A. the leader of the Spartans in the Persian Wars.
B. an Athenian admiral during the Persian Wars.
C. an aristocrat who reformed the Athenian economy and social orders.
D. one of the early Greek playwrights.
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15. The significance of the Persian Wars was that they

A. meant the triumph of the East over the West.
B. ended the Golden Age of Greece.
C. allowed Greek democratic institutions and humanistic values to continue to develop.
D. led Greece to experience a century of peace.
16. A major victory of the Persians during the Persian Wars was at the battle of
A. Thermopylae.
B. Marathon.
C. Salamis.
D. Plataea.
17. Among the following Greek deities, which did the Greeks consider to be the leader?
A. Hermes
B. Zeus
C. Athena
D. Apollo
18. Greek religion taught the faithful to avoid the sin of hubris, or
A. greed.
B. extreme pride.
C. sexual immorality.
D. murder.
19. The cultural institution that grew out of the worship of Dionysus was the
A. library.
B. academy.
C. church.
D. theater.
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20. A bard was a

A. person who bartered in the Greek agora.
B. poet who sang verses of an epic while strumming a stringed instrument.
C. Greek thinker interested in philosophy.
D. composer of Greek lyric poems.
21. The Greeks thought that human creativity came from

A. the Olympian deities.
B. Dionysus and his followers.
C. the oracle at Delphi.
D. nine goddesses called Muses.
22. Which of the following applies to the Odyssey?

A. It tells about the battles of the Minoan civilization.
B. It focuses on Odysseus's efforts to return home.
C. It reveals how women are often unfaithful to their husbands.
D. It recounts the defeat of the Greeks by the Trojans.
23. Homer influenced Greek civilization by

A. writing the first history of the ancient world.
B. providing the basis for the Latin language.
C. undermining the religious institutions of his day.
D. serving as a moral guide and giving texture to the Greek language.
24. Which of the following traits was NOT shared by Olympian religion with the polytheistic
cults of the ancient Near East?
A. the idea that gods intervene in daily human affairs
B. the belief that deities are like humans in many respects
C. the concept of a pantheon of gods and goddesses
D. belief in the divinity of their kings or rulers
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25. The chthonian gods and goddesses were at first worshipped only by the
A. noble families in society.
B. lower levels of society.
C. priestly class.
D. early Greek kings, who considered themselves divine.
26. Sappho's lyric poetry mainly addressed the subject of

A. victorious athletes.
B. passionate love in all of its aspects.
C. political and social problems.
D. nature.
27. What aspect of love does Sappho describe in the poem" He Seems to Be a God"?
A. ecstasy
B. contentment
C. hatred
D. jealousy
28. Pythagoras was author of which scientific theory?

A. the notion that the basic stuff of nature is water
B. the concept of atomism
C. the view of the four elements: earth, air, fire, and water
D. the belief that everything is based on numbers
29. The philosopher Heraclitus

A. was a materialist like Thales.
B. followed idealism like Pythagoras.
C. established the first dialectical form of reasoning.
D. found truth in a stable universe.
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30. Which of the following characterized the philosophers and scientists of Archaic Greece?
A. belief that human reason could understand the natural world
B. belief that the deities controlled human events
C. belief that the earth and the universe were completely unpredictable
D. belief that mathematics was unrelated to the quest for knowledge
31. Which of the following was a major aspect of Greece's first philosophers?
A. They described the physical world as the result of natural causes and effects.
B. They questioned the role, power, and existence of the Greek deities.
C. They established a body of knowledge that came to be identified as natural philosophy.
32. Which of the following features are common to the Doric temple style?
A. columns with undecorated capitals
B. metopes
C. triglyphs
33. The beauty of the Temple of Aphaia, Aegina, is the result of all of the following EXCEPT
A. graceful columns.
B. mathematical proportions.
C. a 1:2 ratio of its columns.
D. the stylized and abstract quality of its statues.
34. One Egyptian influence on Archaic Greek sculpture was

A. open body stance and balance.
B. the shifting of bodily weight onto one leg.
C. left-foot-forward movement.
D. emotions recorded on faces.
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35. Unlike the Egyptian style, the Archaic style was characterized by
A. an enigmatic smile on the face.
B. female and male nudes.
C. distortion of the musculature.
D. the free movement of the body.
36. A frequent subject in Archaic Greek sculpture was

A. portrait busts.
B. youths and maidens.
C. scenes of everyday life.
37. In the Archaic style, how did a statue of a kor differ from a statue of a kouros?
A. A kor was given an Archaic smile.
B. The kor depicted a style of greater realism.
C. A kor was portrayed with stylized hair.
38. The "humanities" are the

A. things that human beings do in any culture.
B. beliefs that arise out of religious worship.
C. original artistic and literary forms of the Greeks.
D. attitudes and practices that make human beings more sympathetic to others.
39. Why is the Greek period after the Mycenaeans known as the "Dark Age"?
A. Most of the technological and intellectual developments of the Mycenaeans were lost.
B. Little is known about it.
C. The age was subject to almost constant warfare.
D. Greece fell under control of foreign powers.
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40. Which of the following is true of the Greek colonies outside of the Greek mainland?
A. They gave the new middle class access to political power.
B. They were expected to provide food and resources for their "mother cities".
C. They were mostly concentrated in modern-day Turkey and Upper Egypt.
D. Greek political institutions largely were not present in the colonies.
41. Which of the following was NOT among the rights or roles of Spartan women?
A. They were able to own land.
B. They were not expected or pressured to marry.
C. They were able to manage their own property.
D. Girls were given public education.
42. What became the dominant literary expression in the late Archaic Age?
A. the tragic play
B. epic poetry
C. the comedic play
D. lyric poetry
43. Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Doric temple?
A. the use of plain tops
B. the use of a sculptural band called a frieze
C. the use of blank panels called metopes
D. ensuring that the design was a function of mathematical proportions
44. The philosopher Heraclitus pioneered a philosophic tradition based on

A. the understanding that everything was composed of numbers.
B. the belief that everything was composed of water.
C. finding truth in constant change.
D. the concept that reason can understand the natural order.
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45. What was the "Mediterranean triad" of crops?

A. dried meats, grapes, apples
B. cereal grains, wheat, dried meats
C. wheat, rice, olives
D. olives, grapes, and cereal grains
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Essay Questions
46. Explain the relationship of Archaic sculpture to Egyptian art, focusing on standing statues.
How was Archaic sculpture similar to and different from Egyptian art?
Answers will vary
47. Compare and contrast Linear A and Linear B scripts, noting when they appeared and how
they were used.
Answers will vary
48. What were the central characteristics of Archaic Greek religion?

Answers will vary
49. What were the three key political developments of Archaic Greece?
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50. Describe a typical Doric temple, and name and identify its chief features.
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51. What was the polis, and why was it one of the most important contributions of Greek
civilization?
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52. How did life in Sparta differ from life in Athens for women?
Answers will vary
53. What was the significance of Homer for Greek civilization?

Answers will vary
54. Compare The Epic of Gilgamesh and Homer's Iliad, focusing on characters, narrative, and
themes. What were the key differences in the Mesopotamian and Archaic Greek outlooks as
exemplified by these texts?
Answers will vary
55. Explain briefly the philosophies of Thales, Pythagoras, and Heraclitus. Why were their
accomplishments so momentous?
Answers will vary
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Chapter 02 - The Aegean: The Minoans, the Mycenaeans, and the Greeks of the Archaic Age

Multiple Choice Questions

2. The Minoan language known as Linear A

3. Minoan religion exhibited which of the following key traits?

4. Minoan civilization eventually fell to the

5. Mycenaean civilization was centered

6. Minoan civilization transmitted which legacy to Archaic Greece?

7. Homer's writings drew on legends of

8. Who is the originator of the major conventions of epic literature?

9. Greeks of the Archaic Age were NOT bound together by a

12. In Archaic Greece, a tyrant was a person

13. The rest of Greece admired Sparta for its

14. Solon was

15. The significance of the Persian Wars was that they

20. A bard was a

21. The Greeks thought that human creativity came from

22. Which of the following applies to the Odyssey?

23. Homer influenced Greek civilization by

26. Sappho's lyric poetry mainly addressed the subject of

28. Pythagoras was author of which scientific theory?

29. The philosopher Heraclitus

34. One Egyptian influence on Archaic Greek sculpture was

36. A frequent subject in Archaic Greek sculpture was

38. The "humanities" are the

44. The philosopher Heraclitus pioneered a philosophic tradition based on

45. What was the "Mediterranean triad" of crops?

48. What were the central characteristics of Archaic Greek religion?

53. What was the significance of Homer for Greek civilization?

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