Western Civ Quiz 2

Front 1

how would you characterize the Minoan culture of Crete?

Back 1

peaceful and nature-loving

Front 2

What (or who) was Thera?

Back 2

an Aegean island that exploded

Front 3

The Minoans created Mediterranean "polyculture" (olives, grapes, grains) which…

Back 3

spread farm work over several seasons.

Front 4

The shift from Linear A to Linear B on the island of Crete after 1450 BC shows that Minoan civilization had been taken over by

Back 4

Greeks

Front 5

Which Greek legend recalls the Mycenaean replacement of the Minoans as the Aegean's preeminent ivilization?

Back 5

Theseus and Minotaur

Front 6

The evidence from Minoan pottery indicates that the Mycenaeans were

Back 6

militarists

Front 7

Minoan "palace culture" centered on

Back 7

the redistribution of resources

Front 8

Around 1200 BC, the Mycenaeans

Back 8

were weakened by internal conflicts

Front 9

Around 1200 BC, the whole eastern Mediterranean was convulsed in a series of invasions by

Back 9

Sea Peoples

Front 10

Because literacy seems to have been lost in the turmoil of the times, historians usually call the era in Greek history from 1200 to 800 BC the

Back 10

Dark Age

Front 11

What indications were there of a Greek revival after 800 BC?

Back 11

Homer's Iliad, the founding of the Olympic Games, creation of the polis

Front 12

The major environmental influence of Greek cultural and politica development was

Back 12

broken, mountainous terrain

Front 13

Linguistically, the Greeks were more closely related to

Back 13

Persians

Front 14

A major difference between Greek culture and Near Eastern cultures in the ancient world was

Back 14

Near Eastern cultures were priestly cultures.

Front 15

What was the central event which shaped the development of Spartan civilization?

Back 15

the enslavement of the Messenians

Front 16

Which of the Greek city-states imposed on itself a rigid political-military system?

Back 16

Sparta

Front 17

Every year, the Spartan city-state declared war against the

Back 17

Helots

Front 18

Whose reforms of the Athenian political system in 505-508 BC are referred to as democracy?

Back 18

Cleisthenes

Front 19

What was the position of women in Greek society?

Back 19

limited

Front 20

The undemocratic side of Athenian democracy is very obvious is

Back 20

the exclusion of women and slaves from political life.

Front 21

Wide spread political participation in the affairs of the Greek city-state was related to

Back 21

military service.

Front 22

What is a Greek polis?

Back 22

an independent Greek city state

Front 23

Greek hoplites were

Back 23

heavily armored foot soldiers who voted

Front 24

Phalanx warfare emphasized

Back 24

the communal stability and stamina of citizen infantry.

Front 25

Which of the following does not apply to tyrants in Archaic Greece?

Back 25

their rule was brutal and unpopular

Front 26

Archaic Greek philosophy

Back 26

separated scientific thinking from myth and religion, arose first in the Ionian city states of Asia Minor, and focused on the material world.

Front 27

The philosophical reflections of the Greeks, and the precision of thought that they required, was aided by the flexibility of

Back 27

Greek Language

Front 28

What characterized Classical Greek architecture and sculpture?

Back 28

confidence, rationality, and balance were the ideals.

Front 29

Why did The Great Kind of Persia Darius I want to destroy the greeks?

Back 29

Athens had aided Ionian rebels against him, he felt betrayed by his Athenian "allies", and he wanted to extend his reign across the Aegean.

Front 30

What happened as a result of expanded naval warfare under Athenian leadership during the Persian wars?

Back 30

Creation of the Delian league, growing unpopularity of Athens, broadening of Athenian democracy.