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Question 1 5 out of 5 points The Minoan civilization, which flourished between 2700 BCE and 1450 BCE, was established Selected Answer: e. on Crete Answers: a. in Mycenae b. at Troy c. in Athens d. at Sparta e. on Crete Question 2 5 out of 5 points Minoan civilization was discovered in the early 1900's by: Selected Answer: a. Arthur Evans Answers: a. Arthur Evans b. Howard Carter c. Jacques Mitterand d.

Michael Ventris e. Heinrich Schliemann Question 3 5 out of 5 points Which of the following is correct about the geography of Greece? Selected Answer: c. Greece is comprised of prominent mountainous peninsulas. Answers: a. The lack of mountains facilitated transportation and political unification. b. Greece is located in the western Mediterranean. c. Greece is comprised of prominent mountainous peninsulas. d. Vast open plains gave the Greeks an unlimited supply of food. e. The sea had little importance to the peoples of Greece. Question 4 5 out of 5 points Mycenaean civilization was discovered in the 1870s by Selected Answer: b. Heinrich Schliemann. Answers: a. Michael Ventris. b. Heinrich Schliemann.

c. Arthur Evans. d. Jacques Mitterand e. Howard Carter. Question 5 5 out of 5 points Minoan civilization owed its success mainly to Selected Answer: 3. trading with other civilizations. Answers: 1. its isolated location along the Italian coast. 2. its conquest of the Egyptian and Hittite empires. 3. trading with other civilizations. 4. its development of an early form of capitalist economy. 5. its democratic form of government. Question 6 5 out of 5 points Who deciphered Linear B and determined it was, in fact, an early form of Greek? Selected Answer: e. Michael Ventris

Answers: a. Heinrich Schliemann b. Jacques Mitterand c. Arthur Evans d. Howard Carter e. Michael Ventris Question 7 5 out of 5 points Which of the following is true with regard to Minoan and Mycenaean societies? Selected Answer: d. both societies built palaces, which became the center for redistributive economies Answers: a. both societies were conquered by the Egyptian and Hittite empires b. both societies were based on ideologies of non-violence c. both developed on Crete d. both societies built palaces, which became the center for redistributive economies e. both societies used Linear A as a primary script Question 8

5 out of 5 points Which of the following could be considered the first Greek civilization? Selected Answer: b. Mycenaean Answers: a. Assyrian b. Mycenaean c. Minoan d. Ionian e. Sumerian Question 9 5 out of 5 points The Mycenaeans learned many skills from the Minoans, including Selected Answer: d. record-keeping Answers: a. painting b. military engineering c. ironmaking d. record-keeping

e. weaving Question 10 5 out of 5 points Archaeologists believe that the end of Minoan civilization was most likely caused by Selected Answer: e. Mycenaean invaders from the north Answers: a. an outbreak of plague b. a multitude of slave revolts c. poor soil and catastrophic erosion d. Egypt's unwillingness to trade e. Mycenaean invaders from the north Question 11 5 out of 5 points What type of information is most likely to be found in Linear-B tablets? Selected Answer: 2. storeroom inventories Answers: 1. epic poems 2. storeroom inventories

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