The Powers of The Early Greeks

Question 1

The Greek word for &#x27;city-state&#x27; is...

Accepted Answer

polis

Question 2

Each city-state in ancient Greece made its own laws and ruled themselves differently as they were _______of one another.

Accepted Answer

independent

Question 3

A Primary Source is the most _________ Source for historians.

Accepted Answer

Reliable

Question 4

A period we know little about is called during the time of the Early Greeks was the___________.

Accepted Answer

The Dark Age

Question 5

Ziggurats were built to honor and communicate with the

Accepted Answer

Gods

Question 6

_____________ was the author of the Iliad and Odyssey.

Accepted Answer

Homer

Question 7

The Minoan civilization thrived on which islands?

Accepted Answer

Crete and Thera

Question 8

The Sumerian invention of writing was called

Accepted Answer

Cuneiform

Question 9

What is the name of the southern Greek peninsula where the Mycenaeans developed?

Accepted Answer

Peloponnesus

Question 10

What does "decipher" mean?

Accepted Answer

to figure out

Question 11

What animal was revered and celebrated by The Minoans?

Accepted Answer

bull

Question 12

The following were NOT allowed to vote in Athens

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 13

Early civilizations were polytheistic

Accepted Answer

True

Question 14

Farming was hard in Greece because

Accepted Answer

the land was very rocky and mountainous

Question 15

What is NOT an example of a Primary Source

Accepted Answer

Textbook

Question 16

The Greeks fought at Troy for _______.

Accepted Answer

10 years

Question 17

What civilization more than likely conquered the Minoans in 1400 B.C?

Accepted Answer

Mycenaeans

Question 18

Early man was able to set-up permenant settlements with the invention of:

Accepted Answer

Farming

Question 19

An area of land surrounded on three sides by water:

Accepted Answer

peninsula

Question 20

What were the two earliest cultural groups to develop in Greece?

Accepted Answer

Minoans and Mycenaeans

Question 21

Which invading civilization conquered The Minoans?

Accepted Answer

The Myenaeans

Questions 21