Topic 6 Lesson 1 The Early Years of Greek Civilization

Question 1

According to tradition, a poet named Homer wrote the epics known as the Illiad an Odyssey.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 2

Deep-rooted plants like olives and grapes grew well in the Mediterranean climate of Greece

Accepted Answer

True

Question 3

What early Aegean era is described: towns ruled by kings, bronze weapons & pottery, traders/raiders, overrun by Dorians

Accepted Answer

Mycenaean Civilization

Question 4

"High city" in Greek; the upper part of an ancient Greek city, where public buildings & the city&#x27;s defenses were located

Accepted Answer

acropolis

Question 5

Which two geographic features had a powerful influence on where the early Greeks settled? [Pick Two]

Accepted Answer

mountains, the sea

Question 6

The text says that for the Greeks, "the sea brought contact with the wider world." What does this mean? [Pick 3]

Accepted Answer

Traders from older, more complex cultures passed through the region, Traders and travelers exchanged goods, ideas and customs with the Greeks, The early Greek world lay on the fringe of two continents (Europe & Asia)

Question 7

The Greeks city-states united into a large kingdom.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 8

On a high hill in the city-state stood public buildings known as the ____________.

Accepted Answer

acropolis

Question 9

What role did Greece&#x27;s geography play in the development of city-states? [Pick Two]

Accepted Answer

The city-states were never able to unite into a large empire., The city-states were cut off from one another by mountians and water.

Question 10

What were TWO important trade goods for the ancient Greeks? [Pick Two]

Accepted Answer

wine, olive oil

Question 11

What role did the Illiad and Odyssey play in Greek culture? [Select Five]

Accepted Answer

The values in the epic poems became part of Greek idenity, The ancient Greeks tried to live up to the ideal of warriors in the poems, Greeks valued bravery, strength and honor since the warriors in poems did, The Greeks valued the idea of seeking glory through courageous feats, Greek students learned the verses to the poems by heart.

Question 12

The art and practice of government

Accepted Answer

politics

Question 13

Legendary conflict between the Mycenaean Greeks and Anatolian city-state of Troy

Accepted Answer

Trojan War

Question 14

Greek city-state

Accepted Answer

polis

Question 15

Legal member of a country or city-state

Accepted Answer

citizen

Question 16

In early times the city-state was governed by an ______, a class of rulers who inherited their power from their parents.

Accepted Answer

aristocracy

Question 17

The Odyssey tells the story of the Greek hero Odysseus&#x27; journey home after the war.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 18

To shut out, keep from participating

Accepted Answer

exclude

Question 19

The Greek word for city-state gives us ___________ our word for the art and practice of government.

Accepted Answer

politics

Question 20

The Greeks city-states were often at war with each other.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 21

What alphabetic writing system influcenced the Greek alphabet?

Accepted Answer

Phoenician

Question 22

Greece is a peninsula

Accepted Answer

True

Question 23

Each Greek community organized itself into a _________, or city-state.

Accepted Answer

polis

Question 24

What early Aegean era is described: culture declined, ability to read & write lost, Ionia settled, told heroic stories

Accepted Answer

The Dark Age

Question 25

The Illiad tells the complete story of the Trojan War.

Accepted Answer

False

Question 26

Members of the city-state who had legal right- the ____________ - would meet to make laws and discuss issues.

Accepted Answer

citizens

Question 27

Hereditary class of rulers, Greek for "rule by the best people"

Accepted Answer

aristocracy

Question 28

Final

Accepted Answer

eventual

Question 29

What early Aegean era is described: Developed on Crete, built stone palaces, had a writing system, mysteriouly destroyed

Accepted Answer

Minoan Civilization

Question 30

The Mediterranean climate, with mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers made it difficult to grow grains.

Accepted Answer

True

Topic 6 Lesson 1 The Early Years of Greek Civilization

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Topic 6 Lesson 1 The Early Years of Greek Civilization

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