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1
From which era does the Palace of Knossos come?
Minoan
Mycenaean
2
In Bull Dance fresco, how are the women depicted differently from the men?
heavier
lighter skin color
darker skin color
worshiping a snake
3
What is the Italian word that means "baked earth"?
terra cotta
contrapposto
ceramics
terra bella
4
What is the name given to a large jug used to carry water?
basket
vase
amphora
hydria
5
Which culture ended after they were attacked by the Dorians?
Minoan
Mycenaean
6
Where was the center of Greek culture?
Acropolis
Athens
Troy
Sparta
7
From which era does the Snake goddess come?
Mycenaean
Minoan
8
Where in Athens do the potters live?
acropolis
ceramicus
abacus
polis
9
Which of these 4 things did the palace of Minos not have?
running water
tennis court
theater
sewage system
10
Where did the Minoan's live?
mainland Greece
Sicily
Santorini
Crete
11
From which era do the Vaphio Cups come?
Minoan
Mycenaean
12
What was the name of the complex at Knossos?
Palace of Midas
Palace Center
Palace of Minos
Palace of Crete
13
What are columns in the form of a female figure?
caryatids
doric
narrative
ionic
14
What is the horizontal beam at the bottom of the entablature called?
triglyph
cornice
architrave
metope
15
From which era did the Funeral Mask come from?
Minoan
Mycenaean
16
What is the hill above the city of Athens?
Mycenae
Sparta
Acropolis
Troy
17
From which era did Dolphin fresco come from?
Mycenaean
Minoan
18
From which era did the Lion Gate come from?
Minoan
Mycenaean
19
Which archeologist went looking for the city of Minos?
Sir Arthur Evans
Heinrich Schliemann
Howard Carter
Henry Jones
20
Where did the Mycenaeans live?
Sicily
Santorini
Crete
mainland Greece
21
What are the terms given to the bottom and top of a column?
base, capital
shaft, metope
triglyph, metope
entablature, cornice
22
From which era does the Beehive tomb come from?
Mycenaean
Minoan
23
The capital of a Corinthian column was fashioned after the _________?
acanthus leaf
papyrus plant
ram's head
magnolia leaf
24
Choose the correct order for the eras of Greek art.
Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic
Hellenistic, Restorative, Classical
Hellenistic, Archaic, Classical
Classical, Archaic, Revival
25
What kind of society did the Greek culture have?
Democratic
Socialist
Dictatorship
Republic
26
From which era did the Bull Dance fresco come from?
Mycenaean
Minoan
27
What is the term for art that tells a story?
narrative
fiction
story art
fresco
28
What is the upper part of an architectural order?
architrave
triglyph
entablature
capital
29
Who was the goddess of wisdom and war?
Venus
Apollo
Athena
Socrates
30
Which culture just vanished from existence?
Mycenaean
Minoan
31
What is the stance where the weight is on one foot and the other foot is forward?
antipasti
relief
terra cotta
contrapposto
32
From which era does the Octopus Jar come from?
Minoan
Mycenaean
33
Choose one of the two places decoration would most likely appear on the architetural order?
along the column
pediment
base
upper portion
34
What were the earliest temples made of?
marble
wood
limestone
ivory
35
What is the term used to describe aspects of nature that assume human characteristics?
personification
alliteration
onomotopoeia
similie
36
Where did the minotaur live?
labyrinth
Palace at Knossos
Lion Gate
Palace of Minos
37
What 2 types of work did the Minoans do?
warriors, guards
scholars, teachers
tax collectors, government jobs
merchants, traders
38
The Mycenaeans were a culture of ______?
merchants
warriors
scholars
artists
39
Whose writings led to the discoveries of the Minoan and Mycenaean cultures?
Homer
Socrates
Plato
Artemis
40
What was the mythological creature that had the head of a bull and the body of a man?
anubis
minotaur
sphinx
pharaoh
41
What is the term used for the convex swelling of a Greek column?
entasis
architrave
frieze
entablature
42
What was the most famous Greek temple?
Temple of Artemis
Pantheon
Temple of Zeus
Parthenon
43
Choose one of the 2 architects of the Parthenon?
Lipon
Phidias
Iktinos
Kallikrates
44
What is a painting done in wet plaster?
fresco
tempura
water color
oil
45
What is the mythological race of one-eyed giants?
minotaur
pan
sirens
cyclops