Early Aegean Cultures (1)
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1
The sea influenced Greek civilization by?:
preventing the Persians from invading.
keeping the Greeks isolated from other civilizations.
allowing Greek city-states to be independent of one another.
offering opportunities for trade and fishing.
2
Aegean societies built a thriving trade around?:
arts and crafts.
grapes and olives.
grains and cereals.
bronze and iron weapons.
3
Mycenaean civilization declined as a result of the?:
collapse of the Minoans.
Trojan War.
Dorian invasions.
Persian Wars.
4
After about 700 BCE, many Greek city-states expanded their economies by?:
setting up colonies.
freeing their slaves.
becoming democracies.
electing tyrants.
5
The first great Bronze Age civilization that grew up in Greece and Crete was the?:
Dorians.
Persians.
Minoans.
Macedonians.
6
The Greek ideal of excellence was?:
arete
.
agora
.
acropolis.
anthropos.
7
In the religion of ancient Greece?:
the gods were considered mortal.
people thought the gods were like humans in many ways.
a priestly class dominated the government.
strict rules separated religion from government.
8
The Mycenaeans learned many skills from the conquered Minoans, including?:
ironmaking.
shipbuilding.
painting.
the art of writing.
9
Homer's great epics, the
Iliad
and the
Odyssey
?:
reveal much about the values of ancient Greeks.
were written down and read by all Mycenaeans.
are completely factual.
were lost when the Dorians invaded from the north.
10
Which one of the following statements concerning the influence of geography on Greek history is NOT correct?:
scarcity of good farming land turned many Greeks to commerce.
the nature of the land made political unity difficult.
many navigable rivers made travel easy.
much of the land was good only for grazing.
11
Greece's rugged mountains and scattered islands?:
protected it from a Macedonian invasion.
encouraged the development of separate communities.
prevented the development of a common language.
prevented the development of a class of nobles.