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RHLS SS Chapter 4.1
Final 5-11
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6th Grade
05/02/2011

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The word "labyrinth" means
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double ax
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What is the name of the Minoan language
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Linear A
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Who wrote the Illiad and the Odyssey?
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Homer
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Name 3 of the Minoan styles of poetry
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amphora, oinochoes, lekthos
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From what kingdom was Odysseus
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Ithaca
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Around what year did the Minoan civilization begin?
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2800 BC
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Which of the following was true of Greek life...Terraced farming? Frescos? Wine more than water?
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Terraced farming and Frescos
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Minoans did not have which of the followin...flush toilets? hot/cold water? interior art? windows?
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Windows
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Where did the Mycenaeans escape?
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Ionia
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When did the polis begin to appear?
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800 BC
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Which was the largest city-state?
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Sparta
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What form of government was also called "mobocracy"?
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Democracy
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What triggered the Grek Dark Age?
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The Trojan War
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The Minoans were a tall people, while the Mycenaeans were short and dark haired T/F
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False
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Shrines in Minoan houses worshipped the Greek gods T/F
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False
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The tenant system allowed tentants to save enough money to buy their own land T/F
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False
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In Mycenae, men and women hunted together T/F
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True
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Warriors in Mycenae used bronze shields and armor T/F
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False
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The average size of a polis was 200 square miles in size T/F
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False
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The most important trade item for Minoa was olives while grapes were important for Mycenae T/F
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False
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Polyphemus' father was Poseidon T/F
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True
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Guests were allowed to steal food under ancient Greek customs T/F
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False
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Square miles of Athens
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1000
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Square miles of Sparta
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3000
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Rule by a qualified elite
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Aristocracy
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Absolute rule by one person
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Tyranny
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Crete
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Knossos
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tribal leader
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basileus
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Who had female priests?
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Minoans
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Turkey is where?
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Asia Minor
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Another word for greeks
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Hellenes
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Used for hunting Mycenaeans
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Greyhounds
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Laertes
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Odysseus
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Leaders wore bronze armor
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Mycenaeans
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Helped start Dark Age
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civil wars
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Town or city and surrounding land
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polis
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After beating the pirates, the Minoans became pirates T/F
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False
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What was the sport that Minoans may have used prisoners to play?
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bull leaping
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Where did the Mycenaeans originally live?
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Ionia
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The god who was the father of the cyclops
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Poseidon
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The male who judged which of the three goddesses was the fairest
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Paris
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What were people who worked a land but did not own called?
Definition
tenants
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What type of government features rule by a small group of people (qualified or not)
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Oligarchy
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Which civilization did not have walls around their cities?
Definition
Minoans
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What was the name of the people who offered Odysseus' troops a fruit which caused them to forget their lives and want more?
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Lotus-eaters
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Who conquered the Mycenaeans?
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Dorians
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What room featured a fireplace in the middle?
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Megaron
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Watercolor paintings on plaster
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Frescos
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Whatb was the most important characteristic of a Dark Age?
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No interaction between people
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