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Which of the following did not become a staple crop as Greek agriculture evolved in the Neolithic?

Grapes

Potatoes

Olives

Grain

2. Why is Thera/Santorini an important site?

It preserves a Minoan town buried by a volcanic eruption

It shows the development of Neolithic agriculture

It shows a new stratification of society

It shows that the Minoans invented writing earlier than we though

3. What was a possible function of the Minoan “palaces”?

Religious centers

Economic centers

Administrative centers

All of the above

4. What is an important symbol in Minoan religion?

Suns

Octopuses

Lions

Axes

5. How can we characterize Minoan civilization?

Matriarchal and peaceful

Warlike and aggressive

Nature-loving traders

Patriarchal conquerors

6. What aspects of culture did the Myceneans borrow from the Minoans?

Writing and palaces

Chariots and horses

Weapons and fortification systems

Staple crops and crop rotation techniques

7. What was writing definitely used for in Mycenean Greece?

Administration

Correspondence

Literature

All of the above

8. What is xenia?

A type of Spartan weapon

A type of statue

Part of Apollo's temple at Delphi

A relationship between a guest and a host

10. What prompted Greeks to start using iron instead of bronze?

A lack of access to copper and tin

The pressure of encountering people with better military technology

The superiority of the harder metal

All of the above

12. The Olympic Games were also a:

Religious festival

Funeral

Place for combat

Oracle

13. What is synoikism?

The creation of a law code

A process of city unification

The Athenian wealth/class system

The Spartan educational system

14. The role of Spartan helots was:

To farm the land

To serve in the military

To engage in trade

To administer the government

15. Why would people visit the Temple of Delphi?

To ask Apollo questions

To worship Zeus

To trade

To perform rituals at the gates to the underworld

16. Why did Solon reorganize Athenian society?

To reduce social unrest

To prevent tyranny

To promote more just laws

To encourage colonization

17. How does Athens first come to the attention of Darius I Persia?

By offering a alliance against Sparta

By refusing a demand to surrender their city

By supporting the Ionian Greek rebellion

By interfering in the rebellion in Egypt

18. Which battle ended the first Persian invasion in 490?

The battle of salamis

The battle of thermopylae

The battle of platea

The battle of marathon

19. Which of these people was not important in creating Athens’ early government and/or legal system?

Cleisthenes

Solon

Cylon

Draco

20. The Greeks looked to Homer for:

Religious information

Advice on how to be a good warrior

History

All of the above

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