GRST 205 Fall 2024 Sample Questions Quiz 1 PDF

Sample Questions - Quiz 1 4) In addition to the physical ruins themselves, 1) The term________________means “land what other sources of information do we have between rivers”...

Sample Questions - Quiz 1 4) In addition to the physical ruins themselves, 1) The term________________means “land what other sources of information do we have between rivers”; this was also known as the about the Mycenaean palaces? (Two are “cradle of civilization.” correct) a. Linear B tablets 2) The following artifact is an example of: b. Linear C tablets c. The poems of Homer a. Minoan child’s toy d. Assyrian trade records b. Cycladic gurine c. Minoan gravestone 5) Most Greeks thought that Crete was once d. Mycenaean rhyton ruled by a great king named _______. Evans used this to name the civilization he excavated in Crete. a. Deucalion b. Ajax c. Minos d. Rhesus 6) Most of the Linear B tablets’ records are part of a system of ________________. 7) Linear A, the writing system adopted by the Minoans, has been decoded and translated by M. Ventris a. True b. False 8) What new metal was used during the Dark Ages? 3) One of the most signi cant Bronze Age settlement in mainland Greece and the a. Steel mythological home of Agamemnon is b. Silver _______. c. Iron d. Copper a. Cnossus b. Lerna c. Mycenae d. Pylos fi fi  A 9. Look at the map above: the letter A identi es Grading scheme for written answers: a. The Cyclades Clarity: /2 points (the answer is clearly b. Pylos articulated and uses the appropriate c. Crete terminology) d. Euboea General background: /4 points: (1 point for each significant/correct point made or 1 or 2 What happened to the Mycenaean civilization points for mentioning point a, point b, point c, around 1200 BC? What do scholars think were etc.) the causes of this event? Explain two key Example /4 points: (2 points for stating a effects that this had on society. specific and relevant example, 2 points for explaining the example) Total: /10 fi