Exam 2: The Rise of Greek Civilization

Archons served for only a year and were checked by their colleagues, as they looked forward to a lifetime as a member of the ________, the true master of the Athens state.

Although Homer's Mycenaean heroic characters worshipped gods in temples, in real life it would not have occurred because Mycenaeans ________.

Like most ancient peoples, the Greeks were ________, and religion played an important part in their lives.

The Greek polis was thought of as a community of ________.

The ruling aristocrats barred ________ from political power, religious privileges, and social acceptance, creating a crisis in many states.

Which of the following would describe a typical male Spartan after the new system emerged in the late sixth century b.c.e.?

Which of the following was always awarded to winners of the Olympics?

Until defeated by the Roman legion, the dominant military force in the eastern Mediterranean was the ________.

Explain how the Greek territory expanded.What distinguishing features determined the settlement of Greek colonization? What could account for the gaps and disconnected colonization within the Greek world?

In the seventh century b.c.e., Athens was a typical ________ polis.

In some cities, the crisis produced by new economic and social conditions led to the establishment of a ________.

Evaluate both the benefits and drawbacks to tyrannical rule as demonstrated in Greek society.What other options could have achieved the same, or further, success without the negative outcomes? Justify your answer with examples from the text.

Which of the following people was most likely to be buried in a tholos tomb?

________ was the writer of the epic poems the Iliad and the Odyssey.

The Greeks' period of freedom ended in the sixth century b.c.e.when the Greek colonial cities of Asia Minor came under the control of Persian ________ of Lydia.

Some scholars have argued that because the civilizations of Crete reflected the importance of women, they were more ________ than others.

Although Greek ships were fewer and slower than Persian ships, the Greeks won a decisive sea battle by ________.

About 750 b.c.e., coinciding with the development of the polis, the Greeks ________.

Aristotle argued that humans can be either the best of animals or the most dangerous of animals depending on whether or not they have ________.

The marketplace and civic center of the polis was called an ________.