ARS 101 Module 2 Quiz | 45 Questions with
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Two important Bronze Age Greek civilizations were?
Minoan, Mycenaean
In Bronze Age Greece there were no civilizations with large societies, no written records, or any forms
of technology, and there was very limited trading.
False
The sea was more important in Greek culture than it was in Egypt.
True
The name Peloponnesus came from?
King Pelops
The Mycenaean civilization was located on?
Mainland Greece
The Minoan civilization was located where?
Island of Crete
Who was the British scholar/excavator who identified and named the Minoan civilization?
Sir Arthur Evans
One of the major Minoan sites he excavated was?
Palace of Minos at Knossos
Used primarily by the Minoans and has never been deciphered or translated.
Linear A
Used primarily by the Mycenaeans and was deciphered in the 1950's.
Linear B
Linear A and Linear B are examples of what type of source?
Epigraphic
The man who was not a professional scholar or linguistic expert (actually an architect) but was able to
help decipher one of the Linear scripts.
Michael Ventris
Heinrich Schliemann worked as an archaeologist at Troy after being sent by his government to dig in
Turkey with British scholars.
False
100% Correct Answers | Updated & Verified
Two important Bronze Age Greek civilizations were?
Minoan, Mycenaean
In Bronze Age Greece there were no civilizations with large societies, no written records, or any forms
of technology, and there was very limited trading.
False
The sea was more important in Greek culture than it was in Egypt.
True
The name Peloponnesus came from?
King Pelops
The Mycenaean civilization was located on?
Mainland Greece
The Minoan civilization was located where?
Island of Crete
Who was the British scholar/excavator who identified and named the Minoan civilization?
Sir Arthur Evans
One of the major Minoan sites he excavated was?
Palace of Minos at Knossos
Used primarily by the Minoans and has never been deciphered or translated.
Linear A
Used primarily by the Mycenaeans and was deciphered in the 1950's.
Linear B
Linear A and Linear B are examples of what type of source?
Epigraphic
The man who was not a professional scholar or linguistic expert (actually an architect) but was able to
help decipher one of the Linear scripts.
Michael Ventris
Heinrich Schliemann worked as an archaeologist at Troy after being sent by his government to dig in
Turkey with British scholars.
False
