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1
Modern scholars have used the Mycenaean Linear B writing system to decipher Minoan Linear A texts.
A)True
B)False
2
The Mycenaeans had an egalitarian culture.
A)True
B)False
3
The Greeks were the first people engage in formal philosophical investigations into human beings' place in the universe.
A)True
B)False
4
Mycenaean shaft graves have yielded fabulous gold treasures.
A)True
B)False
5
Fluting refers to the decorative vertical grooves in columns.
A)True
B)False
6
The earliest temple and column style in Greece, noted for its austerity and simplicity, is the Doric.
A)True
B)False
7
The Greek goddess Hera is known primarily as the protector of hearth and home.
A)True
B)False
8
A polis is an early Greek building for voting.
A)True
B)False
9
Minoan religion venerated trees and goddesses.
A)True
B)False
10
The palace at Knossos had an impressive plumbing and drainage system, friezes on the walls, and frescoes of ocean creatures.
A)True
B)False
11
Because myths are universal, they offer little insight into a particular people's way of thinking.
A)True
B)False
12
Despite the wars they fought against each other, Greece and Persia shared fundamentally similar cultures and political systems.
A)True
B)False
13
Political changes in Greece's Dark Ages helped lead to the appearance of oligarchies in the Archaic Age.
A)True
B)False
14
Greek natural philosophy made a sharp distinction between science and philosophy.
A)True
B)False
15
The Milesian school of natural philosophy saw order and regularity in the universe.
A)True
B)False





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