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Question 1

Although some characters in Homer's poems are cremated in the Mycenaean Age, this could not have really happened because ________.
 
  A. Mycenaeans buried their dead in temples
   B. Mycenaeans buried their dead in tholos tombs
   C. Mycenaeans buried their seafaring people at sea
   D. cremation was considered an act of the devil
   E. cremation was allowed only for clerics

Question 2

The fall of the advanced Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations, virtually ending trade with the old civilizations of the Near East, caused the Greeks to ________.
 
  A. bond together with other communities in order to survive
   B. form a new government
   C. turn inward, with each community left to its own devices
   D. open up trade with other neighbors, such as Attica
   E. begin a civil war, fighting for food and power

Question 3

Although Mycenaean palaces were destroyed and its towns abandoned by 1100 b.c.e., following a massive volcanic explosion around 1200 b.c.e., this natural disaster does not explain the end of this civilization because________.
 
  A. the palaces were attacked by neighboring enemies
   B. some towns were still intact after the volcanic explosion
   C. most people had left the area when the volcano erupted
   D. most people moved out of the towns to do farming
   E. a famine occurred at the same time

Question 4

The new civilization on Crete was a cultural bridge from ________.
 
  A. Roman culture
  B. the Stone Age
  C. the Bronze Age
  D. older civilizations of Greece, Egypt, and Asia
  E. the Minoan culture

Question 5

Of the hundreds of Greek states in 480 B.C.E, only ________ were willing to fight the Persians.
 
  A. ten
   B. thirty-one
   C. seventy-six
   D. one hundred and eleven
   E. two hundred and twelve



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Answer 1

Answer: B

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Answer: C

Answer 3

Answer: B

Answer 4

Answer: D

Answer 5

Answer: B





 

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