HUM 1020 Week 1 Practice Quiz

Which of the following groups of people fought the 10-year war against Troy?

• Minoans

• Mycenaeans

• Greeks/Hellenes

• Romans

On which Greek island was the Minoan civilization found?

• Ithaca

• Delos

• Samos

• Crete

Which of the following civilizations does this image come from?

• Minoan

• Mycenaean

• Cycladic

• Greek

Which of the following is true of the Greeks concerning their humanistic worldview?

• The Greeks were a united people, and this unity led to their humanistic views.

• The Greeks were separated by jagged coastline, numerous islands, and rocky, mountainous terrain, and this separation contributed to isolation, individualism, and therefore humanism.

• The Greeks’ humanistic views were only evident during the Early Greek Period. By the time of the Classical Period all evidence of humanism was gone.

• None of the above is true.

What event marked the beginning of the Classical Period in Greece?

• the Greek defeat of the Persians

• the death of Alexander the Great

• the end of the Peloponnesian War

• the death of Socrates

What event brought to an end the “Golden Age”?

• the Greek defeat of the Persians

• the Romans' defeat of the Greeks

• the start of the Peloponnesian War

• the death of Alexander the Great

The Greeks used rounded arches in their architecture.

• True

• False

The Hellenistic Period followed the Classical Period.

• True

• False

The information in Homer's epic poems the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" can be considered credible history.

• True

• False