Y8 HUMANITIES MIDTERM 2 Review

Look at the Ancient Greek Timeline. Name an event that happened BEFORE 2000 BCE.

• The Trojan War started

• Phoenician civilization started

• Athens was established

• Minoan civilisation in Crete

Which form of government was adopted by the Spartans in which power lies with only a few people

• tyranny

• democracy

• oligarchy

• anarchy

The form of government found in other Greek poleis and at one time in Athens, where power was taken by one man unlawfully

• anarchy

• tyranny

• monarchy

• oligarchy

TRUE or FALSE - The name given by Sir Arthur Evans to the civilisation that existed on the island of Crete until about 1450 bce was the Minoans.

• TRUE

• FALSE

TRUE or FALSE - The Greeks who conquered the Minoans and flourished as a civilisation in southern Greece between 1600 and 1100 bce were the Phoenicians.

• TRUE

• FALSE, They were the Spartand

• FALSE, they were the Mycenaeans

What is the name of the the seafaring and trading civilisation from the eastern Mediterranean that was active between 1500 and 300 bce?

Answer explanation

The answer is the Phoenicians.

The Phoenicians had a great impact on Greek culture. This included; (chose all that apply)

• Trading colonies

• The Phonetic alphabet

• shipbuilding

• seafaring (saling the oceans)

Answer explanation

Many elements of Phoenician culture had an influence on the Greeks, including the development of trading colonies, seafaring and shipbuilding, and perhaps most signifi cantly, the development and widespread use of a phonetic alphabet.

A ________alphabet means the letters have a one-to-one correspondence with the sound of the language. (It's a one word answer)

Answer explanation

The answer is the phonetic alphabet.

A Monarchy is the rule of __________

• a tyrannt

• the population by a Senate or other governing body

• one man or woman normally called a King or a Queen

• the strongest man or woman

Helen of Troy is said to have started what war when she was kidnapped by the enemy.

• The Peloponnese war

• The Trojan War

• the Egyptian war

• World war I

Answer explanation

Read mre about Helen of Troy