West Civ Day #20- Cyber Greeks

Today in West Civ we did not have class so we had cyber day and we had to answer thirty questions so here they are:

Multiple Choice:
1.) Mostly fertile land is not a characteristic of Greece (d)
2.) 3/4 of Greece is covered by mountains (b)
3.) The word barbarian originally meant a life based upon farming, warfare, and tribal organization (d)
4.) Massive rough cut stones used to construct monuments and tombs was what defined a megalithic structure (c)
5.) A social and political unit consisting of a group of communities held together by common interests, traditions, and real or mythical ties of kinship was what tribe referred to (a)
6.) Tribes were governed by warriors, kings, queens, chieftains, or tribal leaders chosen by warriors or all of these (d)
7.) Greeks were the first European barbarians to make contact with civilization (a)
8.) United States wasn't considered Western Civilization (e)
9.) Ionian Sea was the sea just west of the Greek mainland (d)
10.) Aegean Sea was east of Greece (b)
11.) Grains, vines, and olives were what the Aegean people lives off on (d)
12.) Minoan was the civilization that rose from the island of Crete (b)
13.) Mycenaean's was the civilization that established along the Greeks southern mainland shore (a)
14.) Mycenaean built massive walls to protect themselves from attack (a)
15.) Dark Ages is when population dropped, ships no longer sailed and there were no written records (d)
16.) Phoenicians was the group that joined with Greece as the leading commercial and seafaring nation in the Mediterranean (e)
17.) In historical writing the letter c meant around, about, and circa so all of these (d)
18.) By 600 B.C. the Greeks dotted the coastlines around the Mediterranean Sea known as colonies (a)
19.) Modern day counties were similar to the size of Greek- City States (b)
20.) Oligarchy was when a small number of citizens would rule (c)
21.) Democracy was when a small portion of white male landowners would control the government (a)
22.) Tyranny was when a polis was led by a self-proclaimed dictator (d)
23.) Monarchy was when a polis was ruled by one male and passed down from father to son (b)
24.) Oligarchy was what Sparta used (c)
25.) At the age of seven Spartan males were taken from homes to begin military training (a)
26.) Athens was the wealthiest polis in Greece (a)
27.) Acropolis was the high fortified citadel and religious center of ancient Greece towns (c)
28.) Peloponnesus was the land area where Sparta was located (e)
29.) Triremes were massive fighting ships with three banks of oars (e)
30.) A hoplite was a heavily armed and armored citizen of Greece (b)

Short Answer
1.) This period was known as the Dark Ages and it began around 1150 B.C. and ended around 750 B.C.
2.) One story was the Odyssey and the other was Iliad
3.) The word Mediterranean originally meant middle of the land.
4.) Aristocrats were prominent and long-established Athenian land owners