West Civ Work

Multiple Choice:

1. Mostly Fertile land isn't a characteristic
2. Approximately 3/4 of Greece is covered by mountains
3.  The term barbarian originally came from the Greek "barbarous," which originally meant "Non-Greek."
4. A megalithic structure is a massive rough-cut stone used to construct monuments and tombs
5. A tribe is a social and political unit consisting of a group of communities held together by common interests, traditions, and real or mythical ties of kinship
6. Tribes were governed by warrior kings or queens
7. The Greeks were the first European barbarians to make contact with civilization.
8. The United States wouldn't be considered a member of "Western civilization."
9. The Ionian Sea is located west of the Greek mainland.
10. The sea located the east of the Greek mainland is the Aegean Sea.
11. Aegean people lived on grains, vines, and olives
12. The Minoan civilization arose on the island of Crete.
13. The Mycenaeans established settlements along the Greek mainland southern shore and on some islands
14. The Mycenaeans built massive walls to protect themselves from attack.
15.  The Dark Ages were a period of Greek history in which the population dropped, ships no longer sailed, and writing fell out of use.
16. The Greeks joined the Phoenicians as the leading commercial and seafaring nation of the Mediterranean.
17. "C" means circa
18. The city-states that dotted the coastlines around the Mediterranean Sea were called colonies
19. Greek city-states most closely resembled modern-day states.
20. Oligarchy were the form of government in which small group of citizens dominated, and the power of the majority was limited in various ways
21. Democracy is a form of government in which decisions were made by the majority of adult male citizens
22.  Tyranny is a form of government in which a self-proclaimed dictator held power
23. Monarchy is a form of government in which power is held by a single ruler, and often passes along form father to son
24. Spartans used oligarchy
25. Spartan males began their military training at age seven
26. Athens was the wealthiest city-state in the ancient Greek world
27. The acropolis was the high fortified citadel and religious center of an ancient Greek town
28. Peloponnesus was the southern peninsula where Sparta was located
29. Triremes were massive fighting ships with three banks of oars, used to ram or board enemy ships
30. A hoplite was a heavily armed and armored citizen-soldier of ancient Greece

Short Answer: 

1. This was a period called, Dark Ages which lasted from 1150-800 B.C.
2. The tiles of the stories is the "Iliad and the Odyssey."
3. The word "Mediterranean" originally meant "in the middle of the earth" or "between lands."
4. Prominent and long-established Athenian land-owners were called aristocrats.