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HUM 2210
Instructor: Paloma Rodriguez
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Name: ______________________________
Summer 2010
Review of the Greek world: from Minoan/ Mycenaean times to the Hellenistic period
1. Put these events in chronological order.
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Persian Wars
Macedonian hegemony
Minoan civilization
Trojan war
Dorian invasions
Peloponnesian war
Emergence of the polis and colonization
Mycenaean hegemony
Alexander’s empire
Athenian hegemony
2. Match the following events/ civilizations with their dates:
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Persian Wars
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5 century (499-400 BCE)
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Macedonian hegemony
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5 century (499-400 BCE)
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Minoan civilization
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4 century (399-300 BCE)
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Trojan war
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4 century (399-300 BCE)
Dorian invasions
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Emergence of the polis and
colonization (Archaic period)
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13 century (1250 BCE)
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1100 BCE
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1500-1100 BCE
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3000-1400 BCE
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8 c - 6c (734 – 580 BCE)
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Mycenaean hegemony
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Alexander’s empire
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Athenian hegemony and
Peloponnesian war.
3. Now rewrite the events from the previous exercise in chronological order:
Civilization/Event
Dates
4. True or false
1. ______ Greek poleis in the Classical period were unified culturally and politically.
2. ______ There was a major rivalry between Athens and Corinth in the Classical period.
3. ______ Sparta came out of the Persian Wars as a ruling power.
4. ______ Athens flourished after the Peloponnesian war.
5. ______ The only athletic competitions held in Greece were the ones that would take
place at Olympia every four years.
6. ______ The Acropolis was the center of Athens’ political life.
7. ______ The Greeks who founded Carthage were Phoenicians.
8. ______ The Erechtheion and the Propylaia stood in the Athenian agora.
9. ______ Athenian democracy was a representative democracy like ours, except that it
excluded women (and foreigners) from participating in the political process.
10. ______ The Greek colonies in southern Italy (Magna Graecia) were too distant from
the mainland to have any political or economic relevance.
11. ______ The Persians were militaristic people who lacked the cultural refinement,
artistic accomplishments, and political organization that we find in most of the Greek
poleis.
12. ______ Lysistrata was written by a woman.
13. ______ Lysistrata shows the freedom of speech that characterized Athenian
democracy.
14. _____ In Classical Greece homosexuality was widespread and led to the abuse of
young boys.
5. Complete the sentences:
1. ________________ was a major Panhellenic sanctuary and the most important oracle in
the Ancient World.
2. Southern Italy was called Magna Graecia because _______________________________
_______________________________________in the area.
3. The decoration of the Parthenon (pediment and interior frieze) honors the goddess
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4. The metopes of the Parthenon celebrate the Athenian’s __________________ over the
__________________________ by representing scenes of conquest over mythological
beasts and barbaric peoples (centaurs, amazons…).
5. _________________ was the leader of Athens during the classical period and the person
responsible for commissioning the reconstruction of the Acropolis.
6. The Spartans excelled for their courage and sacrifice in the battle of
___________________ against the _________________________.
7. The main rivals in the Peloponnesian Wars were the __________________ and the
________________.
8. The statues of naked youths from the Archaic period are called _______________.
9. Pathos, realism, theatrical effects, exotic characters, eroticism are features of the
sculpture of the ____________________ period.
10. Contrapposto, naturalism, perfect harmony of the parts, and serenity of expression are
characteristics of the sculpture of the __________________ period.
11. Frontality, rigidity and Egyptian influence are characteristics of the sculpture of the
_______________ period.
12. An initiation, a dogma to be learnt, and the believe in the immortality of the human soul
are characteristics of ____________________________.