Final

Question 1

Dark Age/Iron Age

Answer 1

1600 BCE
(Early Mycenaean Period)

-Tombs of local warrior chieftains and their families.

-Conspicuous consumption (The showing off of wealth) (Gold and weapons buried in the tombs).

-Evidence of war for personal gain rather than common defense (Raiding).

Question 2

Figurine of a Woman

Answer 2

Syros, Cyclades

Early Cycladic

Mostly found in graves

May represent fertility

Question 3

The Palace of Knossos

(Name 3 features associated with a Minoan Palace)

Answer 3

1700 - 1400 BCE
(Neopalatial Phase)

-Central court

-West court

-Storage magazines

-Throne room

-Theatrical area

-Workshops

-Residential wing

Question 4

Minoan Crete Characteristics
(Palatial Periods)
(1900 - 1450 BCE)

Answer 4

-Monumental architecture (Palaces)

-Literacy (Linear A Script)

-Complex administration

-Political, religious, and economic centralization in the palaces

-Expanded oversees contacts (Sailing technology)

Question 5

Marine Style Octopus Stirrup Jar

(Describe the decoration and composition)

Answer 5

-Dark-on-light decoration

-Animated design, balanced and completely fills the available space

-Octopus conforms to the contours of the vase

Question 6

Harvester’s Vase (How does this differ from Egyptian and Mesopotamian art?)

Answer 6

Hagia Triada, Crete
1500 BCE

Question 7

Linear A

Answer 7

-Minoan writing system

-Syllabic script of about 90 signs with some ideograms representing ideas or words

Question 8

Peak Sanctuary

Answer 8

-Shrines with offerings, including figurines, ceramic representations of body parts, and animal sacrifices

-Used for religious rites

-At the top of mountains

Question 9

Tholos Tomb

Answer 9

Communal tombs designed for extended families

Question 10

Spring Fresco

(How does this painting differ from Egyptian and Near Eastern art?)

Answer 10

Akrotiri, Thera
1650 BCE

-There are no people in the picture

Question 11

Grave Circles at Mycenae

Answer 11

1600 BCE
(Early Mycenaean Period)

-Tombs of local warrior chieftains and their families.

-Conspicuous consumption (The showing off of wealth) (Gold and weapons buried in the tombs).

-Evidence of war for personal gain rather than common defense (Raiding).

Question 12

Linear B

Answer 12

Mycenaean writing system

-Made of 87 symbols

Question 13

Megaron

Answer 13

The large reception hall and throne room in a Mycenaean palace, fronted by an open, two-columned porch.

Question 14

Late Geometric Period (List 3 characteristics for the exam)

Answer 14

760 – 700 BCE (Time of Homer).

-Period of rapid changes.

Greece emerges from the Dark Age.

-Advancements in art and architecture.

-New prosperity and population growth.

-Colonization of new lands.

-Establishment of the polis (city-state).

-Development of local and regional religious sanctuaries.

-Increase in trade with Europe and the Near East.

-Phoenician alphabet adopted.

-Diffusion of the Homeric Epics.