Pick one answer from the menu under each question about archaeology.
1. Before the emergence of Classical Greek civilization, the Aegean was populated by:
a. The gods
b. The Egyptians
c. A conglomeration of several civilizations including the Mycenaeans, the Minoans, and the Cycladeans
d. The Romans
2. Found principally on the island of Crete, the Minoan civilization is named after:
a. Minos, the archaeological site where evidence of the culture was first unearthed
b. Minos, the legendary Greek king who built the Labyrinth
c. Minos, the legendary Greek king whose touch turned everything to gold
d. Minos, a wealthy western archaeologist who first discovered evidence of Minoan culture on Crete
3. The island of Santorini, (also called Thera) is part of modern day Greece. The location and geological history of this island have led archaeologists to speculate that it may have been:
a. The lost island of Atlantis
b. The original location of the Minotaur's Labyrinth
c. The site of a cataclysmic volcanic eruption in the 2nd millenium B.C. that drastically changed the socio-politcal reality of the ancient world
d. All of the above
4. Western scholars believed the Greek myth of the Trojan War was pure fantasy for almost 2,000 years -- that is, until the German archaeologist Heinrich Schleimann discovered the actual location of the city in 1870. In what modern country is Troy located?
