Mycenaean Age Quiz

What is the approximate time period of the Mycenaean Age?

• 1000-800 BC

• 1200-1000 BC

• 1600-1150 BC

• 2000-1800 BC

What material was first mixed together to make the alloy bronze during the Mycenaean Age?

• Tin and copper

• Iron and copper

• Lead and zinc

• Gold and silver

How do historians date the Mycenaean Age pottery styles from Greece?

• By comparing them to pottery styles from Rome

• By comparing them to pottery styles from India

• By comparing them to pottery styles from Egypt

• By comparing them to pottery styles from China

Which civilisation was very similar to the Mycenaean civilisation and came just before it?

• Egyptian civilisation

• Roman civilisation

• Chinese civilisation

• Minoan civilisation

During which period were burials made in shaft graves in the Mycenaean Age?

• None of the above

• The early period (1600-1400 BC)

• The palatial period (1400-1250 BC)

• The later period (1250-1150 BC)

When were the great palaces thought to have reached their peak in the Mycenaean Age?

• The early period (1600-1400 BC)

• The palatial period (1400-1250 BC)

• None of the above

• The later period (1250-1150 BC)

During which period did the palaces seem to have come under more attacks before suddenly being abandoned or destroyed in the Mycenaean Age?

• The early period (1600-1400 BC)

• The palatial period (1400-1250 BC)

• None of the above

• The later period (1250-1150 BC)

Where were the Mycenaean cities found?

• Only in Greece

• In all parts of the Mediterranean

• Only in Italy

• Only in Egypt

What did the independent cities of the Mycenaean Age have in common?

• culture

• buildings

• administration

• all of the above

Where were the Minoan civilisations based?

• Greece

• Mycenae

• Crete

• Egypt