Chapter 02 True/False Quiz

. Iron weapons replaced bronze weapons by approximately 950 BC.

. The Early Iron Age idea of the basileus developed from a Mycenaean official called the qasileu.

. Greeks did not produce any luxury goods during the ninth century.

. The Iliad and the Odyssey were originally oral poems that were written down later.

. Although Greek families were matrilineal, sons were permitted to inherit.

. Despite the prevalence of slave labor, every member of the oikos was expected to work.

. Elite households aimed to have the largest possible number of members, either by birth, marriage, or affiliation.

. The basileus possessed absolute authority over his followers.

. The boule consisted of the community's powerful men.

. The Greek gods did not create the world, but they embodied different aspects of nature.

. Oaths in the Greek world were enforced by Zeus, upholder of justice (dikē).

. The new Greek alphabet was much more complicated than Linear B.

. Once the Greek alphabet spread, Greek society became entirely literate.

. By the time of Hesiod, the Greeks regarded overseas trade as a routine method of doing business.

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