#23 Correcting the Test and the Ones I Got Wrong!

Today in Western Civilization, after taking attendance and getting settled, we started to get our tests back. Unfortunately, no one in our class got an A so there was no ding of the bell when our name was called. I got an 80% which is a B. I’m content with this, but it’s always better to get the best possible grade, which would’ve been a 100%. The test was open book, and we talked about everything on it. I’m not the best test taker and I get really nervous when I’m testing. Especially on scantrons because I freak out if I got like two A’s in a row because then I think one is wrong. I got 8 of the scantrons wrong, which is minus 16 points because they’re 2 points each. My essay was really good though, which made up for it. Mr. Schick wrote on the bottom “Excellent + thorough 20/20” so I was really excited about that! I was really nervous because the first day we took the test, I didn’t finish the essay and he said we wouldn’t have any more time, but luckily he gave us a whole extra class to check our work and finish the essay and short answers if we needed to! The answers reworded that I got wrong are:

Multiple Choice:

1. Mostly fertile land is NOT a characteristic of Greece because it’s mostly mountainous land

2. Approximately ¾ of Greece is covered by mountains

3. The term barbarian was originally used in the ancient world as the Greek “barbarous” which originally meant “Non-Greek”

6. Tribes were governed by all of the Warrior Kings and Queens, Chieftains, and Tribal leaders chosen by warriors

7. The first European barbarians to make contact with civilization were the Greeks

8. A modern-day country that would NOT be considered member of “Western Civilization” is China

13. Mycenaean’s established settlements along the Greek mainland’s southern shore and on some islands

27. Acropolis was the high fortified citadel and religious center of an ancient Greek town

Short Answer:

2. (Halfway Wrong) The titles of Homers stories about the Trojan War were: The Iliad and the Odyssey

3. (Halfway Wrong) Mediterranean means: Middle of the world