OCR Classics- Homeric World A - Mycenae Age - Revision 8 & 15 Mark Questions

This is a revision booklet for Classical Civilisation, exam paper B , Homeric World, part A, Mycenaean Age, GCSE, OCR. It is included all the 8 and 15 marks questions (essays) from the OCR exam papers with the Mark schemes and the Sources. There is also a guidance for the structure of the questions. The aim is to practice with the questions, understand the structure, memorize information creating your own plans. It is included questions for all the chapters of Mycenaean Age, Homeric World.

Instructions

1. Read the Structure for the 8 and 15 marker
2. Study the Mark schemes
3. Read the Questions in Yellow
4. Create your plan for every Question
5. Advice the Checklists for 8 and 15 marker
   *Study the Chapters from the Textbook too.

Contents…………………………………………………………………………………Pages
A) 8 Mark Questions ………………………………………………………………………. 3-5

1. Mycenaean Frescoes……………………………………………………………… 6-7
2. Trade – trade routes……………………………………………………………… 8-9
3. Tiryns…………………………………………………………………………………….10-11
4. Mycenaeans-craftsmen/pyxis…………………………………………………12-13
5. Level VIIa of Troy……………………………………………………………………14-15

B) 15 Mark Questions……………………………………………………………………17-19

1. Mycenaean tombs-objects……………………………………………………20-21
2. Safety in Mycenae……………………………………………………………….22-23
3. Linear B tablets/life………………………………………………………………24-25
4. Mycenaean items…………………………………………………………………26-27
5. Burial sites & customs………………………………………………………….28-29
6. Mycenaean people (cities-items)…………………………………………30-31
7. Warfare (cities-objects)……………………………………………………….32-33
8. Mycenaean frescoes……………………………………………………………34-35
9. Mycenaean cities-high standard (objects)……………………………36-37
10. Honouring the dead (burial customs, tombs)………………………38-39

Chapters Textbook:
• 2.1 Key Sites (Mycenae, Tiryns, Troy)
• 2.2 Life in the Mycenaean Age (Palaces, Everyday life: hunting, armour and weapons, chariots, clothing, trade; Linear B tablets)
• 2.3 Decorative Arts (Frescoes, Jewellery, Decorative objects and their creation)
• 2.4 Tombs, Graves and Burial (Burial Customs, cist graves, shaft graves, tholos and chamber tombs, funerary objects, Grave Circle A and Grave Circle B)