Culture/Religion
The Phoenicians gave the Greeks what?
What was the Greek mainland on?
A peninsula
The ancient Greeks grew?
Olives, Grapes, Wheat, and Barley
What is the Greek word of city-state?
Polis
What was and important economic activity for Minoans?
Trade
What god was the city of Athens named after?
Athena
What landform covered most of Ancient Greece?
Mountains
What were the conditions of Greece that allowed grapes and olives to thrive?
The hot, dry climate
What is the name of the place around the acropolis?
Agora
What was the unified formation that Hoplites used in war?
Phalanx
What is the name of the mountain that the gods reside?
Mt. Olympus
Knossos is located on the island of?
Crete
Why was there a food shortage when the population grew?
There was not enough land to sustain the plants.
Since farmers couldn't grow enough food. City-states sent people out to make?
Colonies
Wealthy nobles rode ____ into battle.
Horses
The Minoans taught the Myceneans to navigate through the what?
Sky and Stars
What country is to the west of the Greek mainland?
Italy
What did Greeks raise?
Goats and Sheep
The palace found by Arthur Evans had?
Numerous rooms including bathrooms, workshops, storage rooms and twisting passageways.
What were the rights and responsibilities of men in ancient Greece?
Responsibilities: Fight for their Polis and to serve in government.
What god did the Minoans believe and support in?
Hint: The Myceneans were taught about her by the Minoans.
Earth Mother
What is the sea located west of the Greek mainland?
The Ionian Sea.
The parent cities of ancient Greece gave the colonies what?
olive oil, wine, pottery
The acropolis is used for?
refuge in danger and to pray to the gods
The Greeks made coins out of what?
Steel