Geography
Greece is located in Southern Europe and sits directly in this sea.
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
The Minoans were from this Greek island.
What is Crete?
The Mycenean civilization was located not on the islands of Greece, but on the _______________.
What is the mainland?
The Dorians "invaded" from which direction into Greece.
What is North?
This is the dominant religion of India.
What is Hinduism?
Greece has a ______________ climate with warm, dry summers and mild, moist winters.
What is a Mediterranean climate?
These are two adjectives that could be used to describe the Minoans.
What are:
- lively
- active
- outdoorsy
- fun-loving
Myceneans are often known as the first "________ Greeks".
What is true?
The Dorian "invasion" was also the start of this period of Greek history.
By 700 A.D. Japan resembled this country very closely.
What is China?
Greece's crops are resistant to this type of weather condition.
What is drought?
Minoans got their name from this mythical king.
Who was King Minos?
This is the war Myceneans are most famous for.
What is the Trojan War?
Dorian weapons were more advanced using ___________ to make them now instead of ____________.
What is iron; bronze?
This prince left his home and family behind to become known as "the enlightened one".
Who is Buddha?
These were set up across both the Mediterranean and Aegean Seas in order to get all the food needed to feed the people of Greece.
What are colonies?
A common activity of both male and female Minoans for entertainment and competition.
What is bull leaping?
According to the myths of the war, Myceneans were able to defeat their enemy by using this clever tactic.
What is build the Trojan Horse and use it to sneak into the city at night?
The Dorians naturally mixed with what was left of the _______________ civilization to create what we know as "Greeks".
Who are the Myceneans?
This is the native of Japan.
What is Shinto?
This is the percent of Greece's land that is made up of mountains?
What is 80%?
This is why the Minoan civilization ended.
What is most likely an underwater earthquake (tsunami)?
These are the two theories of why the Mycenean civilization fell.
What are:
1. civil war amongst kingdoms
2. natural disaster
The Dorians were thought to be ancestors of this war-like future city-state.
What is Sparta?
This crop, became Japan's most important food crop (the emperor even asked for taxes to be paid in this form).
What is rice?