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Vocab
Minoans
Mycenaeans
100
The mainland of Greece is considered a ________________ because it is surround by water on three sides.
What is a peninsula
100
This body of water is located on the Eastern Coast of the Greek mainland.
What is the Aegean Sea
100
A system of complex hallways, rooms, and passageways that are tough to escape
What is a labyrinth
100
Island in the Mediterranean that the Minoans lived on
What is Crete
100
Lived on the mainland of Greece
Who are Mycenaeans
200
Most of the land in ancient Greece is covered with these, making traveling difficult.
What are Mountains
200
This sea is located on the Western Coast of the Greek mainland.
What is the Ionian Sea
200
A form of bull-fighting
What is bull leaping
200
The largest city of Crete that consisted of a 5-story palace.
What is Knossos
200
Were ________________ people.
What is warlike
300
Ancient Greece is located on this continent.
What is Europe
300
This Sea is located to the South of the Greek mainland
What is the Mediterranean Sea
300
Thin animal skin used to make doors and windows of Minoan homes.
What is parchment
300
Because they learned to build and navigate ships, the Minoans were among the world's first ________________ people
What is seafaring
300
Most Famous for attack on
What is Troy
400
The primary reason why the ancient Greeks started colonies.
What is existing farmland no longer produced enough food to feed the growing population.
400
This sea is located in-between the Greek Mainland and the Island of Crete
What is the Sea of Crete
400
Wars between opposing groups of citizens.
What is civil wars
400
Two differences of Minoan cities to earlier civilization's cities
What are no walls around city and palace in the center instead of temple
400
The first poem was written by Homer
What is Iliad
500
Olive oil and pottery from the mainland were traded in exchange for these items (3 total)
What are grain, timber & metal
500
The Trojans had a trade route that accessed this Sea.
What is the Black Sea
500
people who live and work on another's land
Who is a tenant
500
The prince in the myth of the Minotaur
What is Theseus
500
The blind poet who wrote the Odyssey
Who is Homer
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