Around 500 B.C.E, the people of Athens were the first in Greece to try governing themselves, and they developed a form of government called this.
What is democracy?
100
The Minoan civilization was an Aegean Bronze Age civilization that arose on this island?
What is Crete?
100
Speaking a form of this language, Mycenaeans are considered the first this.
What are Greeks?
100
The best-known sweetener in the ancient world.
What is honey?
200
The percentage of Greece covered with steep mountains.
What is approximately 80%?
200
From about 2000 to 800 B.C.E, most Greek city-states were ruled by one of these.
What is a monarch?
200
Etymology. The term "Minoan" refers to this mythic "king".
Who is Minos?
200
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In exchange for protection, the people were expected to do these two things.
What is pay taxes to the king and obey his laws?
200
The sea to the east of Greece?
What is the Aegean Sea?
300
Cattle could not graze on the steep hillsides of Greece so the Greeks raised these.
What are sheep and goats?
300
Between about 800 to 650 B.C.E, most Greek city-states were ruled by a small group of wealthy men called this.
What are oligarchs?
300
This on the island of Santorini (Thera) is believed to have severely affected the Minoan culture on Crete from which they were never able to recover and led to them eventually being conquered by the Mycenaeans.
What is volcanic eruption and subsequent massive tsunamis that reached Crete?
300
By the end of this century, Mycenaeans cities were mostly in ruins.
What is 1,100's B.C.E?
300
The geography of Greece led to ancient Greeks farmers to produce the these types of foods. (name at least 4.)
What is/are
- Olives
- Grapes
- Sheep & Goat dairy and meat
- Fruit and nut trees
- Honey?
400
The part of Greece that looks like an outstretched hand and is only connected to the mainland by just a thin strip of land.
What is Peloponnesus?
400
Usurpers with supreme power that ruled over Greek city-states during the mid-600s B.C.E, who promised to change the government were called these.
The Mycenaeans conquered the Minoans in this year.
What is 1450 B.C.E.?
400
The roots so Greek civilization can be traced to these civilizations?
What are the Minoan Civilization and the Mycenaean Civilization?
500
The geography of ancient Greece had these effects (name at least 4).
What is/are
- isolated cultures and communities;
- seafaring culture
- people identified themselves by their city-state, not as Greek;
- city-state rivalries over farmland often erupted into wars;
- started colonies to produce more food and other goods to send back to their city-states;
- traded for needed goods
500
Not all Greeks believed that democracy was a good type of government because powerful speakers sometimes persuaded ordinary citizens to vote unwisely, leading most city-states to return to these earlier forms of government.
What tyrannies and/or oligarchies?
500
The Minoan civilization flourished during approximately this time frame.
What is 3000 to 1450 BC?
500
During the Dark Age, the period of time after the Mycenaean civilization disappeared, this happened. (name at least 4)
What is
- Greek civilization almost disappeared
- Written language disappeared until about 750 BC.
- Culture declined
- Dorians invaded from the north.
- Trade came to a stand still.
- People lived in isolated villages?
500
The Greeks established colonies over a period of more than 300 years in these places. (name at least 4)
What are Asia Minor, Spain, France, Italy, North Africa, and the Black Sea.