MINOANS
MYCENAEANS
DARK AGE
BRONZE AGE
MISCELLANEOUS
100
The island the Minoans occupied.
This was the island known as Crete.
100
This language was based on the foundations of the Minoan language.
Linear B was created after the Minoans created Linear A.
100
It’s referred to as the Dark Ages because of these 2 reasons.
Limited archaeological evidence & lack of written records proved this.
100
What is the non-Greece culture other than the Minoans that occupied the Aegean region?
The Cycladic occupied the Cyclade Islands.
100
What scientific method helps us establish a timeline?
Carbon-14 Dating uses radioactive decay to establish chronology.
200
This goddess was the guardian of the home.
This was known as the snake goddess.
200
This was a fortified city located on high ground.
Citadels were surrounded by limestone walls.
200
This was evidence of a population decline.
There were a decrease in settlements and burial grounds.
200
This island was believed to have been demolished by a volcanic explosion.
The island of Thera, or what is now known as Santorini.
200
The Greeks adopted this in the 700 BC, it marks the beginning of true history.
The Greeks adopted the Phoenician Alphabet.
300
This resource was imported by the Minoans.
Ivory was imported while ceramics and wool were exported.
300
What was the name of their burial grounds?
Schliemann excavated burial sites known as Grave Circle A.
300
There was evidence of a break in trade by lack of these two resources.
Copper and tin were not found in this time.
300
This mural was essential to the information gathered on Bronze Age ships.
This is known as the Flotilla mural.
300
The Greek navy relied on ships known as, ____, which had 3 tiers of oars.
The Greek navy relied on ships known as, "triremes," which had 3 tiers of oars.
400
This was a public courtyard used for gatherings.
This is known as the agora.
400
The room where the king would preside over business.
This was known as the megaron.
400
Men were ____ with their weapons, when they were buried
Men were "cremated" with their weapons, when they were buried.
400
Mycenae, Knossus and ____ were 3 discoveries in the late 19th century that proved the existence of the bronze age civilizations.
Mycenae, Knossus and "City of Troy" were 3 discoveries in the late 19th century that proved the existence of the bronze age civilizations.
400
One of the seven wonders of the world that contains the statue of the sun god, Helios.
The Colossus of Rhodes.
500
This is a method to group together chronological sequences, it was used by Sir Arthur Evans.
This is known as periodization.
500
In some burial excavations, the men were found with specific objects on their bodies; this object was mistaken to belong to King Agamemnon.
Gold masks were placed over men's faces.
500
This was a warrior chieftan, ___, that had power over the ____. (people in settlements including the surrounding farmland.)
“Basileus“, had power over the "demos”, (People in settlements including the surrounding farmland.)
500
Schliemann excavated on this coast and discovered a walled citadel he believed to be Troy.
This is known as Anatolia.
500
This peninsula is located south of the Gulf of Corinth on Peloponnesus.
This is known as Sparta.
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