Geography
This term describes an area of land surrounded on three sides by water, like mainland Greece.
What is a peninsula?
This civilization, based on Crete, was one of the earliest in ancient Greece.
Who were the Minoans?
The Greek term for a city-state.
What is a polis?
Greeks became skilled in building these due to their coastal location.
What are ships?
The process of Greeks establishing new settlements in distant lands.
What is colonization?
Greece is surrounded by three of these: the Mediterranean, Ionian, and Aegean.
What are seas?
These people, named after their main city, built fortresses across mainland Greece
Who were the Mycenaeans?
This central fortress was typically built on a hill in Greek city-states.
What is an acropolis?
This occupation became crucial for Greeks due to their proximity to the sea.
What is sailing/sailors?
Many Greek colonies eventually became this type of entity.
What is their own polis/city-state?
This geological feature of Greece contributed to the isolation of communities.
What are mountains?
This group was the first to speak the Greek language.
Who were the Mycenaeans?
Greek political and religious assemblies were often held in this city location.
What is the marketplace?
Minoan ships carried these two liquid products for trade.
What are olive oil and wine?
This economic activity increased as a result of Greek colonization.
What is trade?
Ancient Greek communities were ___________ due to the mountains in the region.
What is isolated?
Minoan civilization may have declined due to this natural disaster on a nearby island.
What was a volcanic eruption?
The creation of city-states marked the beginning of this era in Greek history.
What is the classical era?
By 550 BC, the Greeks became the greatest ___________ in the whole Aegean Sea
traders
This present-day Turkish city began as a Greek colony.
What is Istanbul?
The name of the island below the mainland Greece.
What is Crete?
This period of disorder followed the fall of Mycenaean civilization.
What was the Dark Age?
Rather than identify as Greek, citizens felt like they belonged to their ___________.
What is their city-state/polis?
Minoans often traded their goods for these valuable metals and stones.
What are copper, gold, silver, and jewels?
This Italian city on the Mediterranean coast was originally a Greek colony.
What is Naples?