Terms and Names
Cultural Facts
Geography Questions
Civilization
Myths
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Mycenaeans
Indo-European people who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C.
100
The Trojan War
After what war did Mycenaean civilization collapse?
100
2,000 islands
How many islands were part of Ancient Greece?
100
Indo- Europeans
Who migrated from the Eurasian steppes to Europe, India, and Southwest Asia?
100
A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society
What is a Myth?
200
Trojan War
A war fought around 1200 B.C. in which an army led by Mycenaean kings attacked the independent trading city of Troy in Anatolia?
200
Greek
What did the Dorians speak?
200
Greek traditions and customs
The region's physical geography directly shaped..?
200
Mycenaeans
People who settled on the Greek mainland around 2000 B.C. where?
200
The mysteries of nature and the power of human passions
Through the myths the Greeks sought to understand what?
300
Dorians
Who were the Greek speaking people that according to tradition, migrated into mainland Greece after the destruction of the Mycenaean civilization?
300
The economy
What collapsed when the Dorians arrived?
300
For important transportation routes
The Aegean Sea, the Ionian Sea, and the neighboring Black Sea were important why?
300
From their leading city, Mycenae
How did Mycenaeans get their name?
300
The changing of the seasons
Myths explained what?
400
Homer
Who was the greatest story teller, and he was blind?
400
The Dorians
Trade came to a standstill when who arrived?
400
Mountians
What divided the land into a number a different regions?
400
1200s B.C.
When did the Trajan War take place?
400
lived forever
Unlike humans the gods..?
500
Epics
What is a long narrative poem celebrating the deeds of legendary or traditional heroes?
500
The art of writing
What did the Greeks loose temporarily when the Dorian Age was taking place?
500
Mountainous peninsula jutting out into the Mediterranean Sea.
Ancient Greece consisted mainly of?
500
Writing system , religious practice. art, politics and literature
The Minoans influenced the Mycenaeans in many ways, what were some ways there were influenced?
500
As the guardian of cities especially of Athens, which was named in her honor
How did the Greeks think of Athena?
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