Vocabulary
Ancient Sumer
Ancient Greece
Important People
Geography
100
Stories that are passed down by word of mouth.
What is an oral tradition?
100
Temples to their gods that act as stairways for gods to come to earth.
What is a ziggurat?
100
The first traders in the Mediterranean, they lived on the island of Crete.
Who are the Minoans?
100

The Greek name for the most powerful leader in the Athenian government.

What is an archon?

100
Mesopotamia is located in this part of Asia.
What is the Middle East?
200
A community that is surrounded by mountains, therefore it is isolated.
What is a land island?
200
This form of writing was the first in the world.
What is Cuneiform?
200
The people who lived in Crete many years ago were named after this person.
Who is King Minos?
200
This man was a member of a noble family and reformed Athenian law to include more citizens in government, creating the first democracy in the word.
Who is Solon?
200
An area of land that is surrounded by water on 3 sides.
What is a peninsula?
300
Different types of jobs other than farming.
What is division of labor?
300
The Sumerians mastered this in order to make sure that their fields had water to grow crops.
What is irrigation?
300
A period of time where Greek cities and even their language disappeared
What are the Dark Ages?
300
This man rebuilt Athens after much of the city was destroy in a war against Persia.
Who is Pericles?
300
Greece is located on this continent.
What is Europe?
400
Cities that operate as their own independent country, with their own governments.
What is a city-state?
400
Meaning, "land between two rivers" this is where the Ancient Sumerians lived.
What is Mesopotamia?
400
The city that created the world's first democracy.
What is Athens?
400
His archaeological team discovered the Palace of Knossos in Crete and Linear A and B tablets.
Who is Sir Arthur Evans?
400
These two rivers are on either side of the area known as Mesopotamia
What are the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers?
500
The belief in more than one god.
What is polytheism?
500
The main god of the Sumerians. He is the god of heaven.
Who is Anu?
500
These are the rich people, or aristocrats, who ruled in Greece before tyrants or democracy were established.
Who are the eupatrid?
500
This British architect translated Linear B, discovering that it was a short-hand form of Greek.
Who is Michael Ventris?
500
This modern-day country is home to Ancient Sumer.
What is Iraq?
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