Definitions
Groups of People
Geography
That's Greek to Me
100
Greece is this type of landform.
What is a peninsula?
100
Group of people who conquered Minoans in mid 1400's.
Who are the Mycenaeans?
100
Greece is part of this peninsula.
What is the Balkan Peninsula?
100
Legendary king who had palace at Knossos on island of Crete.
Who is King Minos?
200
A storyteller in ancient Greece.
What is a bard?
200
Group of non-Greek people who were first to develop in the Aegean region.
Who are Minoans?
200
Peninsula to east of Greek mainland that is also present-day Turkey.
What is Anatolia?
200
Two rights of Greek citizens.
What is to vote, hold public office, own property, and defend themselves in court? (choose 2)
300
City-states that were like independent countries.
What is a polis?
300
Greek-speaking Group of people who took over Greece and started the Dark Age.
Who are the Dorians?
300
Body of water that lies nearest to Greece.
What is the Aegean Sea?
300
A settlement in a new territory that has close ties to its homeland.
What is a colony?
400
The unified formation of foot soldiers marching shoulder to shoulder.
What is phalanx?
400
People who Greeks got their alphabet from.
Who are the Phoenicians or Phoenician traders along Mediterranean Coast?
400
The Aegean Sea is part of which larger body of water?
What is the Mediterranean Sea?
400
Two possible reasons for collapse of Mycenaean civilization.
What are earthquakes and civil war?
500
Open area outside acropolis that was used as a marketplace, among other things.
What is an agora?
500
Descendants of runaway people, who came back to mainland in 750 BC and developed communities under local leaders, called kings.
Who are Hellenes, or Greeks?
500
Island southeast of Greek mainland.
What is Crete?
500
British archaeologist, Arthur Evans, unearthed palace of which legendary king at Knossos?
Who is King Minos?
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