The Myceneans
The "Minoans"
Geography/Geology
Sapiens Vocabulary
Sapiens Ideas
Random
100
evidence of this in Mycenae indicates constant conflict/warfare
What is fortress walls/defensive walls
100
what the Minoan people were known as before Sir Arthur Evans
What is Keftiu
100
umbrella term used to describe the geographical classification of civilizations in this particular area (Minoan, mycenean, greek, etc.)
What is Aegean?
100
Everyone's favorite vocabulary duo of the reading this week (hint: two words referring to a rather sneaky and unsightly insect)
What is "furtive roaches"
100
a traditional story, especially one concerning the early history of a people or explaining some natural or social phenomenon, and typically involving supernatural beings or events
What is a "myth"
100
Is Arthur from north or south london
South London
200
What is the name of this architectural structure and what was it's function?
What is a "tholos" and tomb
200
Mascot for the Minoan civilization
The bull
200
The Aegean owes it's landscape to this natural phenomenon
What is earthquakes?
200
The definition of the word "zenith"
The time at Which something is most powerful or successful.
200
This survival hack enabled sapiens to conquer the world
What is 'gossip'
200
what is the name of the jidion lizzo love song?
thick chicks
300
The name given by historians to the name of the language used in Mycenae
What is 'linear-b'
Daily double: What differentiates linear-b from the language attributed to Minoan civilization?
300
Trade goods of the Minoans (name at least 2)
What is... a combination of purple, olive oil, wine,
300
Schliemann was looking for this fabled place when he discovered a different place
What is Troy
300
"Frenetic" means this...
What is fast and energetic in a rather wild and uncontrolled way.
300
the real reason for calamities in the ancient world...
What is 'not evolutionarily hardwired yet for mass cooperation'
300
这是什么语言？
"What is" Chinese
400
Who is this?
Who is 'we don't really know, it's not Agamemnon just because Schliemann said so... *pfft*'
400
What term is used to describe this palace room?
What is a megaron?
400
These two bodies of water surround Crete
What is the Aegean Sea and the Meditteranean
400
This term describes a storehouse used to store threshed grain...
What is "grainaries"
400
What is Dunbar's number (both numerical and definition)
What is 'a suggested cognitive limit to the number of people with whom one can maintain stable social relationships' (150)
400
Spell a word that Briana gives you
Bourgeoisie
if you don't get it you're stupid -Sam
500
This dude re-discovered Mycenae
Who is Heinrich Schliemann
500
The art-historical sin committed by S. Arthur Evans at Knossos
What is painted over/restored ancient frescoes through his own lens/what he wanted it to be
500
A fleet of ships that traveled around these islands, non-violent
What is 'mercantile navy'?
500
"Interlopers" means this ....
A person who becomes involved in a place where they do not belong
500
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
What are the four revolutions mentioned in the Books Brother's podcast?
What is cognitive, agricultural, scientific, and industrial
500
Name 8 people from E block history's last names
DAILY DOUBLE:
Name at least 5 people's middle names
Combination of Holt, Winegarden, Cripps, Pinto, Ghanem, Valentine, Summers, Lightcap, Webber-Flintham, Bialk, Marrin-Allison
DAILY DOUBLE:
Stanley, Dalshein, Sonny, Ryan, Euna, William, Ames, Genevive
600
How are these two things similar? (name at least 2 similarities)
DAILY DOUBLE!!
What is the name of the creature depicted in the first image and what civilization does it come from?
They both were placed at the entry of a citadel
They both probably served as protector totems for the palaces
They both used similar stylistic elements
Daily Double:
Lamassu, Assyria
600
The Minoan civilization is credited with the first large scale/major ______?
What is 'navy'
600
This geological feature goes hand-in-hand with island making. It also provides fertile soil to the surrounding landscape.
What is a volcano/ volcanic activity
600
"Symbiosis" means this...
interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association, typically to the advantage of both.
600
What term is used to describe an assertion accepted as true, though probably fictitious, to achieve a particular goal in a legal matter.
What is legal fiction
600
What is the average terminal velocity of a kindergartner (according to Henry)?
60mph