Geography
What Peninsula was the mainland of Ancient Greece located on?
Balkan Peninsula
What items did the government take for taxes? (name at least 2 of the 3)
Wheat, livestock, and honey
Who was king of the Minoans?
When did the Dark Age begin?
1100 BC
What did farmers do in the Dark Age?
Only grew enough food for their family
What geography is Ancient Greece dominated by?
Mountains and Seas
What metal did the early Mycenaeans use?
Bronze
What group took most of the Mycenaean land during the Dark Ages?
Dorians
Where were Greeks pushed out to?
Aegean Islands and Anatolia
Where were the fertile plains located at?
Narrow land between mountains (valleys)
What peninsula was located east of Ancient Greece?
Anatolia
What did the Mycenaeans use to navigate the seas?
Sun and stars
What civilization was believed to be the first on the island of Crete?
Minoans
What metal did the Dorians introduce to Mycenaean life?
Iron
Wheat, barley, olives, and grapes
What sea surrounds Ancient Greece?
Aegean Sea
What Minoan god did the Mycenaeans worship?
Earth Mother
Who discovered Knossos, a palace for king Minos in 1900?
Arthur Evans
How long did the Dark Age last for the Mycenaeans?
300 years
What two farm animals did Ancient Greeks mainly have?
Sheeps and Goats
Body of land with water on 3 sides
What war are the Mycenaeans most known for?
Trojan War
Who discovered the Mycenaean Kingdom in the late 1800s?
Heinrich Schliemann
What were some affects of the Dark Age? (At least 2 of 5
Trade slowed, production slowed, more were poor, farmers grew enough for their families only, many stopped writing and keeping records
What metal made farming tools easier to make and stronger?
Iron