The Trojan War
What modern day country is Troy in?
Turkey.
What type of climate did the Greeks have?
Mediterranean.
What mountan range did Greece have?
Pindus Mountians.
What was did the Greeks lose during the Dark Age?
Greeks lost the ability to read and write.
How many spikes does a snowflake have?
6.
What sea did Mycenaean kingdoms sail across to invade Troy?
Aegean sea.
What made it difficult to grow crops?
The lack of rain & rocky soil.
What geography feature was Greece?
A Peninsula.
When the Greeks migrated, what did they share there?
Songs and stories about their life before the dark Age.
What planet(s) have rings?
Uranus, Neptune, Jupiter, and Saturn.
What was the Greek alphabet based on.
Phoenician alphabet.
What plant needed more watering?
Grains.
What was the capital of ancient Greece?
Athens.
What made Greek culture decline?
The fall of the Mycenaeans.
What is the oldest house in Montclair?
The Crane House.
When did the Greeks develop an alphabet?
In 700 A.D.
What Greek items in agriculture became very valuable in trade?
Wine and Olives.
What 2 seas bordered Greece?
Ionian and Aegean sea.
When was the dark Age?
1100 B.C. to 750 B.C.
How tall is the Eiffel Tower?
1083 feet.
What does the poem ,"Homer's Odyssey" talk about?
The hero Odysseus's journey home after the war.
The climate was great for growing what kind of plants?
Deep rooted.
What modern day countries border Greece? (hint: there's 4)
North Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, and Turkey.
What island did the Greeks migrate to during the dark Age?
Ionia.
How long does it take for light to travel around the whole world?
0.13 seconds.