Row:100 is a bonus question.
What is the capital of Greece?
Athens
What was the greatest contribution of Greece?
the Olympic Games (Olympics)
What sea below Greece is an important part of their ancient trade and history?
Aegean Sea
How many letters are in the Greek alphabet?
24
Who were the Minoans?
The first people to form a
civilization in the Aegean Sea
region. They lived on the island of
Crete.
What is Peloponnesus?
A peninsula. (geographic region in
southern Greece)
What people are the Dorians?
Indo-European
people.
What is Hellenas?
The name the Greeks called
themselves.
Who was Sir Arthur
Evans?
A British archeologist.
What is Crete?
The largest of the Greek islands.
What 3 continents did, the Mediterranean Sea separate?
The sea separates Asia, Africa, and
Europe.
What did the Mycenaeans do?
They were the first people to form a
civilization on the mainland of
Greece.
What is Hellas in Greek?
The Greek word for "The Homeland
of Greece."
What was Heinrich
Schilemann?
A German amateur archeologist.
What direction is the Black Sea, from Anatolia?
North
What is the Isthmus of Corinth?
A narrow strip of land that
connects the Peloponnesus to the
rest of the Greek peninsula.
What is Sicily?
A large island off the southwest
coast of Italy.
What is the Greek Peninsula?
The southernmost part of the
Balkans.
What did the Aegean Sea do for Greece?
The sea that is at the center of the
Greek world. (It separates the Greek
peninsula from Anatolia (Asia Minor)
What is Attica? (specific city-state in answer)
A peninsula in southern Greece
where the city-state of Athens
was located.