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Vocabulary
The Geography of Greece
The Minoans
The First Greek Kingdoms
What Was the Dark Age
100
An island that lays southeast of the Greek mainland
What is Crete.
100
The sea to the south of Greece
What is The Mediterranean Sea
100
The English Archaelogist that found the ruins of Ancient Greece in 1900
Who was Arthur Evans
100
The place the Mycenaeans were first from
What is central Asia.
100
In 1200 B.C. this event happened and distroyed the hilltop forts of the Mycenaeans and began the Dark Age
What is an earthquake.
200
Settlements in new territories that keep close ties to its homeland
What is colonies.
200
The sea to the east of Greece
What is the Aegean Sea.
200
The name of the palace that Arthur Evans found
What is Knossos
200
The Mycenaen leaders became the first Greek
What is kings.
200
During the Dark Age tell one of the negative things happened:
What is overseas trade slowed, poverty took hold, farmers only grew enough food to meet their won families needs, people stopped teaching others to write.
300
A market place where people can meet and debate issues
What is an agora.
300
The sea to the west of Greece
What is the Ionian Sea.
300
The Minoans made their wealth by trading these things
What is pottery, stone vases, ivory and metals.
300
In the late 1800's this person discovered one of the walled places in Mycenae. He also named the Mycenaeans
Who is Heinrich Schliemann.
300
In order to be a Greek citizen a person must be these three things.
What is male, native born and a property owner.
400
A Mycenaean king that used trickery to win the Trojan War
What is Agamemnon.
400
One way the ancient Greek people made a living
What is being a fisherman, a sailor, trader or farmer.
400
The year that Minoan civilization collapsed
What is 1450 B.C.
400
The centerpeice of each Mycenaean kingdom was
What is a fortified palace on a hill.
400
The name of the citizens in Ancient Greece that became soldiers
What is the Hopilites.
500
A body of land with water on three sides
What is a penninsula.
500
The crops that Greek farmers grew were
What is wheat, barley, olives, and grapes.
500
The Minoan people made their ships out of
What is cedar and oak
500
Macenaean artisans did the following activities
What is tanning leather, sewing clothes and making wine and olive oil.
500
Give two differences between a city state and a regular city in Ancient Greece.
What is city states were ruled by the people and cities were ruled by kings and nobles. In city states people had rights (to own property, defend themselves in court, hold public office) and and in cities the people had no rights. In city-states the people were part of a political community. In cities the people were part of a kingdom.