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Geography
Minoans and Mycenaeans
The Dark Ages
The Greek City-States
Greek Expansion
100
The highest mountain in Greece is also where the Gods are said to have lived
What is Mt. Olympus
100
The Minoans island was
What is Crete
100
What begins to replace bronze that eventually leads to a population increase
What is Iron
100
This is another name for a city-state or main focus of Greek culture
What is polis
100
The money for tyrants came from
What is newly rich
200
The percent of land made up of mountains
What is 80%
200
This was the king of the Minoans civilization who is thought to have created the labyrinth
What is King Minos
200
This is the culture whose alphabet the Greeks adopt
What is Phoenicians
200
Name 2 out of the 3 groups of people who lived in Greek city-states
What is adult males, women and children, slaves or workers
200
These are the two forms of government that come to be after kings
What is Democracy and Oligarchy
300
The square miles of Greece
What is 50,000
300
The Palace of the Minoan empire was at this place
What is Knossos
300
This is the name of the famous Greek poet
What is Homer
300
What was the standard Greek soldier known as. Bonus question: What was the unit that these soldiers formed called
What is hoplite and phalanx
300
This is the time period where Greeks began to settle (year)
What is 750-550 B.C.E
400
Two of the three seas that surround Greece are
What is Aegean, Mediterranean, Ionian
400
The tombs that the Mycenaeans had where called what
What is Tholos
400
This is where the Greeks began to settle during the Dark Ages
What is Ionia
400
This center was built on a large hill and was usually fortified
What is acropolis
400
Most notable city established on the straits
What is Byzantium
500
The two peninsulas that make up Greece
What is Isthmus of Corinth and Peloponnese
500
Each monarch resided in what during the Mycenaean time period
What is Fortified palace center
500
The period of time that began and ended the Greek dark ages
What is 1100-750 B.C.E
500
This is where you could set up a market or a meeting place. It was below the fortified center.
What is Agora
500
These are the two straits where Greeks set up their cities
What is Hellespont and Bosporus