Miscellaneous
Greece was the ____ civilization in Europe
First
Greek civilization began in an area ______ by mountains and seas.
dominated
Even though some Greek communities were near the sea, others were _________
far from the coast.
communities in many parts of ancient Greece became fiercely ________.
independent
Greek _____ describe an early civilization that developed on Crete, an island southeast of the Greek _________.
myths.......mainland
Evans _______ that Minos and his family lived in the palace.
concluded
The palace had numerous rooms that were connected by _________________.
twisting passageways
An ancient people called the ________ built the palace at Knossos.
Minoans
They built ships using the wood from Crete's ______ of oak and cedar trees.
forests
Government ______ recorded the wealth of the kingdom's ________.
officials...........residents
About ______, the Mycenaeans left their homeland in central Asia.
2000 b.c.
______ was known about the Mycenaeans until the late 1800s.
Little
Minoan _______ from Crete visited the Greek mainland
traders
the Mycenaean civilization ______ over time.
declined
They used the ___ and ____ to navigate the seas.
sun.........stars
Historians call the next 300 years of Greek history a ______.
Dark Age
By _____, many descendants of the people who ran away returned to the Greek mainland.
750 b.c.
As Greece recovered from the Dark Age, its population _________ rapidly.
increased
The ______ traded with their "parent" cities on the Greek mainland.
colonies
the Mycenaeans adopted features of Minoan _______. They built ships and worked with ________.
culture..........bronze
Farmers _____ only enough food to feed their families.
grew
The Greek alphabet had ________ that represented different sounds.
24 letters
The Greeks founded many colonies along the coasts of the _______ ____ and the Black Sea between 750 b.c. and 550 b.c.
Mediterranean Sea
the Greek mainland sent wine, olive oil, and pottery to the colonies. As the Greeks began to make coins from metal, this affected their trade. Trade ________ as merchants traded money for goods rather than bartered for goods. This system increased a colony's wealth.
expanded
Trade was an important _________ activity for the __________.
economic.........Minoans