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How many seas surround Greece?
3
What did farmers in Greece grow and what animals were raised?
Wheat, barley, grapes, and olives and sheep and goats.
Crete
a Greek island in the Mediterranean
Triemes
Greek worships with three levels of rowers
Polis
a city-state and its surrounding farmland
Balkan Peninsula
Greece's mainland
What animals were raised?
Sheep and goats
Knossos
palace that belonged to the legendary King Minos
Hoplite
a citizen soldier who fought for a city state.
Colony
a settlement with close ties to a homeland.
Anatolia Peninsula
East of Greece's mainland (present-day Turkey)
How were inland communities separated?
by mountains and valleys.
What were Mycenaean palaces the center of?
government, trade, workshops, and storage.
Could women and children be citizens?
Yes, but with no rights.
Bards
storytellers or poets
Peloponnesus
the southern area of Greece's mainland
What did most communities consider themselves to be?
Separate and independent.
Who were the Dorians and what did they cause? How long did it last?
a Greek-speaking people from the north. They invaded Greece and caused the Dark Age which was a period that lasted 300 years.
Agora
a marketplace at the foot of the acropolis, place where everyday activities took place
What was the Greek alphabet based on and how many letters did it have?
The Phoenician alphabet and it had 24 letters
What are the seas that surround Greece, and what directions do they surround it?
Mediterranean Sea - South
Aegean Sea - East
The Ionian Sea - West
What group of people lived in central Greece and what caused their civilization to be lost?
Mycenaeans and earthquakes and fighting amongst kingdoms.
Phalanx
a fighting formation where the hoplites fought side by side in rows. Their shield protected themselves and half of the body next to them.
Acropolis
a fortified hill, temples on top for the gods
What happened during the dark age?
Many Greeks fled the mainland and settled to the east in Anatolia. No written records, no education.