Early Greek History
Which early civilization was advanced, built stone palaces, had running water, and created writing systems before being mysteriously destroyed?
What is: the Minoans
What period of cultural decline began immediately after the fall of the Mycenaeans?
What is: The Dark Age
How is mainland Greece divided physically, and where did people settle to farm?
What is: Divided by mountain ranges and narrow valleys with small plains in between; settled in the flat plains to farm.
What political idea born in ancient Greece held that people should be free to rule for themselves?
What is: Democracy
Community formed as time went on, having its own marketplace and government center.
What is: a city-state
What two items did the Mycenaeans produce for trade?
What is: Bronze weapons and pottery
During the Dark Age, to which region did many mainland Greeks migrate and settle?
What is: The West coast of current day Turkey
What maritime activities allowed Greeks to make contact with older and more complex cultures?
What is: Fishing and trading ships traveling the surrounding seas.
Which group held power in early city-states during an aristocracy?
Who are: Landowners (a minority).
Status that gave ordinary Greeks a say in government.
What is: Citizenship
Name three luxury goods or raw materials that the Mycenaeans imported through trade.
Copper, tin, ivory, and luxury goods
What process did Greeks learn while in Turkey, what raw material was used, and what period did this start?
What is: They learned to smelt iron from iron ore, marking the beginning of the iron age.
What are the two key features of Greece's Mediterranean climate?
What is: Mild, wet winters and hot, dry summers.
Name the three groups explicitly excluded from making government decisions.
Who are: Women, enslaved people, and foreign people.
Belief in multiple gods and mythology.
What is: polytheism
Which earlier advanced culture heavily influenced the early Greek Civilization?
Why was smelting iron a major technological improvement over bronze for the Greeks?
What is: Iron was a more effective resource for making tools and weapons
What physical landforms were located directly between the mountain ranges on the Greek mainland?
What are: Narrow valleys with small plains in between them
What status was required for "ordinary" Greeks to have a say in their city-state's government?
What is: Citizenship
Method of philosophical questioning listed in the unit vocabulary.
What is: the socratic method
What specific group destroyed the Mycenaean kingdom, leading into the decline of Greek culture?
What was: a newer version of Greek civ who spoke a different form of Greek
What major event directly caused the decline in Greek culture that initiated the Dark Age?
The fall of the Mycenaeans
What major external empire took control of the Eastern area of Greek civilization?
What are: The Persian Empire
What was the political status of merchants and artisans who lived in a city-state but were originally from a different Greek city-state?
They were mostly non-residents with fewer rights.
Government ruled by a minority of wealthy landowners.
What is: Aristocracy