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100
Narrow water passages
What are straits
100
A blind poet who wandered from village to village, singing of heroic deeds.
Who is Homer
100
A vast palace that housed rooms for the Minoan royal family, banquet halls, and working areas for artisans.
What is Knossos [NAHS us]
100
Watercolor paintings done on wet plaster
What are frescoes
100
Crete was home to this early trading civilization
What is Minoan
200
The Greek term for a city-state
What is polis [POH lis]
200
An epic poem tells of this man's struggle to return home to his faithful wife, Penelope, after the fall of Troy [he encounters a sea monster, a race of one-eyed giants, and a beautiful sorceress who turns men into swine].
Who is Odysseus [oh DIS ee us]
200
Areas dedicated to the honor of gods and goddesses.
What is shrines
200
The Mycenaeans, who lived in separate city-states, learned many skills from the Minoans, including the art of...
What is writing
200
The first Greek-speaking people, of whom we have a record, and the invaders who played a role in the destruction of the earlier Minoan civilization.
What are Mycenaeans [my suh NEE unz]
300
A massive tactical formation of heavily armed foot soldiers
What is a phalanx
300
Another name for the free residents that shared a sense of responsibility for a city-state's triumphs and defeats.
What are citizens
300
This island was the cradle of an early civilization that later influenced Greeks living on the European mainland.
What is Crete [Kreet]
300
These two epic poems reveal much about the values of the ancient Greeks, such as: honor, courage and eloquence.
What are the Iliad and the Odyssey
300
After the invasion of these people, the land of greece passed several centuries in obscurity. They lived in small isolated villages and had few contacts with the outside world.
What are the Dorians
400
A form of government in which power is in the hands of a small, wealthy elite
What is an Oligarchy
400
Despite Solon's reforms, Athenian citizenship remained limited and positions were open only to the wealthy. Continued and widespread unrest, led to the rise of these people who gained power by force in order to help the merchant class and the poor.
What are tyrants
400
This conflict may have had its origins in economic rivalry between Mycanae and a rich trading city in present-day Turkey.
What is the Trojan War
400
In Greek myths, or traditional stories that explain the ways of nature or the gods, the most powerful Olympian who presided over the affairs of gods and humans was known as...
Who is Zeus [zoos]
400
The two geographic conditions that influenced the rise of Greek civilization [the development of city-states and a vital link to the outside world]
What are mountains and seas
500
Reformers who sought to broaden the role of ordinary citizens in Athens, helped to establish the Council of 500. This council or assembly supervisied the day-to-day work of government. A lawmaking body, that debated laws before deciding to approve or reject them, emerged. This lawmaking body is also called
What is a legislature
500
Which philosopher is credited with the following quote, "the man is by nature fitter for command than the female just as the older person is superior to the younger, more immature person"?
Who is Aristotle
500
The Dorian invaders who conquered and settled the southern part of the Peloponnesus [pel uh puh Nee sus] built the warrior society and city-state of
What is Sparta
500
A high city, with its great marble temples dedicated to different gods and goddesses is called...
What is an acropolis [uh KRAH puh lis]
500
Athenian government evolved from a monarchy [hereditary ruler] into an aristocracy [hereditary landholding elite]. The landholders held power and discontent spread among the ordinary people. As a result of this discontentment, Athenians demanded changes and slowly moved toward a government by the people, or a ...
What is a Democracy