Myceneans
The Myceneans are widely considered the first Greeks because they did this.
What is speak Greek?
The Greeks who lived in isolated communities were able to get supplies or resources that were in short supply through this method.
What is trading?
What is sailing to trade?
Greece is a narrow strip of land with water on three sides.
What is a peninsula?
The Greeks lived near the sea so they had a lot of this in their diet.
What is sea food, fish, shell fish?
The Minoans created their civilization on this island.
What is the island of Crete?
The Myceneans were able to rise to power because of this.
What is the Minoans left a power vacuum when their civilization declined?
Trading in the ancient world is not the same experience as modern times. In the ancient world the Greeks might do this to get resources they need?
What is trade by force or attacking another city to take what they need or want?
Running down the middle of the Greek peninsula is a chain of these.
What is a mountain chain?
Pindos Mountain Chain
During this era, around 12,000 years ago, early humans lived on the island of Crete.
Also known as the "Old Stone Age"
What is Paleolithic Era?
This sport involving a bull is shown on the fresco artwork at the Palace of Kenosis.
What is bull leaping?
The Myceneans were successful at getting resources by setting up these all over the Mediterranean Sea and Black.
What is colonies?
By using their large trade networks the Greeks were able to spread this including religion, philosophy, and language in addition to other aspects of this.
What is Greek culture?
There are 1,400 of these land mases completely surrounded by water in the Aegean Sea.
What are islands?
Early Greece started as independent cities with their own independent governments and militaries also known as this.
What is city-states?
The Minoans are not considered to be the first Greeks because they didn't do this.
What is speak Greek?
This event is believed to have been the cause of the downfall of the Mycenean civilization.
What is earthquakes and possibly outside attacks?
The Minoans had to trade to receive precious metals like this.
Name Three
What is silver, copper, gold, and jewelry?
Unlike Greece the other civilizations we studied were all located here by fresh water.
What is in river valleys?
Eventually Democracy develops in the city state of Athens where citizens get to do this when they make decisions.
What is vote?
The Minoans were wiped out by this natural disaster.
What is a volcanic eruption?
The Odyssey is based on this war between the Myceneans and this city state where a horse was used to trick the city.
What is Troy?
The Minoans had an abundance of these three things that they were able to trade.
What is Wood, Olive Oil, and Pottery?
The Greeks relied on the water that surrounds them for this.
What is food, sea food, trade, travel on ships, setting up colonies?
In Greek mythology this mountain was considered to be the "home of the gods".
What is Mount Olympus?
The Minoans are where we get the legend of this half human half bull creature.
What is the Minotaur?