Ancient Greece

Question 1

Who is the leader of Samos?

Answer 1

Polycrates (tryant)

Question 2

What are the major achievements of Samos?

Answer 2

trieme ships, first greek

Question 3

What are other important details about Samos?

Answer 3

pythargoem therom. the tunnel and aqueduct under mt. kastro to move freshwater for the city

Question 4

who is Pythagoras?

Answer 4

he assisted with the aqueduct under mt. kastro. also studied works of plato and aristortle

Question 5

What are the Minoans time and location?

Answer 5

time- approx 250 bce/ early bronze age
location- crete, aegean Knossos

Question 6

What is Knossos?

Answer 6

(capital) on the island Crete is strategically located between Egypt and Greece this allowed for them to build the trade empire

Question 7

what did Minoans sophisticated?

Answer 7

water/ sewage system

Question 8

when was the place of Knossos built?

Answer 8

2100 bce

Question 9

what was the palace built by?

Answer 9

created by king Minos

Question 10

why was the castle evacuated?

Answer 10

it was evacuated because of Arthur Evans in early 1900s

Question 11

what is ‘bull leaping’?

Answer 11

the challenge of jumping over bulls in greece

Question 12

True or false? They are excellent sailors

Answer 12

true

Question 13

Polytheistic or Monotheistic?

Answer 13

polytheistic

Question 14

True or false. Gods aren’t gods of nature

Answer 14

false, the gods are gods’ of nature

Question 15

When did they decline?

Answer 15

around 1000 bce

Question 16

Why did they decline?

Answer 16

A volcano erupted and destroyed most of Thera, then the volcano caused a tsunami destroying the coast of Crete leading to economic decline

Question 17

why did the Mycenaean decline?

Answer 17

when they were in there vulnerable state they were invaded