Ancient Greece

Question 1

The front part of a Minoan ship

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Prow

Question 2

A sport that was a form of bullfighting

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bull leaping

Question 3

A network of paths and the Minoans’ word for “double-ax”

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Labyrinth

Question 4

Thin animal skin used for windows

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Parchment

Question 5

A sacred place of worship

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shrine

Question 6

People who lived and worked on another’s land

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tenants

Question 7

Chief feature of the fortress-palaces

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Megaron- square room with fireplace

Question 8

war between groups of citizens

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civil wars

Question 9

Another name for poets

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bards

Question 10

The Minoans built the world’s first

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important seafaring civilization

Question 11

The birthplace of the Minoan civilization

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Crete- a rugged, rocky island off the Greek peninsula

Question 12

The largest Minoan city was

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Knossos

Question 13

The Minoan palace was

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at the center of the city; also called “house of the double ax”

Question 14

Frescoes are

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watercolor paintings on damp plaster

Question 15

The Mycenaeans came from

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The grasslands of southern Russia

Question 16

The Mycenaeans’ original occupation

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warriors

Question 17

Stories of Greek and Trojan heroes were told by a poet named

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Homer. He wrote the Iliad & the Odyssey

Question 18

After the civil wars and the Dorian invasion, the Aegean world entered a

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Dark age

Question 19

The rebuilding of the Aegean world fell to the

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Hellene or Greeks

Question 20

One of the largest cities of Crete

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Knossos

Question 21

The Legendary monster who lived in Crete, with the head of a bull & the body of a man

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Minotaur

Question 22

Legendary hero who killed the monster

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Theseus

Question 23

The sea between Greece and Asia Minor

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Aegean Sea

Question 24

The Minoans became well known in other countries through

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trade

Question 25

To protect their cities the Minoans depended on

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the Navy & the sea

Question 26

The most important god in the religion of the Minoans was the Great Goddess or

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Mother Earth

Question 27

Homer’s poem the Iliad tells the story of a war between

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Troy and the Mycenaeans

Question 28

The “Dark Age” resulted from the civil wars and

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The Dorian Invasion

Question 29

Three uses for olive oil

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Cooking, Fuel for lamps, Lotion for body