Ch 6-7 Flashcards
Before letters were invented, why wasn’t it easy for the Ancient Egyptians and people who used the Cuneiform scripts?
Because they kept inventing signs that not only stand for single letter sounds but for whole syllables and more
Who invented the Alphabet and its Letters?
Merchants from the Middle East.
What is the Meaning of Conceivable?
Capable of being Imagined or Grasped Mentally.
What is the Meaning of Bartering?
Exchange for other Goods or Services without using Money
What is the Meaning of Bustling?
Full of Activity
What is the Meaning of Foreign?
Of, From, In, Or Characteristics of a Country or Language other than One’s own.
A german man name Schliemann Did what?
Ask Himself a Question, then wanted to See all the Beautiful Places described by Homer.
What does Homer thinks are not Inventions?
Drinking Cups, Weapons, Buildings, Ships, Princesses who were also Shepherds, and Heroes who were also Sea Raiders.
Once Schliemann had enough Funds, what Did He do with them?
He Hired Laborers and set about Digging in search of all the Cities mentioned in Homer.
What is the Meaning of Seize?
Take Hold of Suddenly and Forcibly.
What is the Meaning of Seige?
A type of Military Operation.
What is the Meaning of Razed?
To completely Destroy.
What is the Meaning of MInsrels?
A Medieval Singer or Musician.
What is the Meaning of Lyres?
A Stringed Instrument.
What is the Meaning of Composed?
Having One’s Feeling or Expression under Control.
What did Schliemann’s Laborers find in Mycenae?
A Ring that Didn’t come from There.
What were All the Things that Schliemann’s Laborers find that weren’t made in Greek Cities but made in Crete?
Fine Vessels and Daggers decorated with Hunting Scenes, Golden Sheilds and Helmets, Jewelry, and Colorful Paintings.
What is the Meaning of Predecessor?
A person who held a Job or Office before the Current Holder.
What is the Meaning of Amassed?
Gather Together or Accumulate a Large number of Things over a Period of Time.
What is the Meaning of Fortified?
A Place provided with Defensive Works as Protection against Attacks.
What is the Meaning of Plunder?
Steal goods from a Place or Person, Typically using Force and in a Time of War or Civil Disorder.
What is the Meaning of Cunning?
Having or Showing Skill in Achieving One’s end by Deceit or Evasion.
What were the Tribes called that came to Greece before it was Greece?
They were called the Sioux or the Mohicans. And they had Names such as the Dorians, Ionians, and Aeolians.
The Dorians moved down towards the Tip of Greece which Looks like a Maple Leaf, What is it called?
The Peloponnese.
