Chapter 7 Vocabulary

Question 1

Dark Age

Answer 1

A time of lawlessness and cultural stagnation

Question 2

Legacy

Answer 2

A gift from the past

Question 3

Labyrinth

Answer 3

Maze under the palace at Knossos

Question 4

Prow

Answer 4

Front of a ship

Question 5

Mother Earth

Answer 5

Fertility goddess; primary deity of the Minoan

Question 6

Bull leaping

Answer 6

Form of bullfighting; believed to be a religious ceremony

Question 7

Knossos

Answer 7

Largest city on Crete during Minoan period

Question 8

Tenants

Answer 8

People who live and work on another’s property

Question 9

Homer

Answer 9

Epic poet who wrote The Iliad, a tale of the Trojan War

Question 10

Megaron

Answer 10

Square room with a fireplace found in Mycenaean palaces

Question 11

Parchment

Answer 11

Thin, oiled animal skin used as window covering

Question 12

Frescoes

Answer 12

Paintings done on wet plaster

Question 13

Shrines

Answer 13

Sacred places to worship, often on hilltops or in caves

Question 14

Civil wars

Answer 14

Wars between groups of citizens in the same country

Question 15

Minotaur

Answer 15

Creature with head of a bull, body of a man