Chapter Greece Flashcards
Greece was originally called
Hellen
Southern Part of the ___________
Balkan Peninsula/Europe
Three bodies of water surrounded Greece, what were they?
ISW, MSS, ASE
Ionian Sea West, Mediterranean Sea South, Aegean Sea to the east
Very mountainous what percent?
80
What did the mountains effect about Greece?
They both protected and isolated them, and they never really unit d because of the isolation. Because of the mountains, they turned to th sea to make q living. Fisherman, traders, and pirates
Only __ crops, what were they?
- Olives and grapes
Their climate was ______ so they did everything ______
Mild, outdoors
Earliest Greek civilizations began on the island of ________. (The ________)
Crete, Minoans.
Name the two legendary Minoan kings.
King Midas
Zeus -
King of gods sky thunder lIghtning
Poseidon
God of the sea.
Hades
Underworld death
Hera
Queen of the gods - marriage
Hestia
Goddess of health and family
Athena
Goddess of wisdom/justice