From the Bronze Age to the Dark Age

Question 1

-Son of Cronus/Saturn and Rhea
-King of the gods
-God of the sky, thunder, and hospitality

Answer 1

Zeus/ Jupiter

Question 2

-Zeus’ wife and sister
-Goddess of marriage, women, family, and childbirth
-Hates Troy

Answer 2

Hera/ Juno

Question 3

God of the underworld

Answer 3

Hades/Pluto

Question 4

-Built the walls of Troy
-God of the sea, earthquakes, storms, and horses

Answer 4

Poseidon/ Neptune

Question 5

Goddess of fertility

Answer 5

Demeter/Ceres

Question 6

-Patron goddess of Athens
-Goddess of wisdom, crafts, and war
-virgin goddess
-born from Zeus’ forehead

Answer 6

Athena/Minerva

Question 7

-Built the walls of Troy with Poseidon
-God of archery, healing, prophecy, and poetry

Answer 7

Apollo

Question 8

-Virgin goddess
-Goddess of archery, hunting, animals, and young women

Answer 8

Artemis/ Diana

Question 9

God of War

Answer 9

Ares/Mars

Question 10

-Goddess of love
-Mother of Eros/Cupid
-Favors the Trojans

Answer 10

Aphrodite/ Venus

Question 11

-God of blacksmiths
-Disabled
-Married to Aphrodite

Answer 11

Hephaestus/Vulcan

Question 12

-Messenger god
-God of heralds, travelers, merchants, and theives

Answer 12

Hermes/Mercury

Question 13

Son of Zeus and the mortal Semele
God of wine, ecstasy, madness, and theater

Answer 13

Dionysus/ Bacchus

Question 14

Discovered the ancient city of Troy

Answer 14

Heinrich Schliemann

Question 15

2200-1400 BCE
Not Greek
Lived on Crete
Wrote in Linear A

Answer 15

Minoans

Question 16

1600-1100 BCE
Greeks
Conquer Crete
Wrote in Linear B

Answer 16

Mycenaeans

Question 17

Who wrote in Linear B

Answer 17

Mycenaeans

Question 18

Who wrote in Linear A

Answer 18

Minoans

Question 19

Palace Economy

Answer 19

All Transactions go through the palace

Question 20

No literary sources
Decline in population
Lack of literacy
All technology forgotten

Answer 20

The Dark Age (1100-800 BCE)

Question 21

One sound = One letter

Answer 21

The Greek Alphabet

Question 22

Who spread Greek throughout the Mediterranean

Answer 22

The Phoenician traders

Question 23

The Homeric Question

Answer 23

Who is Homer?

Question 24

Oral Poetry

Answer 24

One poet has a story and teaches it to the next generation of poets through spoken word or songs

Question 25

Epithets

Answer 25

Frequent description of a character/ place