History Cards 1-5 Test and Greek God Flashcards
why was israel divided
Solomon’s son Rehoboam became king and increased the burden of work. The people rebelled.
1st Event on the History Cards
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Minoan Culture
2200 BC - 1450 BC
2nd Event on the History Cards
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Mycenaean Culture
1450 BC - 1200 BC
3rd Event on the History Cards
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Trojan War
1250 BC
4th Event on the History Cards
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Phoenician Civilization and Alphabet
1200 BC - 1000 BC
5th Event on the History Cards
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Israel Divides into Two Kingdoms
931 BC
Who was the King of Israel during Elijah’s time? Who was the Queen? Where was she from?
King Ahab. Married Jezebel from Phoenicia.
Who popularized the story of the Trojan War? What was the name of the book in which he wrote about it?
Homer popularized the story in his poem The Iliad.
Spelling: i l i a d, but with uppercase i
Where was the largest Minoan built palace?
Knossos
What was the primary way the Mycenaeans supported their economy?
by raids
Who were the Phoenicians known as in the Bible?
Canaanites
So Jezebel was a Canaanite/Phoenician
How did the Phoenicians get their name?
From the Greek word phoinike, or PURPLE-RED, because of a wonderful dye they produced
What is the Greek term similar to the Egyptian term “Pharoah?”
Minos
Who were the two groups of people who fought in the Trojan war? Name two people who fought on each side.
Greeks vs. Trojans.
You look up the names of two heros on each side.
Phoenician’s greatest contribution to civilazation
The alphabet
What was the first European civilization
don’t know
What caused the end of the Mycenaean culture
Dorian invasions
Son of Zeus god of fire and freind of workers in metal.
Hephaestus
zues’s wife, lovely in face and form but not good tempered
Hera
(Mercury) son of zues, messenger of the gods
hermes
king Minos
son of europa and zues.
son of Danae, kills medusa, marries andromeda, founds mycenae
Perseus
(Jupiter) Son of Cronos, overthrew father along with brothers Poseidon and Hades. became king of the gods of men.
Zeus
Prince from Athens who fought the Minotaur
Theseus
sprang from the foam of the sea, Hephaestus’s wide, goddess of love
Aphrodite
son of Zeus, twin of Artemis - both beautiful, god of sun
Apollo
daughter of Zeus, came from Zeus’s skull, goddess of wisdom
Athena
one-eyed creatures
Cyclops
(Pluto) son of Cronos, god of the underworld
Hades
