The Indo-Europeans and Seafaring Traders

Question 1

Indo-Europeans

Answer 1

a group of people who migrated from what is now Russia to the Indian subcontinent, Europe, and Southwest Asia. 1700 B.C.

Question 2

Steppes

Answer 2

dry grass-covered plains

Question 3

Hittites

Answer 3

An Indo-European people who settled in Anatolia around 2000 B.C.

Question 4

Anatolia

Answer 4

the Southwest Asian peninsula now occupied by the Asian part of Turkey. Also called Asia Minor.

Question 5

Aryans

Answer 5

an Indo-European people who migrated into the Indian subcontinent in 1500 B.C.

Question 6

Vedas

Answer 6

four collections of sacred writings made by the Aryans during an early stage of their settlement in India (most important=Rig Veda)

Question 7

Brahmin

Answer 7

a member of the social class in Aryan society made up of priests

Question 8

caste

Answer 8

one of the four classes of people in the social system of Aryans who settled in India; priests, warriors, peasants/traders, and non-Aryan laborers or craftsmen

Question 9

Mahabharata

Answer 9

a great Indian epic poem that reflects the struggles of the Aryans as they moved south into India

Question 10

Minoans

Answer 10

a seafaring and trading people that lived on the island of Crete from about 2000 B.C. to 1400 B.C.

Question 11

Aegean Sea

Answer 11

the sea between southern Greece and the Anatolia peninsula. Near the Mediterranean sea.

Question 12

Knossos

Answer 12

the Minoan capital city

Question 13

King Minos

Answer 13

A legend tells that Minos was a king who owned a half bull half monster called the Minotaur. King of Crete Minoa

Question 14

Phoenicians

Answer 14

a seafaring people of Southwest Asia who began to trade and establish colonies throughout the Mediterranean region around 1100 B.C. Created an alphabet