World History

Question 1

Where did the world of Homer describe?

Answer 1

Greece

Question 2

Where were the tombs of kings discovered?

Answer 2

In Mycenae

Question 3

What destroyed Troy?

Answer 3

Fire

Question 4

What mattered to the people in Crete the most.

Answer 4

Catching prey in one rapid motion.

Question 5

When were Homer’s poems composed?

Answer 5

Around 800 BC

Question 6

What were the names of the people who came to occupy Greece.

Answer 6

Dorians, Ionians and Aeolians

Question 7

What type of metal did the people of Crete use to make weapons?

Answer 7

Bronze

Question 8

What was the most popular product of the Phoenicians?

Answer 8

Purple dyed cloth

Question 9

Who invented the alphabet?

Answer 9

The Phoenicians

Question 10

How were the people from Crete similar to the people from Egypt?

Answer 10

They wrote on the walls in drawings like Egyptian Hieroglyphics

Question 11

What city is dedicated to Athena?

Answer 11

Attica

Question 12

When was Crete Destroyed?

Answer 12

Crete was destroyed around 1200

Question 13

Who was Schliemann?

Answer 13

A German Businessman who questioned if Homer was telling the truth

Question 14

What was the one thing that Schliemann couldn’t find?

Answer 14

Schliemann could not find any inscriptions.

Question 15

Where were all of the helmets daggers and vessels that Schliemann found made?

Answer 15

In Crete.

Question 16

What city did the Dorians found?

Answer 16

Sparta

Question 17

Where is Attica?

Answer 17

Attica is on the peninsula of Greece.

Question 18

What is a Hexameter?

Answer 18

A hexameter is a Greek verse that is 6 lines long.

Question 19

Who’s ring was found in the ruins that Schliemann searched

Answer 19

Amenhotep III

Question 20

Did Greek people care about preserving the ways of their ancestors.

Answer 20

Greek people did not care about this they only cared about evolving into a stronger and better nation.