History Early Greeks Test Review

What was the result of Dorian invasion?

"Dark Age"

The greatest of the Greek warriors was __________________.

Achilles

There followed pillage, burning, looting, and killing. Among the few who survived was _____________, son of Aphrodite.

Aeneas

Achilles was told the terrible news of Patroclus's death by ____________________.

Antilochus

He gave the apple to __________________.

Aphrodite

When Paris came as a guest, Helen fell in love with him because of the tricks of the goddess ____________________.

Aphrodite

The gods fight among themselves: Athena knocks down ______________, and __________________ beats ___________________ with her own bow.

Ares; Hera; Artemis

He explained that the horse was an offering to _________________.

Athena

Historians believe there really was a Trojan war; it might have been a trade war for economic control of the waters leading into the ________________ _______________.

Black Sea

List three uses the Mycenaeans had for olive oil.

Cooking oil, fuel for lamps, body oil

a Mediterranean island, home of an early civilization

Crete

What lead the Minoans to become the first great seafaring civilization?

Crete's many forests helped them be among the best shipbuilders of their time leading to sea trade

Where did the Minoan civilization develop? Describe the land.

Crete: Lived on forested island in Med. Sea

took place in the Aegean world after civil wars and the Dorian invasion

Dark Age

True or False? If the sentence is false, write a term that could replace the word in all caps to make the sentence true. The Minoan civilization thrived on the island of SICILY.

False. Crete

True or False? If the sentence is false, write a term that could replace the word in all caps to make the sentence true. The Minoan civilization was the first civilization in ASIA.

False. Europe

True or False? If the sentence is false, write a term that could replace the word in all caps to make the sentence true. In 1450 B.C. the Minoans were conquered by the ROMANS.

False. Mycenaeans

True or False? If the sentence is false, write a term that could replace the word in all caps to make the sentence true. The two popular sports on Crete were boxing and BULL-THROWING.

False. bull-jumping

True or False? If the sentence is false, write a term that could replace the word in all caps to make the sentence true. Minoans were free to devote most of their time and resources to PHYSICAL growth.

False. economic

True or False? If the sentence is false, write a term that could replace the word in all caps to make the sentence true. The Minoans lived peacefully for about NINE centuries.

False. five

True or False? If the sentence is false, write a term that could replace the word in all caps to make the sentence true. Minoans EXPORTED oil, wine, jewelry, and crafts.

False. imported

True or False? If the sentence is false, write a term that could replace the word in all caps to make the sentence true. Crete is a large PENINSULA between Asia Minor and Greece.

False. island

True or False? If the sentence is false, write a term that could replace the word in all caps to make the sentence true. Most Minoans had enough food and lived in fairly SMALL homes.

False. large

True or False? If the sentence is false, write a term that could replace the word in all caps to make the sentence true. A STADIUM at Knossos covered three acres and had 1,000 rooms.

False. palace

True or False? If the sentence is false, write a term that could replace the word in all caps to make the sentence true. The first civilization with ECONOMIC equality was Minoa.

False. social

True or False? If the sentence is false, write a term that could replace the word in all caps to make the sentence true. Minoan women seemed to be treated POORLY, which was not common in the ancient world.

False. well

Patroclus borrowed Achilles' armor, which was stolen by ___________________ after he killed Patroclus.

Hector

The bravest and most noble of the Trojan warriors was Prince ______________, son of Priam and Hecuba.

Hector

The most beautiful woman in the world was _______________ of Sparta.

Helen

His mother got _________________, the blacksmith god, to forge a new suit of armor.

Hephaestus

The three rival goddesses for the beuaty prize were ________________, ____________________, and ____________________.

Hera; Athena; Aphrodite

Some of the oldest stories in literature are found in a poem called the Iliad by _____________.

Homer

the poet who told of Greek and Trojan heroes in the Illiad

Homer

Zeus sent his rainbow-messenger, _____________, to Priam telling him that to recover the body of his son he must go to Achilles as a ___________________.

Iris; humble petitioner, a suppliant

The commander in chief of the Greek armies was __________________________, brother of Menelaus.

King Agamemnon of Mycenae

Minoan civilization was named after him

King Minos

one of the largest cities of Crete

Knossos

Out of all the suitors, King Tyndareus chose __________________ to be Helen's husband.

Menelaus

The King of Sparta, ____________________, went looking for his former wife, _____________, to kill her for her desertion, but he decided to take her back when the goddess __________________ brought her to him.

Menelaus; Helen; Aphrodite

What were the two earliest cultural groups to develop in Greece?

Minoans and Myceneans

legendary monster who lived in Crete

Minotaur

The Trojans brought the horse into the town. At midnight, ____________________ and other Greeks hidden in the horse came out and opened the gates.

Odysseus

Explain how Minoan cities were different than those of earlier civilizations?

Palace in the center- not a temple, No wall- depended on navy and sea for protection

Achilles was killed by ___________.

Paris

What was the fictional cause of the Trojan war?

Paris, son of king of Troy, fell in love with Helen, wife of Mycenaean king. Paris took Helen to Troy. King sailed to get her. Walls of Troy couldn't be passed.

For a decision, Zeus sent them to the shepherd-prince _________________, son of King _____________ of Troy.

Paris; Priam

The smith made him a beautiful shield with signs of the Zodiac and some of the important constellations, including the ________________, _________________, and the _________________________ (Callisto)

Pleiades; Orion; Big Bear

From the tower on top of the gate, _________________ and __________________ call out to their son to save himself.

Priam; mother, Hecuba

Achilles' mother, Thetis, had dipped him in the _______________ ______________ to make him invulnerable to weapons.

River Styx

The great ________________ gate of Troy is thrown open, and the people pour into town.

Scaean

One Greek, named _________, was left behind.

Sinon

Who conquered the Mycenaeans?

The Dorians

What is the main topic of Homer's poem the Illiad ?

The Trojan War

What was the actual cause of the Trojan war?

The Trojans controlled trade routes to Black Sea. They taxed ships carrying grain & gold from southern Russia to Greece. The Myceneans did not want to continue paying high taxes to use the trade route.

the legendary hero who killed the Minotaur

Theseus

His mother, ________________, the sea-nymph, came to comfort him.

Thetis

Why did the Greeks create colonies?

They wanted to become rich from trade

True or False? If the sentence is false, write a term that could replace the word in all caps to make the sentence true. Both young men and young WOMEN were bull-jumpers.

True

True or False? If the sentence is false, write a term that could replace the word in all caps to make the sentence true. Minoan homes of ORDINARY people were often two stories high.

True

True or False? If the sentence is false, write a term that could replace the word in all caps to make the sentence true. Minoans built large comfortable homes for the POOR.

True

True or False? If the sentence is false, write a term that could replace the word in all caps to make the sentence true. Minoans built many towns, each centered on a PALACE.

True

True or False? If the sentence is false, write a term that could replace the word in all caps to make the sentence true. Minoans traded with those living on other AEGEAN Islands as well as those living on the continent.

True

True or False? If the sentence is false, write a term that could replace the word in all caps to make the sentence true. Not everyone had to farm or HUNT in Minoa.

True

True or False? If the sentence is false, write a term that could replace the word in all caps to make the sentence true. The Minoan civilization was named after king MINOS.

True

True or False? If the sentence is false, write a term that could replace the word in all caps to make the sentence true. The Minoan culture was one of the first societies in which humans had enough LEISURE time to devote to activities not directly related to survival.

True

Achilles refused to return Hector's ______________ to his parents.

body

form of bull fighting

bull leaping

war between groups of citizens

civil war

When Achilles swore revenge, she reminded him that his own _____________ would follow soon after that of Hector.

death

Why didn't Minoan cities have walls around them?

depended on navy and sea for protection

Eris was the goddess of __________________ and ________________.

discord; quarreling

Minoan word for labyrinth

double ax

Around what feature was a Greek polis usually built?

fortress

watercolor paintings on damp plaster

frescoes

By this time Achilles had been somewhat calmed and sobered by the ______________ rites of his friend Patroclus.

funeral

A vulnerable spot somewhere is called an "Achilles' ___________."

heel

The ties between _______________ and ______________ were sacred to the Greeks.

host; guest

What was the Minotaur?

huge monster with body of man and head of a bull that lived in palace labyrinth

Hera offered him _________________________, Athena offered ______________________, and Aphrodite offered _____________________ in his favor,

kingly power; wisdom and glory in war; the most beautiful woman in the world for his wife

network of paths

labyrinth

the central room of a fortress-palace

megaron

The armor that Hector wore had a small open spot in the ___________________.

neck

The mourning for Hector went one for ____________ days.

nine

On what type of landform is mainland Greece located?

peninsula

The body was burned on a funeral ______________ and the ashes placed in a golden _____________.

pyre; funeral urn

The Greeks pretended to be ________________________________________________________.

sailing off for home

sacred place of worship

shrine

people who live on another's land

tenants

Why were the seas important to the early Greeks?

they provided trade routes

They set the ______________ in a grave and covered it with big ___________.

urn; stones

Odysseus developed the idea of the _____________ ___________.

wooden horse