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