1) what seas border Greece?

Aegean, Mediterranean, Ionian seas border Greece

2) why did the Greeks become seafarers

Greece is surrounded by water, and 80% of greece is mountains

6) who was the man named Homer

he was a famous poet who wrote poems that were about greek heros and gods and were 100s of pages long

7) what was the Dark Age of greece

was a difficult time because that was the collapse of mycenaen civilization

9) what is a epic poem

a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero

10) how did the mountains effect the development of Greek civilization

small fearcely independent communities which encouraged people to participate in political affers resulted from the mountaions terrain

11) what effect of the rivilry between the small communities have on Greece

it devistated the rivilry the small communities devistated Greek society

12) what was the purposes did the palace a Knossos serve

it housed 5000 people, the complex served as residence, warehouse, and religious center

14) how has greece's geography affected settlement patterns

the physical geography of the aegean basin

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Chapter on Greece

Question	Answer
1) what seas border Greece?	Aegean, Mediterranean, Ionian seas border Greece
2) why did the Greeks become seafarers	Greece is surrounded by water, and 80% of greece is mountains
3) on which of the islands was a bronze age civilization established	Crete
4) what civilization was florished from 2700 b.c. to 1450 b.c.	minoan
5) when did the minoan civilization suffer a sudden collapse	1450 b.c.
6) who was the man named Homer	he was a famous poet who wrote poems that were about greek heros and gods and were 100s of pages long
7) what was the Dark Age of greece	was a difficult time because that was the collapse of mycenaen civilization
8) who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey	homer wrote them
9) what is a epic poem	a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero
10) how did the mountains effect the development of Greek civilization	small fearcely independent communities which encouraged people to participate in political affers resulted from the mountaions terrain
11) what effect of the rivilry between the small communities have on Greece	it devistated the rivilry the small communities devistated Greek society
12) what was the purposes did the palace a Knossos serve	it housed 5000 people, the complex served as residence, warehouse, and religious center
13) in addition to warfare why were the Myceaeans famous?	pottery, jewlery, and trading.
14) how has greece's geography affected settlement patterns	the physical geography of the aegean basin
15) what does evens believe his discovery of linear b at knossos	they housed 5000 people

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