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History test 3-
Mr. Wilson history test 3-only the Mycenaeans
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Name the three bodies of water that surrounds the Balkon Peninsula | Aegean Sea, Ionian Sea, and the Black Sea |
| What is the Balkon Peninsula | Transportation routes for the Black Sea and Anatolia |
| What were the major exports of Greece and what was important aspect of Greece | Timber, metals, and usable farmland |
| Since 3/4 of Greece was divided by mountains...could there be one single government? | No, they had small independent communities. The mountains also made it difficult to transport from land to land |
| How much land was fertile? | 1/4. This made it hard to support a large population |
| What were three influences on the Greek civilization | Climate, Land and Sea |
| Climate | moderate=outdoor life |
| Sea | Skilled sailors |
| Land | airable |
| When did the Mycenaean Civilization Develop | 3000 B.C |
| Why was it Mycenaean easy to defend? | located on a hill |
| Describe the Mycenaean city-state | They had a palace that was kind of like a fort because it was a lot higher then the city walls its self. There was only one entrance, and the door area was indented so that to get to the door you could only have small army attacking at it. |
| Give more about the entrance and the Mycenaean city | When enemies were attacking you, defenders could attack from a platform above the wall. Wall=stone! The door weighed 60 tons...how did they get it up there! |
| What is one aspect that shows that the Mycenaeans were fairly rich | There was a circular area that is a cemetery. Rich people could afford to be buried there. |
| Describe the Mycenaean door way/wall | A lion on the top of it. The wall was made of stone and it was built on natural stone |
| What is the BEEHIVE GRAVE? | Large tomb inside the city. Looked like a beehive. Above ground. Tomb for King Aterius, father of Agamemnon. Stones interlock=more strength. Stones=bigger to smaller. The inter-chamber, body buried with wealth. > shows that the city had resources &wealth |
| The doom of the Beehive | No support(pillars etc.) to hold the rocks in place..how did this work? They put stems into the rocks to help support them. But still. |
| What is a greece word for Burial Place | THLOS* IMPORTANT |
| What toolboxes does specialization go with? | society and economics |
| Building the Beehive needed skilled people to cut the stones and such but why did it need unskilled people | carry buckets of dirt to the construction site :p |
| When was the height of the empire? | 1200 |
| Who was the king? | Agamemnon, father was Atrius |
| Early greeks were | Indo European |
| 200 B.C.= | Mycenaeans leading the city? |
| What Peninsula was Mycenae on? | Peloponnese peninsula, located on the southern tip |
| How wide was the wall? | 20 feet thick, VERY strong. A FORTIFIED CITY! |
| What happened in 1500 B.c. Mycenaens | Mycenaeans commerce with the Minoans. Shows that sea trading was major. They took the Minoan writing system, designs, religion, art, politics and lit. |
| IN 1200 B.C. what happened? | The Trojan War. 10 years |
| Who was the German archaeologist that excavated the city, showing that the Trojan War might have actually happened? | Heinrich Schliemann |
| What kind of government were the Mycenaeans? | monarchy |
| daughter that Agamemnon sacrificed | Iphinia |
| Clymanestra | kills Agamemnon=wife |
| Oretus | son who took revenge |
| Troy was located on what Peninsula | Anatolia |
| When the Mycenaean collapsed who moved in | The Dorians, WRITING WAS LOST WHEN THE COLLAPSE CAME |
| Polis is a | city-state |
| Tyrants appealed to the ________people | common |
| Mycenaeans came from | Central Europe in 3000 B.C. |
| What was the Greek thinking about murders? | every murder has to be murdered by the victims family |
| When did the Mycenaeans collapse | 1200 B.C., Dorians move in. The economy collapsed and trade stopped since the Dorians were so unsophisticated. During this time the Greeks no longer wrote. 1150-750 B.c. no WRITE knowledge of what happened. Passed by oral tradition. |
| Who is Homer? | blind man. Wrote EPICS |
| What are MYTHS? | traditional stories about their gods? |
| What is, Gods with human emotions but lived forever | antropomorphic |
| What is the greek word for countryside? | chora. By 750 B.C. the city-states or POLIS= city and surrounding countryside...but still in the city wall. |
| what is an ACROPOLIS | Agora or marketplace. Inside the city walls. USUALLY A HIGH POINT IN THE CITY. |
| King rule- | Monarchy |
| tyrants | people who try to get support to gain power by going through the common people Like lowering taxes, may give jobs etc. They concessions he makes he has to do a favor for both sides of the status group, he can't favor one side over another. |
| Oligrarchy | ruled by a few powerful people |
| Aristocracy | ruled by a group of nobles land owning families- come to power by accomplishing something. |
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