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Social Studies
The Early Greeks Section 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A body of land with water on three sides. | Peninsula |
| A settlement in a new territory that keeps close ties to its homeland. | Colony |
| A tiny independent country. | Polis |
| Open area used as a market and a meeting place. | Agora |
| Mycenaean king who used trickery to win the Trojan War. | Agamemnon |
| Greece is a ______ land framed by water. | Mountainous |
| The mainland is a _______. | Peninsula |
| Many ancient Greeks lived near the sea and became fishers, sailors, and ______. | Traders |
| The island of _____ was the home of the ______ civilization. | Crete, Minoan |
| The Minoans became wealthy from ______. | Trade |
| The Minoans built ______ and traded pottery and stone vases. | Ships |
| Historians think their cities were destroyed either by undersea _______ or by invaders called the _______. | Earthquakes, Mycenaeans |
| The Mycenaeans were ______ and warriors. | Traders |
| The Mycenaeans most famous victory was the _________. | Trojan War |
| From 1100-750 B.C., the Greeks went through a difficult period of time called the ________. | Dark Age |
| A new group of people called the ______ invaded Greece and settled on Peloponnesus peninsula. | Dorians |
| Cities began to send people outside Greece to start settlements called ______. | Colonies |
| Each _____ had a fortified area called the _______. | Polis, acropolis |
| Each city-state was run by its ______. | Citzens |
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