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Jewell Greece
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Greece is made up of islands and _________________. | Peninsulas |
| A __________________ is an area of land surrounded by water on three sides. | Peninsula |
| ______________ islands are tops of mountains | Greek |
| mountains cover nearly three- fourths of greece. In the thin,rocky soil and dry climate, early farmers grew_________ ,grapes and grain for food. They also raised sheep,goats,pigs and cattle to get skins for clothing. | Olives |
| Only ___________fifth of the land is good for growing crops. | One |
| greeks were ___________ some lived on real islands,some lived on peninsulas,others lived onland seperatedby mountains | Islanders |
| The geography of _________ made it hard to travel between cities,so each city looked at itselfas a different country | Greece |
| Each community developed its own customs_______ and governments | Beliefs |
| There was much_________ among the greeks. | fighting |
| From about 3000B.C to about 1100B.C. Minoans lived on the island of __________. The minoans dominated the Aegean Sea. | Crete |
| Archeologist have found ancient remains of a huge palce in where?the capital of the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete. | Knossos |
| what were the minoans named after? | The legndary King Minos. |
| During the last years of their kingdom, who started trading with the Mycenaeans? | the Minoans |
| After the _______came to power,focus moved to the mainland where the city mycenae was located. | Mycenaeans |
| Around 1400 B.C.,the Mycenaeans controlled the _____sea and parts of the _________sea. | Aegean sea and parts of the Mediterranean sea. |
| What did the Mycenaeens write and sppek a form of? | modern greek |
| What did the Minoans gain there power through? | trade |
| Much of what we know about the Mycenaens comes from the epics written by who? | Homer |
| Even though the lliad is a myth,it is based on the ______wars that historians now beieve actually happened. | Trojan |
| Shortly after the Trojan War from ______B.C. to about ______B.C. Greece entered the dark ages. During Dark Ages,writing was forgotton. | 1100 B.C. to about 750 B.C. |
| What is tge name for a village on a fortified hill? | acropolis |
| What is the Greek word for a city-state? | Polis |
| Around_____B.C. villages joined together to form city-states with their own governments and laws. | around 750 B.C. |
| What were most city-states controlled by? | aristocrats |
| what were aristocrats | rich land owners |
| what is a government in which only a few peopl have power is called an? | oligarchy |
| what classes eventually took over government of the city-states? | middle class |
| This was done by a ______or a ruler ho seized power by force | Tyrant |
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