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What was different about the location in which Greece developed compared to other early civilizations?
Instead of river valleys with rich soil they settled around mountains and seas.
What is a peninsula?
Land sorrounded by water on three sides.
What products did Ancient Greeks trade? (3 to win)
Wheat, barley, olives, grapes, sheep and goats.
How is it that we know of the existence of the Minoans?
A British archaeologist called Arthur Evans discovered the palace of Knossos.
What are the two theories historians have regarding the disappearance of the Minoans?
Huge waves caused by undersea earthquakes and the Mycenaean invasion.
Where did the Mycenaeans originally come from?
Central Asia.
When and how we learned about the Mycenaeans?
1800s with a German archaeologist called Heinrich Schliemann who discovered the ruins of a palace in Mycenae.
What were the different Mycenaean settlements?
The king lived in a palace surrounded by walls built on a hill. Nobles lived on farm estates outside the walls. Workers and slaves lived in villages.
What features did the Mycenaeans adopt from the Minoans? (3 to win)
Ship building, bronze working, sun and stars navigation, Earth Mother worshipping.
How did the Minoan-Mycenaean relationship end?
The Mycenaeans conquered the Minoans and ended up controlling the Aegean area.
Why did the Mycenaeans start declining?
Fights among Mycenaean kings, earthquakes and the invasion of the Dorians to their territory.
Mention the positive and negative aspects of the the Dorian invasion.
Positive: The introduction of iron weapons replacing bronze.
Who were the Hellenes?
Descendants from the Mycenaeans who after escaping the Dorians came back to the Greek mainland. These were the first formal Greeks.
Explain how the Greek alphabet was created. (Detailed explanation to win)
By trading with Phoenicians, the Greeks adopted an alphabet Phoenician traders used and adapted it.
Who were bards?
Storytellers who wrote or acted poems about heroes and their deeds.
What were Greek colonies and for what reason were they established?
Groups of people living in a new territory but still keeping strong ties to their homeland. They were established due to a grain scarcity.
