Geography, Minoans, and Mycenaeans

The mainland of Greece is a ___________ (a piece of land nearly surrounded on all sides by water)

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CCSS.L.6.4A

CCSS.L.6.4D

CCSS.RI.6.4

Check all of the bodies of water that border Greece

• Aegean Sea

• Pacific Ocean

• Ionian Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

Ancient Greece's climate was...

• cool and dry

• hot and dry

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

Check all of the reasons Greeks were isolated from each other

• Rocky terrain made it difficult to travel from region to region

• Greece is made up of over 1,000 islands

• They all spoke difference languages

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CCSS.RI.6.1

Historians trace the origins of Greek civilization to _________, a mountainous island about 150 miles off the coast of mainland Greece

How did the Minoans grow to be so wealthy?

• Through gold mines on the island of Crete

• Through silk production

• Through trade across the Mediterranean

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RI.6.3

One of the Minoans' strengths was that they were expert ___________.

Check all of the statements that accurately describe the Minoans

• They built the great palace at Knossos

• Minoan religion was polytheistic

• Mysteries surround the end of the Minoans

• There are many myths about the Minoans, including the myth of King Minos and the and his labyrinth

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CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.6.2

Around 1450 BC, the ______________ conquered the Minoans, taking their treasure, land, people, and palaces.

Extensive trade and wars made Mycenaean kings rich

• True

• False

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CCSS.RI.6.2