Ch. 8 Sect. 1.1-1.3 Review

What civilization lived on mainland Greece?

• Minoan

• No one

• Mycenaeans

What island did the Minoans live on?

• Milos

• Rhodes

• Crete

What did the Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations have in common?

• they both declined and disappeared mysteriously

• they both built colonies in Greece

• they both had monotheistic beliefs

What made the Minoan civilization wealthy and help them spread their culture?

• farming

• sea trade

• metal work

Who weakened the Minoans?

• Sea Peoples

• Persians

• Mycenaeans

Merchant ships often carried substances from which other goods are made. These are known as ...

• fossil fuels

• natural resources

• raw materials

Who may have weakened the Mycenaeans?

• Persians

• Sea People

• Minoans

Name the TWO epic poems written by Homer that helped explain Greek mythology and history?

• Iliad and the Odyssey

• Medea

• Oedipus the King

• Works and Days

Very old stories told to explain events or justify beliefs are called?

• satire

• myths

• triremes

Historians believe that Greeks and Troy fought each other and used a wooden horse in the

• Persian Wars

• Trojan War

• Punic

• Peloponnesian Wars