Ancient Greece

Ancient Greece

Early Greeks: Minoans and Myceneans

The Bronze Age

Multiple Choice

What was the name of the capital of the Minoans on Crete?

• A. Knossos

• B. Marathon

• C. Sparta

Multiple Choice

What were the two earliest cultural groups to develop in Greece?

• Dorians and Hebrews

• Minoans and Mycenaeans

• Trojans and Olympians

Multiple Choice

Knossos was...?

• A religious temple.

• The largest palace on Crete.

• The Greece term for house.

• A fishing village on Crete.

Multiple Choice

The earliest civilization in Europe was ?

• A. Minoans

• B. Mycenean

• C. Trojans

Multiple Choice

What animal was revered and celebrated by the Minoans?

• A. Donkey

• B. Goat

• C. Bull

Multiple Choice

The Minotaur was...

• A. half-man and half-dolphin

• B. half-bird and half man

• C. half-bull and half-man

Multiple Choice

What is a labyrinth?

• A. a maze-like structure

• B. a garden

• C. a park

Multiple Choice

Who is Arthur Evans?

• A. Historian of Minoan civilization

• B. Archaeologist who found Knossos Palace

Multiple Select

Check all of the theories about why Mycenaean civilization declined

• A. Natural disasters caused shortages that turned cities against one another

• B. Mycenaean cities were invaded by the mysterious Sea Peoples

• A plague spread through Mycenaean cities

Multiple Choice

Extensive trade and wars made Mycenaean kings rich

• True

• False

Fill in the Blank

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

Multiple Choice

How would you describe the relationship between the Mycenaeans and the Minoans?

• A. They fought with one another

• B. They pirated each other's ships

• C. They traded and learned from one another

Multiple Choice

What was the Mycenaean capital?

• A. Athens

• B. Sparta

• C. Mycenae