Early Civilizations of Ancient Greece

This refers to modern culture of Europe and North America (traced back to ancient Greece)

• Western culture

• Eastern culture

• Monarchy

• Fresco

This means rule by a king/queen

• monarchy

• democracy

• oligarchy

• anarchy

This was a water color painting that commonly decorated palaces.

• Fresco

• Mural

• Knossos

• Crete

This is the island where the Minoan civilization began

• Crete

• Samos

• Cyprus

• Sicily

This is a strip of land surrounded by water on three sides.

• Peninsula

• Isthmus

• Fjord

• Island

This was a rich city that was burned to the ground by the Mycenaeans

• Knossos

• Troy

• Crete

• Athens

This was the most important city to the Minoans.

• Knossos

• Troy

• Athens

• Corinth

This developed due to a lack of farming in Greece.

• Starving

• Trading

• War

• Hunting

This is the belief in more than one god.

• monotheism

• polygon

• polytheism

• oligarchy

He was the god of war

• Zeus

• Poseidon

• Apollo

• Ares