Minoans & Mycenaeans

How did the Minoans get their wealth?

• With the help of aliens

• With the help of Ancient Egyptians

• Through Trade

• Through warfare

What animal was revered and celebrated by the Minoans?

• Donkey

• Goat

• Bull

• Horse

Which invading civilization conquered the Minoans?

• Trojans
• Spartans
• Pericles
• Mycenaeans

The earliest civilization in Europe was ?

• Minoans

• Mycenaen

• Trojans

• Spartans

Knossos was...?

• A religious temple.

• The largest palace on Crete.

• The Greece term for house.

• A fishing village on Crete.

The Minoans lived on 

• Crete
• Peloponnesus
• Myceans
• Balkan Peninsula

________________ may have led to the end of the Minoan Civilization.

• The minotaur
• The Trojan War
• An earthquake
• A volcanic eruption

The Mycenaeans were known as a __ people.

• Peaceful

• Farming

• Warrior

• Artistic

Women in Minoan society were:

• equal to men.

• considered less than men.

• were far more powerful than men.

• only there to cook, clean, take care of kids, etc.

The Mycenaeans and Minoans were POLYTHEISTIC. This means that:

• They believed in many gods.

• They believed in only one god.

• They sacrificed humans in times of great troubles.

• they worshiped bulls as sacred animals.