Module 8 Review

Why were early Greek communities isolated from one another?

• geography like mountains and seas
• they believed in different gods
• they were from different areas
• they had different religions

What three bodies of water surround Greece?

• Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea
• Ionian Sea, Aegean Sea, Atlantic Sea
• Gulf of Mexico, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea
• Persian Gulf, Greek Sea

Where did the Minoans build their civilization?

• the island of Crete
• Thera
• Sicily
• Egypt

What natural disaster affected Crete in the 1600s BC?

• a volcanic eruption of Thera and the resulting tsunami and ash clouds
• a hurricane
• the Persian War
• the Peloponnese War

Why do historians not consider the Minoans to be Greek?

• They did not speak the Greek language.
• They did not eat Greek food.
• Historians do not know anything.
• They had no knowledge of Greek mythology.

Acropolis--

• literally -"high city," a Greek temple/fortress area built on a hill over a city
• big city
• Greek city
• big Greek city
• Greek city temple

Agora--

• a market area. Used as a community gathering spot
• government for the people and by the people
• a form of religion
• the highest point of Athens

Polis--

• city
• people
• Greek
• Greek soldier

Retro--

• behind, backward
• city
• city-state
• high city

Acro--

• high, height
• low
• city
• people
• greek