Mycenaea and the Greek Dark Age

The Mycenaean Civilization was the beginning of Greek History. But we only know about them from...

• hieroglyphics found on tombs

• massive marble sculpture left in their ruins

• books that survived the burning of the Library of Alexandria

• The stories of Homer, whose tales of the Trojan War tell us about their heroes

Homer's story The Illiad is about the...

• Trojan War

• collapse of Mycenaean civilization

• The birth of Athena

• The defeat of the Persian Empire

Homer's most famous story is about _______ long journey back to his home, Ithaca.

• Aristophanes'

• Paris'

• Menelaus'

• Odysseus'

After centuries of success, Mycenaean Civilization collapsed, perhaps due to a massive volcanic eruption. What came next was a 300 year...

• Flood

• Golden Age

• famine

• Dark Age

Greece's peninsula is steeply mountainous, its coastline is deeply cut by bays, and the sea to the west is filled with islands.This indicates that the region is...

• a large plateau

• a drowned mountain range, with only the highest peaks above the sea

• a region with little tectonic activity

• a desert carven by rivers

Because of Greece's deep harbors and islands, greeks became experts at...

• pearl diving

• welcoming tourists

• olive oil production

• ship-building, sailing and trade on ships