WorksheetsEuropa 1 - Crete - Minoan
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 13mins
Who is pictured here?
Daedalus
the Minotaur
Icarus
King Minos
The myth of the Minotaur crosses paths with science on the ancient isle of Crete. What did the myth actually help explain to the ancient people of Crete?
Earthquakes
Missing people
Fall of Kings
How to complete mazes
Icarus fell to his death because ...
He was afraid to fly too high.
He refused to listen to his father and flew too low and drowned in the sea.
He refused to listen to his father and the flew to high towards the sun and plunged to his death.
None of these, it was the minotaur who grew wings and flew too high. That's where "Red Bull" comes from.
Crete is the oldest European Civilization.
True
False
The great Palace of King Minos on Crete is at ...
Knossos
Buckingham
Sparta
Jerusalem
Because Crete was so centrally located in the Mediterranean Sea ....
It's inhabitants became really good sailors.
The people of Crete became wealthy because of trade.
Both
Neither
In the Ted Talk we watched in class it spoke of Crete's many earthquakes. How many were recorded in 2014?
130
1300
13000
130000
The language of ancient Crete is known as _____________. It has never been deciphered.
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
Linear A
Inglis
The Minoan Civilization existed between 2700–1420 BC (BCE.) Some believe it was destroyed by a volcano or earthquake. One thing is for sure, it took ___________ years before it was re-inhabited by the Greeks.
25 years
100 years
250 years
500 years
This was the palace of __________________. This is what Sir Arthur Evans discovered in the 1800's and named the Minoan civilization after this king.
King Arthur
King Midas
King Minos
King Pepto
In the Minotaur video we watched, what was it called when tectonic plates, the Nubian (Africa) tectonic plate goes under the Continental (European) tectonic plate? The effect is MANY earthquakes on Crete and the pushing up of the island.
Reverberation
Subduction
Submariner
Subway
The Minoans built their civilization on...
Mainland Greece
The Isle of Knosos
The Isle of Crete
New Jersey
While the Minoans were virtually undisturbed, what were other civilizations embroiled with?
Trade
Peace
Cooperation
War
Isolation of the Minoans meant they didn't have a large military. Who conqured them from the mainland of Greece?
Mycenaeans
Spartins
Athenians
Orcs
Minoans eventually expanded to other islands. Where would the center of their civilization remain?
Athens
Sparta
Crete
Mordor
Who were the Minoans named after?
The minotaur
King Minos
Minalia
King Megatron
History, Geography and mythology all met together in Crete with the Myth of....
King Midas
The Minotaur
Set and Osiris
Apep
Linear A is the written language of ancient Crete and the Minoans. What have they learned since cracking the code and learning the language?
King Minos really had a Minotaur.
King Minos had a secret treasure deposit of pure gold.
Nothing, the code of the language has never been discovered.
The secret of Gilgamesh
This is the palace of the king Minos. What is it called?
Kinetic
Knossos
Karakatoa
Karimekios
