WorksheetsMinoans and Mycenaeans
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Where did the Minoans primarily live?
Peloponnese
Thrace
Macedonia
Island of Crete
What was the name of the capital city of the Minoans?
Corinth
Thebes
Knossos
Athens
Why are the Mycenaeans sometimes called the first Greeks?
Because they believe in the Greek gods
Because they were the first to speak the Greek language
Because they started the Olympic games
Because they lived near Mount Olympus
What mythical monster lived in a labyrinth built by King Minos?
Minotaur
Cerberus
Chimer
Hydra
What do archeologists call the written language of the Minoans?
Ancient Greek
Linear A
Hieroglyphics
Cuneiform
) What was the largest city of the Mycenaeans?
Athens
Sparta
Mycenae
Thebes
What natural disaster do historians think may have weakened the Minoan civilization?
Flood
Earthquake or drought
Volcano
Hurricane
True or False: When the Mycenaeans conquered the Minoans, they adopted much of the Minoan culture.
True
False
What do archeologists call the first period of Ancient Greece?
Classical Greece
Modern Greece
Greece Greece
Greek Archaic Period
True or False: The Minion civilization was unknown to the modern world until the early 1900s.
True
False
