WorksheetsQuiz: Bronze Age Greece
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
A Peninsula is
A body of land with water on one side
A body of land with water on two sides
A body of land with water on three sides
A body of land with water on all sides
Greece and its islands are primarily
Deltas
Plateaus
Mountains
River Valleys
Which of the following best described Greece's relationship with the ocean
Most of Greece is near the sea, so they developed a maritime culture based on fishing and trading
Greeks became prolific traders, utilizing their natural resources of purple dye and cedarwood to dominate Mediterranean trade.
Greeks generally avoided the ocean, preferring to live in their mountainous homeland
Greeks were fearsome naval raiders, attacking and sacking cities all over the Mediterranean
What was the capital of the Minoans and oldest city in Europe
Mycenae
Minoa
Knossos
Sparta
Why did historians choose to call the Cretan civilization the Minoans?
They were named for a city called Minoa
The Ancient Greek name for Crete was Minos
The Minoans used a lot of bull iconography, which connected them to the Greek legends of King Minos
The Minoans called themselves Minoans
The Minoan Writing System
Linear A
Linear B
The Greek Alphabet
The Phoenician Alphabet
Why do we know so little about the Minoans?
We can not read their system of writing
Most of their cities and writing were wiped out by a volcano
The Mycenaeans obliterated their culture
The Minoans did not write
Which of the following does NOT describe the Minoans
Successful sea traders
Likely worshipped bulls
Thrived from 3000 BC to about 1450 BC
Fell after the Sea People invaded
The Mycenaeans were named for
An important city, Mycenae
A legendary King
The ancient Greek name for Greece, Mycenae
The Egyptian name for Greece, Mycenae
Which of the following was NOT a part of Greek myths about the Mycenaeans?
Theseus
Achilles
Gilgamesh
Odysseus
Where was Troy likely located?
Crete
Anatolia
On an island in the Aegean
Thrace
The sea between Greece and Anatolia is known to the Greeks as
The Ionian Sea
The Aegean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea
The Minoan Sea
The Mycenaean Writing System
Linear A
Linear B
The Greek Alphabet
The Phoenician Alphabet
The Myceneans collapsed around
1450 BC
1100 BC
800 BC
750 BC
The Minoans collapsed around
1450 BC
1100 BC
800 BC
750 BC
Which of the following was NOT a reason for the Minoan collapse?
Invasion by the Myceneans
Overextension during the Trojan War
The eruption of the Thera volcano
Poor farm yields caused by darkened skies
Large island south of Greece on which the Minoan civilization flourished
Minoa
Anatolia
Peloponnese
Crete
The events that marked the start of the Greek Dark Ages are generally referred to as
The Bronze Age Collapse
The Trojan War
The Minoan Eruption
The Cretan Tsunami
During the Greek Dark Ages, Mycenaean stories were passed down via
Linear A writing
Linear B writing
Oral Tradition
Writing in the Greek Alphabet
Which of the following was NOT a reason the Mycenaeans collapsed?
Invasion or uprising by the Dorians
Invasion by the Sea People
The eruption of the Thera volcano
The collapse of Bronze Trading systems
