study card Ancient Greece 7th grade

Peninsula

a piece of land surrounded by water on 3 sides

Colonists

Group of people living in a new territory who have ties with their homeland

Polis

Another word for a Greek city-state

Agora

A gathering place; Marketplace of Ancient Greece

Acropolis

A hilltop that a fort; Usually in the center of the polis

Myth

Stories that explain events or to justify a action

Oral tradition

The custom of passing down stories by mouth through generation

The southern portion The Greek peninsula is called

Peloponnesus

A narrow strip of land is called

Isthmus

What is the percentage of land in Greece that good for farming?

20%

Person who owned land was considered

Upper class

Where did Greeks start colonies

Ionia or present day turkey

Where did the Historians believe the Greek civilization started?

Crete

What civilization emerged by 2000 BCE

Minoan

Summarize the myth about the labyrinth

A maze below Minos’s Palace, that was guarded by the Minatour, whose half man half bull

Besides the Minoans becoming wealthy, how else did trade affect Greece?

They carried and traded through the Mediterranean, they spread their culture through Greece

In what way were the Minoan and the Mycenaean cultures different?

My hands were protected by walls, they had roads to connected the city, important people have three story houses

How did the Mycenaeans become wealthy?

Through extensive trade and war

Around 1250 BC, The Mycenaean attacked what

Troy

Who is considered the queen of gods

Hera

Who is Hermes, why did he turn a slave to stone

Messenger of gods, the slave told how he stole the cattle

Ares

God of brutal war

Athena

Trade and strategy

Who is Poseidon? Why did he make a dolphin constellation?

God of the sea/ fresh water & he was pleased by the dolphin king

Who brought the moon out/ what was her role

Artemis, goddess of hunt

Who is the one person Eros could Not give love to

Himeself