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The Early Greeks (p. 117-123)
The Geography of Greece
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What landform is Greece?
What three bodies of water surround Greece? List the direction.
Why was the sea important to the ancient Greeks?
List three crops farmers grew in ancient Greece.
List two animals farmers rose in ancient Greece.
How did geography discourage Greek unity?
What transportation was probably most useful to the early Greeks?
What were some of the dangers of travel?
 Dangers of traveling by land included rocks that could shatter wooden wheels and
attack by bandits.
 Dangers of traveling by sea included attack by pirates, robbery by sailors, and
storms that could drive ships into rocks.
The Minoans
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What was the first civilization to arise in ancient Greece?
How did the Minoans become wealthy?
What did the Minoans trade with other countries?
What did the Minoans receive in exchange when they traded these items?
What are the two theories on what happened to the Minoan civilization?
The First Greek Kingdoms
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What culture did the Mycenaean civilization adopt many cultural elements from?
What vocabulary word is this illustrating?
List four of the cultural elements that were adopted from another civilization?
What two events started the collapse of the Mycenaean civilization?
List three negative effects of the Dark Ages.
List three positive effects of the Dark Ages.
What culture was the Greek alphabet based on?
A Move to Colonize
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What is a colony?
Why did Greeks start colonies?
Why did some Greek colonies trade?
What products from the Greek mainland were traded?
What products did the Greeks get in exchange?
What gave oversea trade an extra boost during the 600’s B.C.?
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How did new colonies affect industry? (2 ways)
Which islands were home to Greek colonies?
On which continents could Greek colonies be found?
Describe the steps the Greeks followed when they started a new colony.
 First they consulted an oracle to see if their efforts would be successful.
 Next they gather food and supplies, took a flame from the town’s sacred fire, and
began their long sea voyage.
 After they found a safe place with good farmland and harbors, they established
their community.
The Polis
1. What is a polis?
2. What area served as a safe refuge in the case of attacks, served as a religious center, and
temples and altars were built to honor the many Greek gods and goddesses?
3. What area served as both a market and a place where people could meet and debate issues?
4. Who ran the Greek city-states?
5. What is a citizen in ancient Greece?
6. How was that different than ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt?
7. Who were the first people to develop the idea of citizenship?
8. Who were considered citizens in ancient Greece?
9. Why?
10. List five rights of a Greek citizen.
11. List two duties of a Greek citizen.
12. Who is a hoplite?
13. Describe the hoplites as they went into battle. (4 sentences)
14. Why did the hoplites make good soldiers? (2 reasons)
15. What was one problem with having hoplites as soldiers?