Emily Feeke

Question 1

Where were the Mayans located?

Answer 1

Mesoamerica

Present Day Guatemala, Belize, and southern Mexico

Question 2

Mayan civilization began in…

Answer 2

500BC

Question 3

Mayan civilization peaked between…

Answer 3

300 AD and 900 AD

Question 4

Mayan people lived in…

Answer 4

Farming villages surrounding religious cities.

Question 5

Mayan cities had…

Answer 5

Temples and houses for Priests and Nobles

Question 6

Mayans were great..they use…for…

Answer 6

Traders, canoes, trade

Question 7

Name 3 things the Mayans discovered/thought of/created

Answer 7

Hieroglyphs
Zero
Counting system based on 20
Predicted Eclipses
Calendar with 365 days
Made cotton cloth and paper

Question 8

What ended Mayan civilization?

Answer 8

In 900AD they disappeared. No one knows why! It might of been because of plague, water or the soil wouldn’t produce enough food, maybe even a combination.

Question 9

When did Minoan civilization begin?

Answer 9

2800BC

Question 10

When did Mycenaeans civilization begin?

Answer 10

2000BC

Question 11

When did the city-states start/become/whatever you want to call it?

Answer 11

700BC

Question 12

Where did Minoan civilization begin?

Answer 12

On Crete

Question 13

What did Minoans do for a living?

Answer 13

Built ships opposed to farming

Question 14

How were Minoan ships built?

Answer 14

The were built to be fast. They had 2-3 masts instead of 1. They put a deck above the heads of the rowers for protection. They built a prow to smash enemy ships.

Question 15

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Answer 15

The Minoans eventually became a centre of trade in the Aegean world.

Question 16

What was in the centre of each Minoan city?

Answer 16

A temple

Question 17

What did the Minoans depend on for protection?

Answer 17

They depended on the sea and their navy for protection.

Question 18

What was their largest city?

Answer 18

Knossos

Question 19

List 4 facts about the palace

Answer 19

The took up 1/5th of the city
Had bath tubs
Flush toilets
Hot and Cold running water

Question 20

How did they enter their houses?

Answer 20

Through the roof until locks were invented

Question 21

Rulers were…

Answer 21

Priest-Kings

Question 22

The Priest-Kings had the authority to…

Answer 22

Make laws and represent the gods on earth.

Question 23

Who was the Minoans main god?

Answer 23

Mother Earth

Question 24

What was sacred to the Minoans?

Answer 24

Lily
Double ax- power of mother earth
Dove- flew to heavens

Question 25

Where did the Mycenaeans come from?

Answer 25

Russia- they then settled in the lowlands of Greece

Question 26

Kings built...on hilltops. Nobles and villagers would take cover within the...of the...during attack

Answer 26

Fortress palaces

Question 27

What was the name of a square room with a fire place in the centre where the king held council and entertained

Answer 27

Megaron

Question 28

Who farmed the land? Why?

Answer 28

Slaves and tenants farmed the land in exchange for protection from the king.

Question 29

True or False? The Mycenaeans like doing things there own way the created a completely different style of writing, shipbuilding, fashions and metal work.

Answer 29

False! | They copied the Minoans style of metalwork, shipbuild, writing and fashions.

Question 30

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Answer 30

By 1400BC the Mycenaeans replaces he Minoans as the chief power of the Aegean world.

Question 31

What made the Mycenaeans rich?

Answer 31

They grew olives and traded them.

Question 32

When did the Mycenaeans attack troy?

Answer 32

In mid 1200BC

Question 33

True or False? | After the Mycenaeans attacked Troy there was a series of civil wars?

Answer 33

True!

Question 34

How long did the Dark Age last?

Answer 34

Until 800BC

Question 35

What happened during the Dark Age?

Answer 35

The Mycenaeans were cut of from the Aegean world. Trade was stopped. They started to lose their culture.

Question 36

What happened towards the end of the dark age?

Answer 36

Borders became fixed, they rebuilt their.

Question 37

What as each city state called?

Answer 37

A polis

Question 38

Define an Acropolis

Answer 38

A raised like hill were the temple to the patron God or goddess was built.

Question 39

Define Agora

Answer 39

Marketplace

Question 40

How many citizens were in each polis?

Answer 40

Around 5 000 to 10 000

Question 41

How were you able to be a citizen?

Answer 41

You had to be a male born in the city to a father who was a citizen.

Question 42

List the differences between Sparta and Athens

Answer 42

Differences between Sparta and Athens