Lesson 1

Question 1

a skilled craftsman or inventor

Answer 1

artificer

Question 2

a watercolor painting done on a wall or ceiling

Answer 2

fresco

Question 3

society

Answer 3

a group of people living in an ordered community

Question 4

the act of attack and robbery of ships at sea

Answer 4

piracy

Question 5

a soldier stationed to guard a palace

Answer 5

sentry

Question 6

a belt for a sword

Answer 6

baldric

Question 7

an image given to a god to fulfill a vow

Answer 7

votive offering

Question 8

part of Mediterranean Sea; between Greece and Asia Minor

Answer 8

Aegean Sea

Question 9

invaders who destroyed Knossos

Answer 9

Sea Kings

Question 10

largest island in the Aegean Sea

Answer 10

Crete

Question 11

“There is a land called Crete in the midst of the wine-dark sea, a fair land and a rich, begirt with water, and therein are many men innumerable and ninety cities.”

Answer 11

The Odyssey

Question 12

“Currents have more than one way of running through a strait.”

Answer 12

Strabo

Question 13

“The Sea”; main body of water south of Greece

Answer 13

Mediterranean Sea