Objective:

To review the Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations by 1. answering a review question in your group to share with the class. 2. by using the key terms in a creative writing piece describing daily life. (check focus page

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Answers:

• 1. What civilizations combined to form Greek Civilizations? How did they diffuse? Minoan and Mycenaaean, they diffused through trade and war.

• 2. In what ways were the Minoan people able to gain control of the Mediterranean Sea? They built faster ships with a large wooden beam in the prow to smash and sink enemy ships.

• 3. What do experts believe about the sport of bull leaping? It was a religious ceremony and a sport.

• 4. Why didn’t Minoan cities have walls around them? The people depended on the sea and navy for protection. (isolated island)

• 5. What were some of the features of the palace at Knossos? It was 5 stories high, built of stone, framed with wood, and decorated with frescoes. It had bathrooms, several entrances and labyrinths.

• 6. What did the Mycenaeans build instead of cities? Citadels or fortress-palaces

• 7. How was the Trojan War described in the Illiad? Paris took Helen to Troy. They Mycenaeans attacked Troy; they later built a huge wooden horse with soldiers hidden in side which was pullled into Troy. They Mycenaeans burned the city.

• 8. Why did the people of Greece have to create a new civilization? They created a new civilization because their civilization was destroyed during the Dark Age and they diffused with the Dorians.