1. Greece does not have mostly fertile land.
2. Approximately 3/4 of Greece is covered by mountains.
3. The word barbarian means someone who wasn't greek
4. A megalithic structures were massive rough-cut stones used to construct monuments and tombs.
5. The term tribe refers to answer E all of the list from above.
6. Tribes were governed by d all of these
7.  The first European barbarians to make contact with cizilization were the Greeks.
8. China would not be considered a member of "western civilization."
9. The name of the sea located west of the Greek mainland is the Ionian Sea
10. the name of the sea located east of the Greek mainland was the Aegian Sea
11. The major crops that the Aegean people lived on were Grains, vines, and olives
12. The Mycenaean arose on the island of Crete.
13. The Mycenaean    established settlements along the Greek mainland's southern shore and on some islands
14. The Mycenaean civilization built massive walls to protect themselves from attack
15. The Dark ages  in Greek History in which the population dropped ships no longer sailed, and writing fell out of use, is called the Collapse of Crete
16. The greeks joined the Phoenicians as the leading commercial and seafaring nation of the Mediteranean.
17. The "c" that appears before a date, means around.
18. By 600 BC, Greek city-states dotted the coastlines around the Mediterranean Sea and they were called colonies.
19. Ancient Greek city-sates most closely resembled counties like today
20. Oligarchy was a form of government in which small group of citizens dominated.
21. Democracy was a form of government in which decisions were made by the majority of adult males
22. Tyranny was a form of governemnt in which self proclaimed dictator held power.
23. Monarchy is a form of government in which power is helf by a single ruler, and is often passed along from father to son
24. Spartans used monarchy as there government
25. Spartan males began their military training at age seven.
26. the wealthiest city-state in the ancient world would be Corinth
27. the high fortified citadel and religious center of an ancient Greek town was known as the acropolis
28. Peloponnese was the southern peninsula where Sparta was located
29. Triremes were ancient fighting ships with three banks of oars, sed to ram or board enemy ships
30. Hoplite was a hevily armed and armored citizen-soldire of ancient Greece


1. This period was called the Dark Ages, and went from 1100- 700 BC
2. The titles of these two stories were called Odyssey and the Iliad
3. derived from the Latin mediterraneus, meaning "inland" or "in the middle of the earth"
4. Prominent and long established Athenina land- owners were called aristocrats.