Cyber Day Homework

1. Mostly fertile land is not a characteristic of Greece. 
2. Approximately 3/4 of Greece is covered by mountains. 
3. The term barbarian was originally from the Greek "barbaros" that meant "Non-Greek".
4. A megalithic structure is a massive rough-cut stone used to construct monuments and tombs. 
5. The term tribe refers to a social and political unit consisting of a group of communities held together by common interests, traditions, and real or mythical ties of kinship, a family-based group governed by a hereditary chieftain, a clan-based group prior to the advent of city-states in the Greek world, and a group of warriors, related by blood, who are governed by a king or queen
6. Tribes were governed by warrior kings or queens, Chieftains, and Tribal leaders chosen by warriors.
7. The first European barbarians to make contact with civilization were the Greeks.
8. China is a modern-day country that is not considered to be 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 is the Aegean Sea. 
11. The major crops the Aegean people lived off of grains, olives, and vines
12. The Minoan (or Mycenaean) civilization arose on the island of Crete.
13. The Mycenaean civilization established settlements along the Greek mainland's southern shore on some islands. 
14. The Mycenaean civilization built massive walls to protect themselves from attack. 
15. A period of Greek history in which the population dropped, ships no longer sailed, and writing fell out of use is called the Dark Ages. 
16. Following this time period, the Greeks joined the Phoenicians as the leading commercial and seafaring nation of the Mediterranean. 
17. In historical writing, the letter "c" might appear before a date, as in "c. 1500 BC." This "c" means around, about, and circa. 
18. By 600 BC, Greek city-states dotted the coastlines around the Mediterranean Sea.  These were called colonies.
19. Although they varied in size, ancient Greek city-states most closely resembled counties
20. Oligarchy is a form of government in which a small group of citizens dominated, and the power of the majority was limited in various ways. 
21. Democracy is a form of government in which decisions were made by the majority of adult male citizens. 
22. Tyranny is a form of government in which a self-proclaimed dictator help power.
23. Monarchy is a form of government in which power is held by a single ruler, and is often passed along from father to son. 
24. Spartans used the oligarchy government system. 
25. At age seven, the Spartan males begin their military training. 
26. The wealthiest city-state in the ancient Greek world was Athens.
27. The acropolis was the high fortified citadel and religious center of an ancient Greek town. 
28. The Peloponnesus was the name of the southern peninsula where Sparta was located.
29. Triremes were massive fighting ships with three banks or oars, used to ram or board enemy ships. 
30. A hoplite was a heavily armed and armored citizen-soldier of ancient Greece. 
31. The time period when the Greek population dropped, ships no longer sailed, and writing fell out of use was the Dark Ages that began in 1100 B.C. and ended in 800 B.C. 
32. The poet Homer is said to have told stories of the Trojan War during this time period about a war hero attempting to return to his home.  The titles of these two stories are called the Iliad and the Odyssey. 
33. The word Mediterranean originally meant middle earth.
34. The prominent and long established Athenian land owners were called aristocrats.