Quizlet Notes

Today in West Civ, we used this quizlet to study for our test: http://quizlet.com/11153365/flashcards. Tomorrow in class, we have a sub so we will be working on the Cyber Day assignment that we had yesterday. Since we didn't have West Civ, we didn't have to do it. That is why we are working on it tomorrow.

• What were the major crops the Aegean people subsisted from?
• A: Grain, Vines, and Olives
• Barbarian (barbaros): "Non-Greek"
• Megalithic structure: massive rough-cut stones used to construct monuments and tombs
• Tribes were governed by warrior kings or queens, chieftains, tribal leaders chose by warriors
• The first European barbarians to make contact with civilization was the Greeks
• Aegean's engaged in shipbuilding, piracy, metalworking, fishing, farming and lumber jacking
• Who were the first people to speak Greek?
• A: Mycenaeans
•   Mycenaean civilization developed no later than 1600 B.C. and during the Bronze age.
•  Minoans are inked to the Mycenaeans 
• What brought the Mycenaean Civilization to an end?
• A: There is no clear understanding of what brought their civilization to an end 
• Colony: a new city-state settled in oversea territory sponsored by the local city-state
• How many letters comprised the Greek Alphabet?
• A: 30
• What were the three great civilizations of ancient world by 500 B.C.
• A: Mesopotamia, Egypt, and the Greeks 
• Acropolis: high fortified citadel and religions center of an ancient town
• Parthenon: the "Place of the Maiden" that sits atop the acropolis. Statue of Athena is in there 
• More than a billion dollar building^
• Polites: a citizen of a city state in the Greek speaking world 
• Hoplite: a heavily armed and armored citizen-solider of the Greek speaking world  that had bronze helmets and armor
• Every able bodied male comprised the army
• SLIDE 1-27^