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Homer's Descriptions and Ancient Greek Civilizations: Iliad and Odyssey, Quizzes of Accounting

Definitions and terms related to homer's epics, iliad and odyssey, and ancient greek civilizations. Topics include homer's descriptions of crete, the two epics, the adventures of odysseus, the meaning of asia minor, the poet homer, the definition of an epic, cultural borrowing, an isthmus, animals raised for clothing, the iliad's subject matter, the most popular trading item, the distance between crete and the peloponnesus, the name of the peninsula connecting greece, decorated palace walls, the minoans' writing system, the mycenaeans' warlike nature, and the three things minoans borrowed. Also, the largest building in crete and how geography affected early people in ancient greece are discussed.

What you will learn

  • What was their most popular trading item?
  • What does the Odyssey describe?
  • What were the two epics that Homer wrote?
  • What did Homer describe Crete as?
  • What animals did they raise to get skins for clothing?
  • What is cultural borrowing?

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TERM 1
What did Homer describe Crete as?
DEFINITION 1
"A rich and lovely land, washed by the waves on every side."
TERM 2
What were the two epics that Homer
wrote?
DEFINITION 2
1)Iliad2)Odyssey
TERM 3
What does the Odyssey describe?
DEFINITION 3
The adventures of the hero Odysseus on his long journey
home from the war described in the Iliad
TERM 4
What does the word Asia Minor mean?
DEFINITION 4
"Little Asia"
TERM 5
Who made epics?
DEFINITION 5
Homer (blind poet)
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What did Homer describe Crete as?

"A rich and lovely land, washed by the waves on every side."

TERM 2

What were the two epics that Homer

wrote?

DEFINITION 2

1)Iliad2)Odyssey

TERM 3

What does the Odyssey describe?

DEFINITION 3

The adventures of the hero Odysseus on his long journey

home from the war described in the Iliad

TERM 4

What does the word Asia Minor mean?

DEFINITION 4

"Little Asia"

TERM 5

Who made epics?

DEFINITION 5

Homer (blind poet)

What is an epic?

Long story poems

TERM 7

What is cultural borrowing?

DEFINITION 7

When different culturals trade with each other

TERM 8

What is an isthmus?

DEFINITION 8

A small strip of land connected to a main land

TERM 9

What animals did they raise to get skins for

clothing?

DEFINITION 9

Sheeps, goats, pigs, & cattle

TERM 10

What was the Iliad about?

DEFINITION 10

tells about people's actions during a great war

Why are the Mycenaeans believed to have

been warlike?

Because they measured their wealth in the amount of

weapons they had

TERM 17

What were the three things Minoans

borrowed?

DEFINITION 17

Clay Tablets

Places for storing food

Bronze metal

TERM 18

What is the largest building in Crete?

DEFINITION 18

The Knossos

TERM 19

How did geography affect the way early

people lived in ancient Greece?

DEFINITION 19

The land was hard to trade on,they had to trade by sea. Also,

mountains isolated people.