1. Interactive notebook FRIDAY

2. Knossos Discovered by Arthur Evans What did he find there? A palace
The palace had that were used as workshops and for storing food

3. The Minoans How did they disappear? What do we know about them?
Check your timeline flags!
They made jewelry, vases and statues
They made wooden ships to trade to Egypt and Syria
Traded pottery and stone vases for ivory and metals
Patrolled the Mediterranean Sea to protect trade from pirates
How did they disappear?
Check your timeline flags!

4. Where and when did the Mycenaean's live?
Check your timeline flags!
What do we know about their culture?
Each king lived in a palace built on a hill
Had thick, stone walls to protect them
Nobles lived on large farms outside the walls
Enslaved people and workers lived in villages
Made clothes, jars, leather shields and metal swords

5. What happened to the Mycenaean civilization?
The Mycenaean Civilization grew weak
The many kings fought each other
Earthquakes destroyed their palaces

6. The dark ages What happened?
When were the Dark Ages? Check your timeline flags!
What happened?
People left Greece
Trade slowed down and people made fewer things to sell
Farmers only grew enough food for their families
People were very poor

7. How did the dark ages end?
Trade began to increase
People came back to mainland Greece
Those people brought back new ideas, crafts and skills

8. The Greeks How did the Greeks live?
They lived in small communities ruled by kings
Communities were independent
What kind of jobs did the Greeks do?
Farming
Ship building
Trading
How did Greek culture change over time?
Bards began to write stories down instead of speaking them
As trade increased they adopted the Phoenician alphabet to keep records

9. City-states Describe a polis What was the purpose of an acropolis?
Use your vocab!
What was the purpose of an acropolis?
An acropolis is a temple built high up on a mountain or hill
Make an inference as to why you think they existed
What was an aogra?
City-State
A city state is a city made up of small states, or territories. City-States in Greece were made up of: an acropolis, an agora, city neighborhoods and villages and farms on the outskirts. Draw a map of what you think it looked like and describe its parts!

10. Greek colonies Why did the Greeks begin forming colonies?
By 700 B.C. farmers could not grow enough food for everyone
People were sent out to form colonies
Where did the Greeks settle?
Along the coast of the Mediterranean Sea
Sicily, France, Spain, North Africa and Western Asia
Why did the Greeks mint coins?
To make trade easier!
How did the colonies make Greece stronger?
Each different colony created its own specialty – something it was good at making
Greece had more good
Trade increased and Greece became wealthy

11. Done early?
Glue your two LIGHT BULB questions (they’re in your envelope) to a new page and answer them based on what you’ve learned so far (your notes). You may have to make inferences 