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What is purple?
This color was so expensive only kings and the very wealthy could afford it.
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Who is Dido?
This famous Phoenician founded Tyre.
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What is the Trojan War?
Homer wrote down some of the old Greek stories about which war?
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What are bulls?
The Minoans watched young people jump over these animals.
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What are continents?
There are 7 of these on earth.
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What is Phoenician glass?
Sand and lye were used to make this valuable commodity.
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Who are pirates?
These dangerous people controlled the seas until the strong Minoan navy took over.
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What is blindness?
Despite this physical limitation, Homer became a famous classical Greek poet.
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What are the Greek Dark Ages?
We have no written record of this period of time because the barbarians were too busy fighting to learn to write.
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What is the Rocky Mountain Region?
We live in this region of the United States?
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What is a ball of wool?
You could used this to knit a sweater or find the deadly Minotaur in a labryinth.
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Who is King Minos?
According to legend, this famous Minoan king hid a monster in a maze under his palace.
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Who is Poseidon?
On his voyage, Odysseus offended this Greek god because he did not thank him for protection.
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What are the Olympics?
The Greeks held this event in Athens to honor Zeus and to celebrate courage and strength.
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What is Helena?
This is the capital of Montana.
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What is steel?
The barbarians overthrew the early Greeks because they learned to make weapons out of this metal.
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Who is King Aegeus?
This king of Athens jumped off a cliff when he thought his son was dead.
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What is The Iliad?
This is name of Homer's epic tale about Odysseus.
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What is the pentathalon?
In this athletic event, an athlete had to compete in ten different events.
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What is the Prime Meridian?
This longitudinal line divides the world in half from north to south.
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What is dancing?
When the barbarians became civilized and learned to live like the Greeks, they enjoyed this activity.
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Who are the Mycenaens?
This group of people took over the island of Crete after the Minoans left.
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What is the Cyclops?
Odysseus and his men fought this monster on an island, and offended Poseidon a second time.
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Who are the Phoenicians and the Minoans?
These two groups of people were famous for making excellent ships for fighting and trading.
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Arctic Circle, Tropic of Cancer, Equator, Tropic of Capricorn, Antarctic Circle
Name the 5 great circles.
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