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11th Grade
09/21/2011

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what were the people of greece called?
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helos
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what is bronze made of?
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copper and tin
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The ____are thirty small islands.
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cyclades
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_____is the home of the legendeary king minnos.
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minoan
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What is the largest island in Greece?
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crete
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The iconography in crete is all related to what?
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the sea
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What is teh name of the wealthy english men that wanted to find/found the palace of ming minos?
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sir arthur evans
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What does Sir Arthur evans actually find?
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the palace of knossos
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Sir arthur evans created ____in the palace of knossos.
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mushroom shaped columns
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What is the name of the queen's chamber?
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frescoes of the dolphin
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What does buon fresco mean? what does secco fresco mean?
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wet fresco; dry fresco
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What is a menetar?
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half man half bull
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What are some differences between the greek and the egyptians?
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greek have moving figures, no descriptive perspective and have nothing to do with death; egyptians have still figures, have descriptive perspective, and all of their art has to do with death
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What is the word for gazed clay?
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faience
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What is a rhython?
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vessel used for pouring liquid at a sacred ceremony
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What were the two piece of minoan pottery?
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kamares wares, octopus jar
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What was the piece of jewelery called in greece that we studied?
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pendant of gold bees
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What is granulation?
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small gold beads melted onto a larger peice
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What is a citadel?
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fortified city
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What is a course?
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a row of stones
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The lion gate was the entry to the_____.
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mycenean city
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What does corbelling mean?
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stacking halfway
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What is the purpose of the relieving triangle?
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relieves weight off the lentil
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The behive tombs were built through____,____, and_____.
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spiraling, corbelling, using courses
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Inside the behive tombs is the ____.
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treasury of atreus
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____is a small round building.
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tholos
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____is a large round room.
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megaroom
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What does repousse mean?
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take flast sheet of metal and press a design from the back forward
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The Vaphio cups tell the story of the ____on the outside.
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thesist
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