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1. The __________ found a smoking crater eight miles wide at the Aegean island of Thera after a volcanic eruption.
2. Who is the source for many ancient myths in the Aegean?
3. Heinrich Schliemann, the amateur German archaeologist of the late 1860s, set out to find the ancient city of __________.
4. After discovering fortifications at ancient "Troy," Schliemann found treasure such as silver, gold and jewelry. True or false?
5. On a hilltop at Mycenae, Heinrich Schliemann found nineteen royal skeletons surrounded by treasure, including a __________ on one figure.
6. The __________ were the first rulers of Greece between c. 1400 and 1100 B.C.
7. The fearsome __________ lived in a labyrinth beneath the Palace of King Minos.
8. Which island is the largest in the Aegean sea?
9. Sir Arthur Evans, who excavated Knossos, called the ancient inhabitants "__________," after King Minos.
10. Minoan women wore clothes that bared their breasts for __________.
11. Boy and girl acrobats would jump over __________ in rituals at Knossos.
12. About how many rooms are at the Palace of King Minos at Knossos?
13. None of the Minoan palaces were __________.
14. The volcanic eruption on the island of Thera in 1628 B.C. was recorded as far away as __________.
15. In 1967, excavations for Minoan remains on the island of Thera revealed exquisite __________.
16. On the island of Thera, archaeologists have uncovered multi-storied houses with __________.
17. After the volcanic eruption and earthquakes on Thera, the Minoans on Crete resorted to __________ to appease the gods.