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Chapter 9- Section 1
Greek Geography
Question | Answer |
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peninsula | an area of land surrounded by 3 bodies of water |
island | an area of land surrounded entirely by water |
influenced | change or have an effect on |
polis | city-state |
city-state | a city with surrounding countryside that makes up its own governing unit |
Minoans | people who live on Crete and influenced the Greeks but were NOT GREEK |
Thera | an island that was destroyed by a volcano |
Mycenaeans | The 1st Greeks who may have started the Trojan war also conquered the people of Crete |
classical | age is one that is marked by great achievements |
acropolis | a high hill on the mainland of Greece |
colonies | land that has been settled by people from other countries and often used as a place of trade |