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Greek Vocabulary
Week 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mt. Olympus | A mountain where the Greek gods/goddesses "lived". |
| Mediterranean Sea | Sea separating Europe from Africa. |
| Peloponnesus | A peninsula and geographic region in Southern Greece connected to the rest of Greece by a land bridge. |
| Aegean Sea | Body of water separating Greece from Turkey (the land mass is also known as Asia Minor) |
| Mycenaeans | A pre-history culture built on a dominion of other cultures. |
| Minoans | A "Bronze Age" culture believed by many historians to have the first navy because of their excellent sailing abilities. |
| Crete | A Greek island in the Mediterranean Sea where the Minoan civilization flourished |