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JRA Greece Geography
Gepgraphy of Greece Notpacket Vocab + Key Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| An area of land surrounded on three sides by water. | peninsula |
| A settlement in a distant place. | colony |
| Trade, or economic activity, that takes place using the sea for transportation. | maritime trade |
| A small community or village. | settlement |
| An early city that was like a small independent country with its own laws and government. | city-state |
| A person who makes money by selling goods. | merchant |
| A neighboring kingdom north of the ancient Greeks. | Macedonia |
| The central region of ancient Greece where the city-state of Athens was located. | Attica |
| The southern region of Greece, a peninsula, where the city-states of Sparta, Mycenae, and Olympia were located. | Peloponnesus |
| Large empire to the east of Greece that wanted to take over Greece and its trade routes. | Persia |
| (Modern-day Turkey) Region of land on the eastern side of the Aegean Sea, where Troy and many Greek colonies were located. | Asia Minor |
| Largest island in the Mediterranean Sea with rich farmland. Location of one of Greece's earliest civilizations, the Minoans, who were a highly advanced and peaceful society. | Crete |
| The long, narrow, body of water between Europe and Asia, that connects the Black Sea to the Aegean Sea. | Hellespont |
| Large body of water located between Europe and Africa. | Mediterranean Sea |
| Body of water located between Greece and Turkey, containing hundreds of small islands. | Aegean Sea |
| Large in-land sea located north of modern-day Turkey and east of Bulgaria. In ancient times, this was a region with rich mineral resources. | Black Sea |
| One of the earliest and strongest Greek city-states, known for its dedication to learning and the arts, as well as the development of democracy. | Athens |
| A Greek city-state known for its dedication to military training and strict lifestyle. | Sparta |
| A Greek settlement in Asia Minor made famous in Homer's story of the Trojan War. | Troy |
| Ancient kingdom located on the Peloponnesus. Very powerful between 1400 and 1100 B.C. | Mycenae |
| A type of food that was not common in Greece and was received through trade. | grains |
| The civilization that the Greeks created their alphabet from. | Phoenicians |
| Ruler of the Minoans on the island of Crete. | King Minos |
| The age during which the Dorians moved into Greece and writing was stopped. | Dark Age |
| Man who wrote epic poems such as the Odyssey. | Homer |
| An epic poem written by Homer about the adventures of Odysseus. | Odyssey |
| A man who was lost and took 20 years to get back to his home in Ithaca. | Odysseus |
| A war that was between Greece and Troy that Homer wrote about. | Trojan War |
| Vegetables, nuts, grapes, olives. | Greek Crops |
| Sheep, goats, oxen, donkeys, chicken, bees. | Greek Raised Animals |
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