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Chapter 8 Lesson 1-2 vocab Mrs. L Greek

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What is a peninsula?   Is a body of land nearly surrounded by water.  
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What is a harbor?   Is a sheltered placealong a coast where boats safely dock.  
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What is the Mediterranean Sea?   Is where the ancient Greeks developed a civilization.  
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What is Crete?   Is the biggest island that lies south of Greece.  
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What is Rhodes?   Is an island that lies east of Crete and near what is Turkey now days.  
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What is Attica?   Is a wedge-shaped peninsula that juts into the Mediterranean Sea.  
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What is Peloponnesus?   Is a large peninsula that lies southwest of Attica. It is Shaped like a giant hand.  
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What is Phoenicia?   Is where Greek merchants competed with traderss which is today Known as Lebanon.  
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What is a polis?   Is the Greek word for a city-state.  
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What is Acropolis?   Is a hill in ancient Athens that became a religious place and a meeting place.  
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What is an agora?   Is used as a marketplace and asa meeting place in Greek cities.  
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What is a citizen?   In ancient Greece were only men.  
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What is an oligarchy?   Is a type of government that a small group of the richest most powerful citizens control the decision making.  
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What is a monarchy?   Is a type of government that is ruled by one ruler or king.  
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What is democracy?   Is when large groups of citizens take part in desicion making for the polis.  
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What is a colony? (in Greece)   Is a group of people who live apart from Greece.  
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Who was Homer?   Is a person who wrote many stories of poetry that described stories of Greece's past. He is an epic poet.  
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What is Athens?   Is a city-stae (polis)in Attica that hade a oligarchy government.  
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What is Sparta?   Is the largest city-state (polis) in Greece that is in Peloponnesus.  
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What is Mount Olympus?   Is were ancient Greeks believed that many gods and goddesses lived and ruled.  
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