Lesson 1 Flashcards
1
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Peninsula
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- an area of land almost entirely surrounded by water
2
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Harbor
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- a sheltered place along a coast used to protect boats and ships
3
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Mediterranean Sea
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- Greece developed along southern shores
- highway for ancient Greeks; gave them routes for trading goods
4
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Crete
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- A Greek island in Mediterranean Sea
- Southeast of Greece
- biggest of all Islands
5
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Rhodes
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- a Greek island, lying east of Crete in the Agean Sea
- ideal rest stop for ships sailing between Greece and Western Asia
6
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Peloponnesus
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- A large mountains peninsula in southern Greece between the Ionian and the Aegean Sea
- Shaped like a giant hand reaching towards Crete
- ringed by thin band of fertile land\ rivers dry up in summer time
7
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Phoenicia
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- An ancient seafaring civilization located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea
- Greek merchants completed with traders from Phoenicia and sailed to ports all across Mediterranean
8
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What was Greece Geographic Features?
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- most of Greece is covered by mountains or hills
- difficult to travel so sailing became important part of Greece
- provides very little farmable land
- rocky landscape surrounded by the sea
