The Geography of Greece 9.1 Flashcards
1
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a stretch of land that extends southward into the eastern part of the Mediterranean Sea.
A
Balkan Peninsula
2
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a large body of water bordered by Europe, Asia, and Africa.
A
Mediterranean Sea
3
Q
the sea that separates Greece from Asia Minor.
A
Aegean Sea
4
Q
the western edge of Asia.
A
Asia Minor
5
Q
the sea that separates western Greece from southeastern Italy.
A
Ionian Sea
6
Q
an island in the eastern Mediterranean Sea; the center of Minoan civilization.
A
Crete
7
Q
an early city-state of Greece.
A
Mycenae
8
Q
428b.c.-347b.c. ancient Greek philosopher and philosopher and disable of Socrates who was one of the most famous thinkers of ancient Greece.
A
Plato
9
Q
Minoan civilization.
A
King Minos
10
Q
an outdoor marketplace in ancient Greece.
A
agora
11
Q
variables seized in wartime.
A
plunder
