Ancient Greece Grade (6)
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- Peninsula
- Land that is surrounded by water on three sides.
- Colony
- A territory that is under the control of another, usually distant, contry.
- Attica
- Pennisula in east-central Greece, on the Aegean Sea.
- Peloponnesus
- A peninsula in southern Greece, between the lonian and Aegean seas.
- Crete
- A greek island in the eastern Mediterraen Sea, southeast of France.
- Rhodes
- The second largest of the Greek islands in the Aegean Sea.
- Phoenicia
- An ancient sea power located on the eastern shire of the Mediterraen ZSea.
- Polis
- A city-state in ancient Greece.
- Helot
- The people conquered by Sparta who were forced to live as slaves.
- Agora
- The central marketplace in ancient Athens and the site of numerous temples and government buildings.
- Acropolis
- A hilltop fortess in ancient Athens.
- Herodotus
- Greek historian; known as the "father of history;" observed the Persian Wars.
- Sparta
- An ancient city located on the tip of the Peloponessus.
- Athens
- The capital of Greece in the eastern part of the country.