Ancient Greece: Vocabulary

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a large sea located south of Greece

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Mediterranean Sea

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An arm of the Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece

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Aegean Sea

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a long, narrow stretch of land that is surrounded by water on three sides

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peninsula

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a territory, often very large, under the political and economic control of another country

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colony

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an independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory

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city-state

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A peninsula forming the southern part of the mainland of Greece.

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Peloponnese

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a person who has certain rights and duties in a city-state or nation

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citizen

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The hill above a Greek city, on which temples were built.

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acropolis

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A group of citizens, in an ancient Greek democracy, with the power to pass laws.

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assembly

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a slave

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helot