Greece, Ch. 11 Vocab.

Land with water on three sides

• island

• peninsula

• mountain

• isthmus

The peninsula that forms the southern part of Greece.

• Florida

• Athens

• Peloponnesus

• Sparta

A narrow strip of land.

• isthmus

• peninsula

• island

• agora

The Greeks got the alphabet from them.

• Phoenicians

• Mesopotamians

• Hebrews

• Egyptians

A system of symbols used to represent individual sounds

• Cuneiform

• Hieroglyphics

• pictorgraphs

• alphabet

Ruler of the gods. Olympic Festival honored him.

• Hermes

• Zeus

• Hades

• Apollo

Highest mountain in Greece and home to the Greek gods.

• Mount Rushmore

• Mount Sinai

• Mount Olympus

• Mount of Olives

A story that people tell to explain beliefs about their world.

• myth

• gods and goddesses

• fable

• epic

Games held every four years to honor Zeus.

• Triathlon

• Marathon

• Olympics

• Iron Man

A long poem about ancient heroes.

• fable

• rhyme

• myth

• epic poem