Geography
Greek Nation
Terms to know
100

What does the term Geography mean 

The land and everything on it 

100

The small areas of Greece were all extremely _______________ to the land they lived on... this created lots of rivalries 

Loyal 

100

A form of protection, like a wall or a gate, but not made by people but instead by the earth 

Natural Barrier 

200

The Mediterranean is an example of one of these that surround Greece, but it is not suitable to drink  

The Sea (water source ) 

200

An independent nation part of a larger civilization 

City-States

200

The belief in more than one god 

Polytheism 

300

A piece of land that is surrounded by water on 3 separate sides 

Peninsula 

300

The king of all gods 

Zeus 

300

The Greeks often referred to their own city-states by this term 

Polis 

400

This natural barrier is called the Pindus Mountain range... often referred to as the Greeks by what other name?

The Spine 

400

The location that was considered to be holy or sacred to the Greeks 

Mt. Olympus 

400

Name 2 things that a Greek city state had of its own 

Government, Army, Laws 

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