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13 Cards in this Set
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Fjord
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A long, narrow, deep inlet of the sea located between steep cliffs.
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Peninsula
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A body of land surrounded by water on three sides.
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Ural Mountains
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A mountain range along Europe's eastern borders that divides the continent from Asia.
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Mediterranean Sea
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Inland sea that borders Europe, Southwest Asia and Africa.
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Plain
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A large, flat area of land, usually without many trees.
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City-state
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A community made up of a central city and surrounding villages.
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Polis
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The Greek term for a central city.
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Aegean Sea
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A branch of the Mediterranean Sea, lying between Greece and Turkey.
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Oligarchy
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A system of government in which a few powerful individuals rule.
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Athens
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The capital Of Greece and once one of the largest ancient city-state.
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Aristotle
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A brilliant Greek philospher of the third century B.C. who taught Alexander the Great
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Philosopher
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A person who studies and thinks about why the world is the way it is.
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Alexander the Great
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A ruler of ancient Greece whose conquest of new lands led to the spread of Greek culture.
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