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15 Cards in this Set
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peninsula
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land surrounded on 3 sides by water
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harbor
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sheltered place along a coast
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Strait of Gibraltar
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separates Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean
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Attica
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tiny, wedge-shaped Greek peninsula
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Pelopennesus
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claw-shaped Greek peninsula
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Crete
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largest Greek island
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colony
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territories controlled by a distantgovernment
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Dido
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Phoenician princess who founded Carthage
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Carthage
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Greek colony; later became center of Phoenicia life
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Tyre
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Phoenicia's main city
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polis
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Greek word for city-state
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acropolis
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large hill in center of Greek cities
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agora
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Greek marketplace and meeting place
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oligarchy
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small group of rich and powerful citizens control government
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monarchy
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one person (king or queen) controls government
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