vocabulary-chapter 11

5. a peninsula forming the southern part of Greece
7. a narrow strip of land that connects two larger landmasses
9. a groups of building used to house soldiers
11. an upper class of nobility
13. a member of a trading people who lived on the coast of the eastern Mediterranean
15. a story that explains beliefs,practices,or natural phenomenon often featuring God's and goddesses or other super natural beings
16. set of letters used to represent the individual sounds of a language
17. a greek city state such as athens on sparta

1. a short story that conveys a moral lesson, often by means of animal character that passes human characteristicds
2. a body of land connected to a large landmass
3. olympics the highest mountain in greece
4. the ruler of the gods in Greek mythology
6. poem a long poem that tells a story of heroes
8. a plain in ancient Greece, northwest of Athens
10. a ruler who has taken power illegaly and rules without restrictions
12. an ancient Greek festival in honor of zeus
14. an agricultural slave in ancient sparta