F&C Greek Geography and Religion

separated from others

• spiteful

• prophecy

• inundated

• isolated

an arm of the Mediterranean Sea between Greece and Turkey.

• Aegean Sea

• Black Sea

• Red Sea

• Mediterranean Sea

A piece of land that is surrounded by water on three sides.

• isthmus

• peninsula

• island

• archipelago

This large body of water separates Europe and Africa

• The Aegean Sea

• The Black Sea

• The Red Sea

• The Mediterranean Sea

life after death, in the Greek religion

• afterlife

• Heaven

• reincarnation

• Paradise

Belief in many gods

• monotheistic

• polytheistic

• theocracy

• polyglot

a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess

• oracle

• fortune teller

• crystal ball

• tarot cards

A traditional story about gods, ancestors, or heroes, told to explain the natural world or the customs and beliefs of a society.

• idiom

• epic

• myth

• fable

a prediction of the future

• epic

• fable

• myth

• prophecy