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Today in class we reviewed what we learned in class on Thursday. We went over all of the things that made Greece what they were in ancient times. They had three fourths of their geography as mountains. This made it hard for them to farm which made them trade with other people to get good farming materials and food. They had to work around with what they had so it made it hard to work with certain things. So I will make sure to study that so when it is quiz time I know what to do.
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