Ancient Greece and Hellenistic Age Review Word Scramble
Because all Greeks lived near the ____________, the Greeks became a seafaring people.
AES
Greece is covered by rugged ________________________ and is a landlocked country.
NMOASUTIN
Crete is Greece's largest ________________________, and is where the center of Minoan Civilization
was located.
AISNLD
Greece has a mild ____________________. This made it easier for people to be outside discussing
politics.
LACIMET
Greece experiences many ___________________________ and volcanoes.
HKRESEUATAQ
The ages of ancient Greek history in order from earliest to latest include Minoan, Mycenaean, Dark,
Archaic, Classical, and _______________________.
LLTENHSIIEC
In The Minoan Palace at Knossos had 1500 rooms and many images of bulls and bull horns. This
indicates the kernel of historical ___________________ that can be found in the Myth of the Minotaur
or any Greek myth for that matter.
RUTHT
Each Mycenaean settlement revolved around hilltop fortress called a _______________________.
ITADCEL
We know that the Mycenaeans were warlike because of the weapons and armor found in their
____________ sites.
UIBLRA
The most famous Mycenaean artifact was the golden death ______________ of Agamemnon.
AKMS
A significant amount of evidence about Mycenaean life comes from the epics the Iliad and the Odyssey
by the famous ancient Greek blind poet ___________________.
MHORE
The famous citadel at Mycenae is known for its Cyclopean walls and its ________________ Gate.
NOIL
The Iliad traces the moral development of __________________, the Greeks most famous warrior
during the Trojan War.
CAHLSLIE
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The Greek Dark Age began when a group called the Dorians invaded Greece. Many Mycenaeans
abandoned their settlements and Greece lost __________________ for about 400 years until the Greeks
began to use Classical Greek writing.
WITIRGN
The main development of the Greek Archaic Age was that the _______________, or Greek city-state,
became the center of Greek political life.
OSIPL
Each ancient Greek city--state had a high, fortified area with temples on top called an
_________________.
PCAOROLIS
Each ancient Greek city-state also had an open-air marketplace called an ____________________.
RAGAO
The largest of ancient Greece's city-states was ________________ with about 300,000 people.
HAETNS
The ancient Greek city-state of Athens was best known for developing direct ____________________.
This a type of government where all citizens can vote on all issues.
ODMERAYCC
In a ______________________ democracy, the type of government n the United States, people elect
representatives who vote for them.
PRELUBCAIN
The famous individual who reorganized the ancient Greek city-state of Sparta into a militaristic society
was _____________________ the Lawgiver.
GLRUUYSC
The main reason why Sparta developed a militaristic society was because they feared _____________
revolts.
LVSAE
During the First Persian War, the Greeks defeated the ________________.
ESPRNAIS
The Persians attacked Greece during the First Persian War because the Persians wanted to get revenge
against ______________ for helping the Ionian Greeks rebel against the Persians.
TANHES
During the Battle of ______________________, the most decisive battle of the First Persian War, the
Greeks pushed the Persians back to the sea. A very long race gets its name from this battle.
AAMRNHTO
300 Spartans helped defend a _______________________ pass at Thermopylae in northern Greece at
the start of the Second Persian War. Though the Greeks lost, the Battle of Thermopylae stalled the
Persians giving Greeks further south a chance to mobilize for war.
OTAMINUN
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The most important impact of the Second Persian War was that Athens used its leadership of the an
alliance called the Delian League to create an _____________________ for itself.
MEIPER
During the Peloponnesian War, Sparta defeated ____________________.
TNAESH
The most famous statesman in Athenian history was __________________. He was not a king. Instead
he influenced Athenian citizens as something similar to the leader of a political party. He used his
political skills to make Athens' direct democracy its most democratic. He also used Delian League funds
to build great buildings on the Athenian Acropolis, as well as Athens' long wall to Piraeus.
EIRCPSEL
The three orders, or styles of ancient Greek architecture, are __________________, Ionic and
Corinthian.
IOCDR
The most admired ancient Greek temple is the ___________________ on the Athenian Acropolis.
APRHNEOTN
The three most famous ancient Greek philosophers associated with Athens were Socrates, ___________
and Aristotle.
APTOL
The father of Western history who wrote a history of the Peloponnesian Wars was _________________.
EHORDSOTU
The word _____________________ refers to a period in history that sets standards that people in later
periods in history strive to achieve.
ACSLSAICL
Major Greek gods mentioned in class include Zeus, the (king of the gods), _____________________ (the
god of music and prophecy), Dionysus (the god of wine, partying and drama), and Athena (the goddess
of wisdom and strategic warfare).
PALLOO
At the beginning of the Persian Wars, the Persian Empire stretched from eastern Greece to
northwestern India (not all of India), as well as Egypt and part of Libya. The _____________________
defeated the Persians in both Persian Wars.
KRGSEE
The Persian leader revered for allowing Jews to return to Jerusalem to rebuild their _________________
was Cyrus the Great.
PETMLE
The Persian leader who led the invasion of Greece during the First Persian War was _________________
I (also known as the Great).
IADRUS
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The Macedonian leader whose conquest of the Persian Empire started the Hellenistic Age was
_________________ the Great.
AEANLRXED
The Hellenistic Age refers to the period in history lasting from 323 to 31 B.C.E. during which Greek
___________________ spread throughout the lands of the former Persian Empire.
UCTLEUR
After Alexander the Great died, his top ___________________ divided his empire into four major
kingdoms. These kingdoms are called Hellenistic kingdoms.
EGERALSN
The most famous and intellectually advanced Hellenistic city was ___________________, Egypt. It was
known for its great lighthouse, library and museum.
NXALAEIRDA
Possibly the most admired of all scientists of the Hellenistic Age was _____________________. One of
his major discoveries is the law of buoyancy. This law explains how boats float.
AMIRSEHCDE
Classical Greek sculptures depicted men and gods in the ____________________, or perfect, form.
ADLIE
Hellenistic __________________ depicted their subjects in very dramatic poses. They were known for
their fine details, such as details found in wrinkles and clothing. Also, some of these sculptures depicted
ordinary people instead of people and gods in ideal form.
USCEUTLRPS
The Greeks were the first to develop plays, or _______________________.
RDAAMS
What separated ancient Greek philosophers and historians from the thinkers who came before them
was that both tried to explain ideas and historical events without referring to the __________________.
OSGD
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