Name: __________________________
Period: ___________
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3. Greek settlements had a shortage of farmland; to solve that they would create a
_____________.
5. Having isolated communities caused them to have bad ______________ between villages
7. Which city-state would conquer it’s neighbors and for them to give up much of their
crops?
11. What type of democracy did the Athenians have?
16. In the order of governments, Monarchy typically came __________.
17. What would Greek communities do to get their needed goods?
18. We have learned from the Athenians that people should rule ________________.
19. Who were the leaders in Sparta?
21. Military force allowed a ______________ to remain the form of government.
23. We call a small group holding power an __________________.
25. Having water on 3 sides makes Greece a ____________
26. Military leaders and the poor united to overthrow which type of government leaders?
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Traveling on land was not preferred as it was often mountainous and ________________
Most kings ______________ power from a relative.
Which group in Athens was elected by a random drawing?
What spread Greek culture over a wide area?
What was built to honor the goddess Athena?
9. What would be used to time speakers in the Assembly so they wouldn’t talk too long?
10. In Athens, who shared the ruling power?
12. What type of democracy do we have today?
13. Which type of leader seizes power?
14. Which Empire attacked the Greeks? (Hint: Think Thermopylae)
15. By defeating the ___________, the Greeks remained free and independent.
20. Which type of government has power that is inherited?
22. Clothing and footwear were bought in sold in the ______________.
24. Which side won the war with Persia?
26 of 26 words were placed into the puzzle.
Word Bank – No Spaces!
Agora
Monarchy
Citizens
Oligarchs
Colonies
Oligarchy
Colony
Parthenon
Communication
Peninsula
Council of 500
Persia
Council of Elders
Persian Empire
Difficult
Sparta
Direct
Themselves
First
Trade
Greeks
Tyranny
Indirect
Tyrant
Inherited
Water Clock
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Period: ___________
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1. The study of wisdom, knowledge, and the nature of reality
6. A peninsula forming the southern part of the mainland of Greece
7. At the Olympics, an ___________ lights the opening flame.
8. Passed on from parent to child; inherited
9. A marketplace in ancient Greece
12. The hill above a greek city, on which temples were built.
16. Who serves on juries in a democracy?
17. A way of thinking that uses reason
18. A system of managing the wealth and resources of a community or region
23. A person through whom a god or spirit is believed to speak about the future
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A group of citizens, in an Ancient Greek Democracy, with the power to pass laws.
What place was built so that the whole audience could see and hear?
The two types of Greek plays were tragedy and _______________.
Resources that come from the land
Even the Ancient Greeks learned that the Earth ____________ around the Sun.
An established settlement away from the home country
What types of modern buildings feature the use of columns?
Mapmakers use longitude and ____________ to draw maps.
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2. The temple built on the acropolis above Athens, honoring the goddess Athena
3. What English word comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet?
4. An arm of the Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece
5. The “Father of History” was the first to write about the past. What was his name?
10. A city-state of ancient Greece that was the first to have a democracy; also known as
the birthplace of Western Civilization; the capital of present-day Greece
11. A body of land that is surrounded on three sides by water
13. An independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory.
14. Who was a famous mathematician in Ancient Greece?
15. Who created a system to divide plants and animals into groups?
19. What was an important architectural feature in Greek buildings?
20. A traditional story that helps explain a culture’s beliefs
21. In a democracy, who determines guilt in a trial?
22. A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people
24. A member of the most powerful class in an Ancient Greek society.
26. A government in which the power is held by the people, who exercise power directly or
through elected representatives
28. Who was meant to be honored by the Olympic games?
31. Every 4 years armies would stop ___________ to send soldiers to the Olympic games.
33. The period of time during which a king or other monarch rules
34. Hippocrates was different than other people because he used ______________ to try and
figure out why people were sick.
36. A city-state of ancient Greece, known for it’s military
38. Government in which the power to rule is held by a single person who is not a lawful
king
39 of 39 words were placed into the puzzle.
Word Bank – No Spaces!
Acropolis
Comedy
Oracle
Aegean Sea
Democracy
Parthenon
Agora
Economy
Peloponnesus
Alphabet
Fighting
Peninsula
Aristocrat
Government Buildings
Philosophy
Aristotle
Hereditary
Pythagoras
Assembly
Herodotus
Reign
Athens
Jury
Revolved
Athlete
Latitude
Science
Citizens
Logic
Sparta
City State
Myth
Theater
Colony
Natural Resources
Tyranny
Columns
Oligarchy
Zeus