vocab #4 crossword
Across
- 5. a war between opposing groups of citizens of the same country
- 6. a Doric temple of Athena built on the acropolis at Athens in the fifth century b.c.
- 7. region of southern Europe in the Balkan Peninsula in northeastern Greece
- 10. government by the people : rule of the majority
- 11. peninsula in southeastern Europe between the Adriatic and Ionian seas on the west and the Aegean and Black seas on the east
- 12. system where money is used as a medium of exchange
- 15. an absolute ruler unrestrained by law or constitution
- 17. a civilization in the Hellenistic period
- 18. government by the few
- 19. a period of great happiness, prosperity, and achievement
Down
- 1. a person who seeks wisdom or enlightenment
- 2. government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class
- 3. an economic system dependent on the exchange of goods rather than credit card or cash transactions
- 4. a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files
- 8. The Peloponnesian League was an alliance of ancient Greek city-states, dominated by Sparta and centred on the Peloponnese, which lasted from c.550 to 366 BC
- 9. undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person
- 10. a confederacy of Greek city-states, numbering between 150 and 330, founded in 478 BC under the leadership (hegemony) of Athens
- 13. a portion of land nearly surrounded by water and connected with a larger body
- 14. a Greek city-state
- 16. city and capital of Greece