6th Grade Ch 8 Vocab Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. – Early traders who lived on Crete
  2. 10. – A fortified hilltop in a Greek city
  3. 11. – Storyteller famous for moral tales
  4. 13. – A time period marked by great achievements
  5. 14. – Settlement established in a distant land
  6. 15. democracy – System where citizens vote on laws themselves
  7. 17. – Warlike people who followed the Minoans
  8. 20. – Government ruled by a few people
  9. 21. – Sacred site where Greeks sought advice from gods
  10. 22. – Wealthy landowners who held power
  11. 23. – Influential Athenian leader during the height of democracy
  12. 24. – Government where people hold power
Down
  1. 1. – People with rights and responsibilities in a city-state
  2. 2. – Greek poet known for lyric poetry
  3. 3. – Stories about gods and heroes
  4. 4. – Person believed to communicate with the gods
  5. 5. – Group of citizens who decide court cases
  6. 6. – Short stories that teach lessons
  7. 7. – Land surrounded by water on three sides
  8. 8. – Author of epic poems like the Iliad and Odyssey
  9. 9. – Gathering where citizens debate and vote on laws
  10. 12. – A ruler who takes power by force
  11. 16. Age – Period of decline after Mycenaean collapse
  12. 18. – Leader known as the father of democracy
  13. 19. – Greek word for a city-state