Ancient Greece

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Across
  1. 6. art and practice of government
  2. 10. state-society organized for the purpose of waging war
  3. 11. Democracy-democracy in which people elect representatives to make the nation’s laws
  4. 12. of Salamis Greek victory over the Persian navy during the Second Persian War
  5. 13. man responsible for the day-to-day operation of the government in Sparta
  6. 16. collection of myths or stories that people tell about their gods and heroes
  7. 17. to shut out, keep from participating
  8. 20. the form of Greek culture that emerged after Alexander’s conquests
  9. 26. to get hold of; obtain
  10. 27. Greek military formation of heavily armed foot soldiers who moved together as a unit
  11. 29. logical guess
  12. 32. Civilization the civilization of the ancient Greeks and Romans
  13. 35. idea
  14. 36. of Marathon Greek victory over the Persian army that ended the First Persian War
  15. 37. obedience
  16. 38. independent state that works with other states to achieve a shared military or political goal
  17. 39. in ancient Greek drama, a group of people who commented on the action of a play and advised the characters
  18. 41. a span of time
  19. 42. the power to think clearly
  20. 43. unjust use of power, or in ancient Greece a government run by a strong ruler
  21. 47. final
  22. 49. government in which a small group of people rule
  23. 50. Poetry poetic songs
  24. 51. Games in ancient Greece, an athletic competition held every four years in honor of Zeus
Down
  1. 1. Messenian person forced to work as a lowly farmer by Sparta
  2. 2. person who gives an informative talk to students
  3. 3. membership in a state or community which gives a person civil and political rights and obligations
  4. 4. school of philosophy founded by Plato
  5. 5. ownership and control of other people as property
  6. 7. to gain
  7. 8. Greek city-state
  8. 9. to represent
  9. 14. to chase
  10. 15. Method form of teaching in which the teacher asks students question after question to force them to think more clearly
  11. 18. farmer-person who pays rent, either in money or crops, to grow crops on another person’s land
  12. 19. worship of many gods or deities
  13. 21. to stop
  14. 22. power, control
  15. 23. Oath oath taken by medical students swearing to practice medicine in an ethical way
  16. 24. Democracy-government in which citizens take part directly in the day-to-day affairs of government
  17. 25. League military alliance led by Athens
  18. 28. hereditary class of rulers, Greek for “rule by the best people”
  19. 30. new ways of doing things
  20. 31. 18-foot-long Macedonian pike
  21. 33. legal member of a country or city-state
  22. 34. League military alliance led by Sparta
  23. 40. military housing
  24. 44. foreigner in a Greek city-state, often a merchant or artisan
  25. 45. to keep and support
  26. 46. form of government in which citizens hold political power
  27. 48. “high city” in Greek; the upper part of an ancient Greek city, where public buildings and the city’s defenses were located