Ancient Greece

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  1. 3. Philosopher and student of Socrates.
  2. 4. Temple that was built to honor Athena.
  3. 8. lived on the island of Crete and did not speak Greek.
  4. 10. wrote many epic poems about Greek heroes.
  5. 15. Form of government where a few people are in power.
  6. 17. Ruler who unified Greece and conquered Egypt and Persia.
  7. 19. Mountain range that runs through Greece.
  8. 20. God of the sea.
  9. 21. King of the Greek gods.
  10. 22. Greece had this type of winter.
  11. 23. wife of Zeus.
  12. 25. These landforms make up 80% of Greece.
  13. 30. Form of government where power is passed through a family.
  14. 32. A form of government where the people can participate and vote.
  15. 33. A central city with villages surrounding it.
  16. 34. City-state that focused on war.
  17. 35. Many city-states started around this body of water.
  18. 38. This city state was one of the most powerful, and even claimed Hercules to have been born there.
  19. 39. This is where the Greek gods were said to live.
  20. 41. Large island off the coast of mainland Greece, home to the Minoans.
  21. 42. Someone who seeks to understand why the world is the way it is.
  22. 44. Armored Greek soldiers.
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  1. 1. This city state made a vast amount of wealth through trade, due to it having two seaports.
  2. 2. One of Homer's epic poems.
  3. 5. Tutor of Alexander the Great.
  4. 6. Goddess of agriculture.
  5. 7. God of fire.
  6. 9. Form of government where one person takes complete power.
  7. 10. Greece had this type of summers.
  8. 11. First Greeks to live on the mainland and speak Greek.
  9. 12. Greece was this, meaning they believed in many gods.
  10. 13. Spartan people who were between slaves and citizens.
  11. 14. This city state was the religious center of Greece.
  12. 16. Goddess of beauty.
  13. 18. One of Homer's epic poems.
  14. 24. This peninsula makes up most of Greece.
  15. 26. Games played to honor Zeus.
  16. 27. Goddess of wisdom.
  17. 28. God of war.
  18. 29. Greek marketplace.
  19. 31. These ruins would serve as the base for the Parthenon.
  20. 36. City-state where democracy was born.
  21. 37. God of the sun.
  22. 40. Philosopher who was put to death for his teachings.
  23. 43. God of the underworld.