Ancient Greece Crossword
Across
- 2. a heavy wooden shield (aka an aspis)
- 3. a high hill that the Greeks built fortresses on
- 4. a period of time where the economy is unstable, people resort to subsistence farming, and there are no written records
- 5. one of 5 senior Spartan magistrates
- 9. a city and the countryside surrounding it
- 13. invaders from Europe that overthrew and enslaved the Mycenaeans
- 15. the study of existence/knowledge/reality
- 16. a democracy where the people elect officials to make decisions for them
- 17. a settlement in new territory that keeps close ties to the homeland
- 18. a government where the people rule themselves
- 21. a democracy where the people vote to make decisions
- 23. a formal speech given on a ceremonial occasion
- 24. an ancient Greek/Roman war galley with three banks of oars
- 25. a group of Greek soldiers that stood close together in a square formation
- 26. a slave who grew the city's crops in addition to other jobs
Down
- 1. a Spartan soup served in the agoge made of boiled pig legs, pig blood, vinegar, and salt
- 2. referring to a time period when Greek language/culture flourished
- 6. governers that ruled provinces (chosen by Darius)
- 7. a government where only a few people have power
- 8. people who had the right to participate in government
- 10. a Greek citizen-soldier armed with a spear and a shield
- 11. a rich landowner
- 12. a market place/meeting place
- 14. fear or hatred of what is foreign and strange
- 15. a contagious disease that spreads rapidly and kills many people
- 19. a military training camp required for all male Spartans
- 20. the Greek word for city state
- 22. a leader who held or took power through force