Ancient Greece - Reading

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Across
  1. 2. Although Sparta and Athens despised one another, they set aside their differences every 4 years to compete in the ________.
  2. 4. Most of Greece is covered by __________.
  3. 5. This well known city-state was best known for its democratic government.
  4. 7. Although the mountains were a great source of protection, they made it incredibly difficult to unite all of Greece under one ___________.
  5. 10. This well know city-state was a military genius.
  6. 11. Sparta and Athens were generally rivals and their disagreements came to a head when they went to war with each other in the ________ Wars.
  7. 12. Greeks were _____________ and believed that there were 12 main gods.
Down
  1. 1. The famous ___________ was described in the Iliad and was used to trick the Trojans.
  2. 3. Because the mountains made it difficult to unite, ___________ were formed to govern themselves.
  3. 4. The earliest Greeks lived on the island of Crete and were called_________.
  4. 6. Sparta and Athens set aside their differences and fight together against _________.
  5. 8. The soil conditions in Greece make ________ very difficult.
  6. 9. Greeks believe that their gods lived here.