Ancient Greece

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  1. 3. thr city-state that was the first to develop democracy
  2. 6. Stories about gods and heroes that try to explain how the world works
  3. 7. A government in which people rule themselves
  4. 9. the Greek ruler that first brought democracy to Athens
  5. 10. A leader who holds power through force
  6. 11. the first Olympics were held in honor of this god
  7. 12. the geographical feature that that changed the way Greeks traveled
  8. 14. one of the cities that began as a Greek colony
  9. 15. a famous Greek fable writer who wrote the Boy Who Cried Wolf
  10. 16. The sea that lies EAST of Greece
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  1. 1. The Greek word for city-state
  2. 2. Wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey
  3. 3. this is why Greeks visited the oracle at Delphi
  4. 4. the geographical feature that covers most of Greece
  5. 5. Rich landowners
  6. 6. considered to be the first Greeks and spoke the Greek language
  7. 8. The tyrant who ruled Athens
  8. 9. The island the Minoans lived on
  9. 13. the famous epic poem that tells of the last years of the Trojan War
  10. 17. a marketplace used also for trade and meetings