Chapter 7/8 Vocabulary
Across
- 3. the art of public speaking and debate
- 4. the philosophy of the Stoics who believed that people should not try to feel joy or sadness
- 5. a Greek city-state
- 8. the territory governed by an official known as a satrap
- 11. a piece of land nearly surrounded by water
- 13. the governor of a province in ancient Persia
- 16. a group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows
- 17. democracy: a form of democracy in which citizens elect officials to govern on their behalf
- 18. words or actions that are part of a religious ceremony
Down
- 1. a Persian religion based on the belief of one god
- 2. geometry: a branch of mathematics about measurement and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids in three-dimensional space
- 6. an absolute ruler unrestrained by law; harsh ruler
- 7. a person who searches for wisdom or enlightenment
- 9. a play or film in which characters fail to overcome serious problems
- 10. tradition: the custom of passing along stories by speech
- 11. geometry: a branch of mathematics centered around measurement and relationships of points, lines, angles, and surfaces of figures on a plane
- 12. method: philosophical method of questioning to gain truth
- 14. a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess
- 15. Greek teachers of philosophy, reasoning, and public speaking