Chapter Three

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Across
  1. 2. “city-state”; basic political unit of Greece
  2. 3. rule by the people
  3. 6. formal study of human thought and culture
  4. 8. invaders that conquered the Mycenaean civilization around 1200 BC
  5. 10. “king of gods and man” according to Greek mythology; ruler of Olympus
  6. 11. most spectacular temple in ancient Athens; dedicated to the city’s patron goddess Athena
  7. 13. according to Greek mythology, patron of the city of Athens; goddess of wisdom
  8. 15. rule by a few
  9. 16. Greek culture
  10. 17. the breakdown of government and order
Down
  1. 1. an early civilization in the Aegean region based on the island of Crete; established trade with the Fertile Crescent and Egypt
  2. 4. early Greek civilization on the mainland of Greece; borrowed heavily from the Minoan civilization
  3. 5. men who sought the answers to the basic questions of life through human reasoning
  4. 6. similar to Greek culture
  5. 7. rule by one
  6. 9. a three-step logical process of thinking
  7. 12. government headed by a tyrant who gained complete control of it, usually by force
  8. 14. chief magistrate of the Athenian council of nobles
  9. 18. original Spartans who were enslaved by the Dorians