Flocabulary Test

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Across
  1. 2. to preserve a dead body by wrapping it in cloth strips after embalming it with oils.
  2. 5. a family of rulers that are in power in a country; the period of time when a country is led by members of the same family.
  3. 6. one half of the Earth.
  4. 8. fixed, precise.
  5. 10. ancient Macedonian ruler and king of Macedonia from 336-323 BCE. He overthrew the Persians and established the largest empire the ancient world had seen.
  6. 11. an independent state made up of a city and the land around it.
  7. 13. a designed circle used on maps to show direction.
  8. 15. an imaginary line running from the north pole to the south pole that passes through Greenwich, England; zero degrees longitude.
  9. 17. in Greek mythology, the goddess of arts, war and wisdom and the protectress of Athens. She was a daughter of Zeus, said to have been born from his head.
  10. 18. a major philosopher from ancient Greece who wrote "The Republic" around 380 BCE.
  11. 19. an ancient Egyptian ruler.
  12. 21. the city in which the center of government is located.
  13. 24. a form of written language, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, where symbols represent things.
  14. 28. an ancient Athenian philosopher who lived and taught approximately between 470-399 BCE.
  15. 29. an ancient Greek philosopher and student of Plato. He established a school in Athens in 335 BCE, and wrote many of his works there.
  16. 30. a tablet with inscriptions of the same decree written three ways: in Greek, Egyptian hieroglyphics and demotic characters. It was discovered in 1799 near Rosetta, Egypt, and made it possible for historians to translate hieroglyphics for the first time.
  17. 31. the edge that separates one thing from another
  18. 32. a large, ancient stone structure with triangular sides and a square base. Such buildings were used as tombs for the rulers of ancient Egypt
  19. 33. an explanation of the symbols on a map or chart.
  20. 35. a distance measured in degrees east or west of the Prime Meridian, passing through Greenwich, England.
  21. 36. king of the gods in Greek mythology. The Romans called him Jupiter.
  22. 38. a type of paper made from a plant used in ancient times.
Down
  1. 1. seen from above, as from a bird's perspective.
  2. 3. a set of numbers that gives the location of a point on a map, grid or graph.
  3. 4. a picture that shows the features of an area of the Earth or sky.
  4. 7. a large statue in Giza, Egypt, of a mythological creature with the body of a lion and a human head.
  5. 9. a hero with great strength in Greek mythology. He is said to be half god.
  6. 12. sand, soil, mud and other small particles that sink to the bottom of bodies of water.
  7. 14. something, like a large building, that is easy to see and helps guide travelers.
  8. 16. considered in comparison to someone or something else.
  9. 17. in ancient Greece, a market and open space used for public meetings.
  10. 20. the world's longest river. It goes from Uganda north to Egypt.
  11. 22. existing in a material form; able to be seen and/or touched.
  12. 23. the place where something is.
  13. 25. distance north or south of the equator.
  14. 26. the relationship between something's actual size or distance compared to its size or distance on a map or model.
  15. 27. something that stands for or represents something else.
  16. 29. in Greece, the high, fortified area of Athens where the Parthenon is.
  17. 34. the space between two places or things.
  18. 37. the imaginary line around the Earth that is the same distance from the North and South Poles.