Greece 3
Across
- 2. Greek ships would try to ___ enemy ships to sink them.
- 4. In its war with Sparta, the siege of Athens succeeded because of a ______ that killed 1 in 4 people.
- 8. The earliest Greek civilizations of Crete and Mycenae as well as most ______ Age Mediterranean civilizations collapsed around 1200 BCE (3000 years ago), maybe due to attacks by “Sea Peoples”, earthquakes, drought, and/or other reasons.
- 9. Ancient History’s version of a tank, usually holding an archer and/or a spearman.
- 11. We can thank the Greeks for developing our ______, adding vowels, and even the term we use for our set of letters.
- 13. The ____ wall provided the defense for the Greek Phalanx as long as everyone stayed in formation.
Down
- 1. Most Greek soldiers were farmers most of the time but Sparta had a ________ army.
- 3. Many of the stories about Alexander the Great are myth or ________.
- 4. The civilization that we can thank for an early approach to the Alphabet and the term Phonics for sounding out words, but not for vowels.
- 5. The name for a Greek soldier – named after their shield.
- 6. Not Brego, but _______ was Alexander’s horse that only he could tame. He had a city named after him.
- 7. The most important weapon in Greek armies, but not for throwing.
- 10. A stack of loser armor or an award for a victory now.
- 12. If you had sailed into the harbor at Alexandria Egypt, you would have been required to lend them all your _____.