HISTORY STARTERS
Across
- 1. – free settlers who lived in villages around Sparta
- 3. - Men were placed in rows closed to their family members and friends. To make sure there
- 4. – prisoners of war, unwanted children, people who had been sold into slavery to pay off
- 8. festivals in their honor gods.
- 10. – owned by the Spartan state. Had no political power or legal rights
- 15. - he sent earthquake as a punishment for killing the helots
- 17. - was the one who created the Spartan system of government
- 20. - The most important festival in Sparta
- 21. - honor their gods and goddesses by building special temples, made sacrifices and
- 22. - was so important for the Ancient Greeks because they did not haveaccess to metals and timber.
Down
- 2. – a place where the Greeks believed that the gods would speak to people
- 5. - In charge of religious matters, the courts and other parts of the government
- 6. thefirst people who settled in Greece
- 7. battering ram at the front
- 9. - the most important festival held in Athens
- 11. citizens of Sparta. Members of the spartiate class owned most of the land and had
- 12. – a type of warfare where one side surrounds an enemy town or city
- 13. power
- 14. support to stay strong in the face of the enemy
- 16. – Greek foot soldier
- 18. – people who lived in Athens but were not born there
- 19. - was light and fast, 36 meters long and very narrow, had two large sails, and had a