Politics Tier 2 Crossword

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  1. 4. this Greek king thought of the idea for the Trojan Horse. He also fought at Troy.
  2. 6. a war that started because a Trojan man, Paris, took a married Greek woman, Helen, to Troy. Helen’s husband, Menelaus, declared war on Troy and would stop at nothing to get his wife back.
  3. 10. an empire that conquered an immense amount of land. This empire was going to conquer Peloponnesus, but the city-state Athens stopped them at the Battle of Marathon.
  4. 11. founder of the Persian Empire.
  5. 12. free males, 18 years or older, and both parents had to be Athenian.
  6. 15. an alliance between most Greek city-states named after the island Delos. Athens joined this union.
  7. 16. one person holds power, usually a king or queen.
  8. 17. Sparta created this union to challenge the Delian League.
  9. 18. Odysseus had the idea to create this structure. It was given to Troy by the Greeks as a sign of surrender. What the Trojans didn’t know was that Greek soldiers were hidden inside, waiting for nightfall, when they would attack Troy and end the war.
  10. 20. government is controlled by a few people, members of the upper class.
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  1. 1. a form of government when the citizens govern themselves.
  2. 2. one person controlled all parts of the government. Some of these rulers improved Greek life, but some abused their power.
  3. 3. a time of fighting between two or more opposing sides.
  4. 5. a fight between Athens and the Persian Empire. The opposing sides stared at each other for a few days, to see who would make the first move. Athens ran into battle first and defeated the Persians.
  5. 7. This man led the Greeks in the Trojan War against Troy. He was the king of Mycenae in Greece.
  6. 8. a war that occurred in 431 and 404 BC between the Greek city-states Athens and Sparta.
  7. 9. the island that the Greek city-state’s treasury department was.
  8. 13. “the face that launched a thousand ships.” Paris, a trojan, carried her away from Sparta, and the Greeks sailed to Troy to reclaim her.
  9. 14. located on the Asia Minor, not Peloponnesus. A famous structure was brought here as a sign of surrender, but was actually an ambush.
  10. 19. an almost invincible Greek warrior. Out of all the Greeks, this man fought the most fiercely.