The Ancient Greeks - Lesson 1: Rise of Greek Civilization

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Across
  1. 3. a group of armed foot soldiers in ancient Greece arranged close together in rows is called a ________
  2. 7. The Greek _________ had 24 letters that represented different sounds
  3. 8. A_________ is a settlement in a new territory that has close ties to its homeland.
  4. 9. __________ was an important economic activity for the Minoans
  5. 10. _________ were members of a political community with rights and responsibilities
  6. 11. Greek civilization began in an area dominated by ____________ and seas.
  7. 12. People wrote down the tales that had been told by _________, or storytellers
Down
  1. 1. Each city-state, or ____________ was like an independent country.
  2. 2. An ancient people called the__________ built the palace at Knossos.
  3. 3. Each Mycenaean king lived in a ___________ built on a hill
  4. 4. About 2000 b.c., the _________ left their homeland in central Asia. They moved into mainland Greece
  5. 5. Outside the acropolis was an open area called an _________
  6. 6. The Greek mainland is on the southern part of Europe's Balkan _________