The Rise of Greek Civilization, Chap. 7, Lesson 1

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Across
  1. 2. Greek word for city-state; root of word "politics."
  2. 3. Metal used by Mycenaeans to make weapons and tools [read all 4 pages of digital resource "Mycenaean Artifacts"--mask picture.]
  3. 4. The Mycenaeans adopted many cultural practices from these visitors from Crete. Ultimately, the Mycenaeans conquered then.
  4. 9. Ancient city discovered by archaeologists Heinrich Schliemann.
  5. 10. Open-air marketplace in a Greek city-state.
  6. 11. Much of Greek land consists of this: a finger or land surrounded on three sides by water. Not "island."
  7. 12. Invaders whose appearance started Greek Dark Ages; they introduced iron; replaced bronze.
  8. 14. What did mainland Greeks form or settle when food became scarce around 700 B.C.?
  9. 16. No more barter. Let's use metal to make....
  10. 17. Central Asian tribe that settled Greece around 2000 B.C.
  11. 19. Sea that lies between Greece's Balkan Peninsula and Turkey's Anatolian Peninsula.
  12. 20. Most populous [highly populated] Greek city-state by 500 B.C.
Down
  1. 1. In Greece, usually males-only member of a political community with rights and responsibilities (vote, hold public office, own property, and defend themselves in court).
  2. 5. High hill in center of city-state for public buildings
  3. 6. Greek citizen-soldiers were named after this, the name of their shield [read the last digital resource before the Tic-Tac-Toe Game.]
  4. 7. Alphabet of 24 characters was introduced by these traders. First letter is "P."
  5. 8. Minoan site discovered by Arthur Evans on Crete. First letter is "K."
  6. 13. Due to physical separation caused by seas and mountains and valleys, many Greek city-states became extremely______ from each other. First letter "I."
  7. 15. Besides goats, these wooly animals thrive on the Greece's rocky, hilly land.
  8. 18. Real name of the Greeks; those returning to mainland around 750 B.C. after Dorian invasion.
  9. 21. An important, ship-borne activity of the Minoans. Pottery and vases to Egypt and Syria.