US History Standard 3 & 4 Quiz

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Across
  1. 2. This mathematician's work is still the basis of courses in geometry. His best-known work was the textbook, Elements.
  2. 3. The type of government that existed in Sparta, where a few people held power.
  3. 6. This scientist arrived at a fairly accurate calculation of the value of pi.
  4. 7. A group of people who won the Peloponnesian War.
  5. 9. This astronomer arrived at a surprisingly accurate calculation of the earth's circumference.
  6. 11. A type of military formation.
  7. 13. After he was murdered his son assumed the throne.
  8. 15. A war fought between the Mycenaeans and the Trojans.
Down
  1. 1. After his death, his empire was split among three generals.
  2. 4. This city was the center of commerce and culture in the Hellenistic world.
  3. 5. His warnings of threats posed by foreign armies were ignored by the Greeks.
  4. 8. The various regions that separated Greece.
  5. 10. He was condemned to death for "corrupting the youth of Athens" and "neglecting the city's gods"?
  6. 12. A philosopher who wrote The Republic, a book that set forth his vision of a perfectly governed society.
  7. 14. A Greek storyteller known for two epics, which are called the Iliad and the Odyssey.