Ancient Greece

4. A large open area at the base of an acropolis that was both a meeting place and the centre of business and government for a Greek city-state.
5. A Greek warrior.
7. An independent settlement (typical of those in ancient Greece) made up of an inner fortified city surrounded by houses.
9. A society with large-scale urban settlements, defined systems of government, social organisation, religion and technologies.
10. The customs and traditions that a community, society or civilisation develops over time and passed down from generation to generation.
11. An event of the ancient Olympic Games comprising five events: wrestling, javelin tossing, discus throwing, jumping and running.
15. A dangerous fighting event held as part of the ancient Olympic Games with virtually no rules.
18. Period A block of time in history.
19. A set of beliefs held by a particular people to help explain things that were not understood (e.g. strange natural events); these may include individual stories called myths.
20. A political system in which people hold the power, either directly or through representative democracy.
21. The ancient Greek god of the Underworld; also the name of the Underworld itself - the place that the souls of people went when they died.

1. A prejudicial attitude for or against something.
2. An outpost set up by a country, kingdom or empire, often for reasons of trade or defence.
3. Ram A long pole )often a tree trunk) with a carved ram's head at one end used to knock through enemy fortress doors.
6. Dating A method used to estimate the age of something that was one alive; the amount of radioactive carbon that remains in the object is tested and gives a good indication of age.
7. Someone who through birth (or by meeting certain conditions) is a recognised legal member of a community.
8. A person who (through wealth or birth) belongs to the upper class of a social group.
12. A raised and fortified area (often on a rocky hill) within a Greek city-state on which public structures such as temples were built.
13. A place that the people of some ancient cultures (e.g. ancient Greeks) believed their souls went when they died.
14. Source A source that existed or was made at the time in the past being studied.
16. Any object that is made or changes by humans (e.g. a primitive tool, remains of a building).
17. A tight battle formation used by ancient Greeks in which soldiers would pack together with their shields overlapping.
20. A god or goodness.
22. A period of time marked by distinctive characteristics, events or circumstances (e.g, the Roman era, the Victorian era).