Ancient Greece

1. a period when the Greek culture began to spread around the world
4. a group of people who decide if a criminal is innocent or guilty
6. greek city-state that had the best army in ancient Greece
7. a story that discusses human suffering and ends sadly
9. tales that personified animals and are the source for moral education of children today
13. long poems about a hero and a series of achievements or events about him
14. people rule
17. areas of land, with small towns and one large city that govern like a nation
18. a big group of people meeting together to discuss and vote on laws; any citizen could participate and they ruled ancient Athens

1. author of The Iliad and The Odyssey
2. when a ruler took control of the government by force
3. the highest mountain in ancient Athens
5. based on the Phoenician alphabet and was the first alphabet with consonants and vowels
8. father of geometry
10. a Greek philosopher; Plato’s teacher; he asked open-ended questions
11. independent governments or city-states and were self-governing
12. largest city-state in ancient Greeceand was known as the center for education
15. when the power of the government is with a small group of people
16. a government ruled by a small group of people from the upper class