Chapter 4 Vocabulary (Part 2)

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Across
  1. 2. very broad in range
  2. 3. “the rule of many”; government by the people, either directly or through their elected representatives
  3. 6. a long poem that tells the deeds of a great hero, such as the Iliad and the Odyssey of Homer
  4. 10. to express indirectly through reference or association
  5. 11. authoritative, traditional; relating to the literature, art, architecture, and ideals of the ancient Greek and Roman world
  6. 14. in early Greek city-states, a fortified gathering place at the top of a hill that was sometimes the site of temples and public buildings
  7. 15. the school of thought developed by the philosopher Epicurus in Hellenistic Athens
  8. 19. the method of teaching used by the Greek philosopher Socrates; it employs a question-and-answer format to lead pupils to see things for themselves by using their own reason
  9. 20. the age of Alexander the Great; period when the Greek language and ideas were carried to the non-Greek world
Down
  1. 1. a system of government in which the people participate directly in government decision making through mass meetings
  2. 4. the period between 461 b.c. and 429 b.c. when Pericles dominated Athenian politics and Athens reached the height of its power
  3. 5. in ancient Sparta, a captive person who was forced to work for the conqueror
  4. 7. an organized system of thought, from the Greek for “love of wisdom”
  5. 8. a wall of shields created by foot soldiers marching shoulder to shoulder in a rectangular formation
  6. 9. to set apart from others
  7. 12. in early Greek city-states, an open area that served as a gathering place and as a market
  8. 13. the early Greek city-state, consisting of a city or town and its surrounding countryside
  9. 16. a systematic plan for doing something
  10. 17. one who founds or establishes
  11. 18. discussed by considering opposing viewpoints