Across
- 2. the most famous Greek city-state where democracy was created and promoted the ideas of studying the world and seeking answers beyond religion
- 3. a city that operates like a tiny independent country
- 5. the name of the peninsula of southern Greece
- 8. island just south of Asia Minor (Turkey) where Greeks and Phoenicians lived in peace and blended cultural ideas
- 9. located in southeastern Europe Greece because the first western culture based around philosophies similar to the united states
- 12. the body of water which the Greek civilization surrounded located east of Greece tween the Greece and Asia Minor
- 13. a mount located in northern Greece which was sacred to the greeks their gods (olympians) were thought to live on top
- 15. body of water between Greece and Italy just west of Greece
- 16. a powerful city-state located on the Peloponnesus where everything was centered upon service to the state through military service
- 17. island just south of the Peloponnesus where the Greeks civilization first began to develop
- 18. a series of chain of islands that are closely grouped
Down
- 1. a group of people who constantly moved throughout the Mediterranean region and promoted trade
- 4. the massive body of water that separates Europe and Africa
- 6. lands that has water on three sides
- 7. lands that are modern day turkey the cross road between Greece Egypt and Mesopotamia
- 10. the western half of the Eurasia continent which features countries such as France Germany,Italy and Spain
- 11. a powerful Empire in western Asia based out of modern day Iran
- 14. an area under the full or partial political control of another country the Greeks and Phoenicians created many colonies throughout the Mediterranean region