unit 2- world history

3. the term applied to the art and culture of Greece
8. a form of government characterized by the rule of a few persons or families.
12. a way of governing which depends on the will of the people.
13. a long narrative poem in elevated style recounting the deeds of a legendary or historical hero
14. tactical formation consisting of a block of heavily armed infantry standing shoulder to shoulder in files several ranks deep
15. a war fought in ancient Greece between Athens and Sparta
16. a cruel and oppressive ruler
17. series of wars fought by Greek states and Persia over a period of almost half a century
18. a symbolic narrative, usually of unknown origin and at least partly traditional, that ostensibly relates actual events and that is especially associated with religious belief.
19. branch of drama that treats in a serious and dignified style the sorrowful or terrible events encountered or caused by a heroic individual

1. those rules, institutions and processes that enable the public to vote directly on a proposed constitutional amendment, law, treaty or policy decision.
2. artworks created during the classical period.
4. any member of a major division of the ancient Greek people
5. a war fought by the Greeks against the Trojans to avenge the abduction of Helen from her Greek husband Menelaus by Paris, son of the Trojan king
6. government by a relatively small privileged class or by a minority consisting of those presumed to be best qualified to rule.
7. high city” in Greek
9. Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature
10. the slaves of the Spartans.
11. political system based upon the undivided sovereignty or rule of a single person
15. the community structure of ancient Greece.