Across
- 2. Wife of Zeus
- 3. Greece is a ___________ because it is surrounded on three sides by water
- 6. Length (# of years) of a term for a U.S. President
- 7. Greek god of the sea
- 10. The term for a half man, half god like Achilles
- 11. Island destroyed by Thera’s volcanic eruption, ash and tsunami
- 12. He swallowed his own children except for Zeus who was hidden by his mother
- 14. Sea named after a King who fell to his death after his son failed to change the color of his sails
- 18. 1st seafaring civilization of the Mediterranean World
- 21. He wrote the poem about the Trojan War and its’ hero
- 22. This product was traded by the Minoans and Mycenaeans (2wds.)
- 24. Gov. type where one person holds power
- 25. According to Mythology, the city of Athens was named after this Goddess
- 26. In the year ______ BC, Athens became a democratic government (2wds)
- 27. The Goddess of ________, Eris, caused a fight amongst the goddesses of Mt. Olympus.
- 28. U.S. type of Democracy
- 29. He came up with the idea that helped the Mycenaeans win the Trojan War
Down
- 1. Who did Zeus choose to judge the fairest of them all contest between the Olympian goddesses?
- 2. Greek god of metalworking
- 4. Part of a Greek city state known as the high hill
- 5. God that helped guide Paris’ arrow that killed the great Achilles
- 8. Athenian type of Democracy
- 9. This myth explained the downfall of the Minoans. (4wds)
- 13. Man credited with replacing the aristocracy with a democratic government
- 15. According to mythology, this Goddess was born as a result of Zeus’ headache
- 16. Island “kicked” by the boot of Italy
- 17. Greek Goddess of wine, vine, celebration
- 19. Part of a Greek city state known as the marketplace
- 20. Greek name for a city state
- 23. Gov. type in which a few people (usually rich landowners) hold power
- 30. Greek Goddess of Agriculture