Across
- 3. The early Greek city-state, consisting of a city or town and its surrounding countryside.
- 6. A form of government in which the leader is not a king and certain citizens have the right to vote.
- 10. “the rule of the few”; a form of government in which a select group of people exercises control.
- 11. One of several separate territories into which Genghis Khan’s empire was split, each under the rule of one of his sons.
- 12. Church leaders.
- 13. An organized system of thought, from the Greek for “love of wisdom”
- 14. The head of the Eastern Orthodox Church, originally appointed by the Byzantine emperor.
- 15. A ruler who seized power by force from the aristocrats, gained support from the newly rich and the poor, and maintained power by using hired soldiers and fighting tactics.
Down
- 1. 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.
- 2. The age of Alexander the Great; period when the Greek language and ideas were carried to the non-Greek world.
- 4. The “Great Charter” of rights, which King John was forced to sign by the English nobles at Runnymede in 1215.
- 5. An absolute ruler.
- 7. The worship of religious images.
- 8. The change from one belief or form to another.
- 9. “the rule of many”; government by the people, either directly or through their elected representatives.