Ancient+Greece+Crossword+puzzle+for+Units+1,2


 * __odysseus __** brave sailor who was hero of The Odyssey
 * __Odyssey __** heroic poem by Greek poet Homer
 * __Cyclops __** one eyed monster
 * __peninsula __** land surrounded by water on three sides
 * __colonies __** foreign settlements in distant lands but ruled from home
 * __Aegean sea __**2 words for body of water separating Greece from Asia Minor
 * __maritime __** having to do with the sea or ocean


 * __Minoans __** ruled island of Crete and ancestors of the Greeks
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Mycenaeans __**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> people who ruled southern Greece and learned seafaring skills from the Minoans
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Crete __**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> conquered by Mycenaeans about 3500 years ago
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Homer __**<span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> poet who wrote The Iliad and the Odyssey
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Iliad and odyssey __**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> 3 words for story about 10 year Trojan war 2500 years ago
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Troy __**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> ancient city in Turkey
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Trojan war __**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> 2 words for 10 year war between Greece and Troy
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">agoras __**<span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> town markets in Greece
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">polis __**<span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> Greek word for a town surrounded by farmland, a city state
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">city state __**<span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> 2 words for town surrounded by farmland and ruled by powerful landowners
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">aristocracy __**<span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> form of government where nobility, or the landowners rule
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">democracy __**<span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> form of government developed by Greeks where all make citizens share in decision making
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Athens __**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> most famous city state of ancient Greece
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">trading __**<span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> way in which Athens became a rich seafaring city states
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">slaves __**<span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> made up a quarter of Athens population
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">assembly __**<span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> citizens would speak their minds here, it would vote on laws proposed by council
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Peloponnesus __**<span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> peninsula where Spartans lived
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Spartan __**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> means hard or severe and describes the hardships of life in Sparta
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Darius __**<span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> Persian king in 500 B.C.
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">tyrant __**<span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> ruler who governs by threat of force
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Marathon __**<span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> place where Persian army was crushed by the Greek army and name for long distance running
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Xerxes __**<span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> son of Darius who was defeated by joint Athenian and Spartan army
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">Peloponnesian war __**<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">2 words for war between Sparta and Athens which ended Athenian democracy
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;">trireme __**<span style="font-family: 'calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 19px;"> Greek warship