Chapter 5 - Crossword Puzzle - Georgetown ISD



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________________ 1.) Rational thinking. (4)

________________ 2.) Used in ancient Greece to banish or send away a public figure who threatened democracy. (3)

________________ 4.) The highest & most fortified point within a Greek city-state. (2)

________________ 5.) A member of a class of state-owned slaves in ancient Sparta. (2)

________________ 6.) Colorful painting completed on wet plaster. (1)

________________ 7.) A fixed salary given to a public office holders. (3)

________________11.) Government headed by a privileged minority or upper class. (2)

________________12.) The most famous student of Plato; favored rule by a single strong & virtuous leader; suspicious of democracy. (4)

________________14.) City-state in ancient Greece. (2)

________________15.) King of Greek gods. (1)

________________17.) In ancient Greece, a play that focused on human suffering & very often ended in disaster. (4)

________________20.) Murder of a public figure, usually for political reasons. (5)

________________21.) In ancient Greece, a massive formation of heavily armed foot soldiers. (2)

________________24.) The southern part of Greece; the region that Sparta conquered. (2)

________________26.) A group of people sworn to make a decision in a legal case. (3)

________________27.) Narrow water passage. (1)

________________28.) God of war. (2)

________________31.) Written by Homer; our chief source of information about the Trojan War. (1)

________________33.) IN mathematics, he calculated the relationship between the sides of a right triangle. (5)

________________34.) A government in which the people hold ruling power. (2)

________________37.) He broadened the role of ordinary citizens in government; set up the Council of 500. (2)

________________41.) War between Athens & Sparta that broke out in 431 B.C. & lasted

27 years. (3)

________________42.) He is known as the “Father of History”. (4)

________________43.) Leader of the Persians; led his men against the Spartans at

Thermopylae (3)

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________________ 3.) The most famous example of Greek architecture; a temple dedicated to the goddess of Athens. (4)

________________ 8.) Art of skillful speaking. (4)

________________ 9.) A government in which ruling power belongs to a few people. (2)

________________10.) A formal agreement between two or more nations or powers to cooperate & come to one another’s defense. (3)

________________13.) System of government in which citizens participate directly in the day-to-day affairs of government rather than through elected representatives. (3)

________________16.) In ancient Greece, play that mocked people or social customs. (4)

________________18.) Based on the belief that the sun is the center of the universe. (5)

________________19.) Government in which a king or queen exercises central power. (2)

________________22.) An alter, chapel or other place s that are sacred. (1)

________________23.) This civilization dominated the Aegean world from 1400 B. C. to 1200 B. C.; were sea traders; best known for their part in the Trojan War. (1)

________________25.) Goddess of wisdom; gave her name to Athens. (2)

________________29.) In ancient Greece, ruler who gained power by force. (2)

________________30.) Goddess of love. (2)

________________32.) He set up a school called the Academy; taught the importance of reason; rejected Athenian democracy; (4)

________________35.) Believed to be the home of the Greek gods. (2)

________________36.) An Athenian philosopher; Plato was one of his students; was executed, drinking a cup of hemlock. (4)

________________38.) Absorb or adopt another culture. (5)

________________39.) Lawmaking body. (2)

________________40.) Written by Homer tells the struggle of the Greek hero Odysseus. (1)

________________44.) Priests or priestesses through whom the gods were thought to

speak. (2)

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