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5. A traditional story that helps explain a culture’s beliefs
8. A system of managing the wealth and resources of a community or region
9. A body of land that is surrounded on three sides by water
11. A person through whom a god or spirit is believed to speak about the future
15. to grow or develop in a healthy, prosperous way
16. A city-state of ancient Greece, known for it’s military
17. non-citizens who ran businesses for a city-state, were free men, but did not participate in governing
19. An independent state consisting of a city and its surrounding territory.
22. Resources that come from the land
27. conquered people who become slaves
28. A marketplace in ancient Greece
29. A government in which the power is held by the people, who exercise power directly or through elected representatives
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1. The temple built on the acropolis above Athens, honoring the goddess Athena
2. A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people
3. An arm of the Mediterranean Sea, east of Greece
4. The hill above a greek city, on which temples were built.
6. A city-state of ancient Greece that was the first to have a democracy; also known as the birthplace of Western Civilization; the capital of present-day Greece
7. A peninsula forming the southern part of the mainland of Greece
10. the art of designing buildings
12. Government in which the power to rule is held by a single person who is not a lawful king
13. a great philosopher in Athens
14. buildings that house soldiers
18. people who made money by selling goods
20. to buy, achieve or obtain something for oneself
21. An established settlement away from the home country
23. A member of the most powerful class in an Ancient Greek society.
24. A group of citizens, in an Ancient Greek Democracy, with the power to pass laws.
25. A way of thinking that uses reason
26. The study of wisdom, knowledge, and the nature of reality
29 of 29 words were placed into the puzzle.
Word Bank (No Spaces)
Acquire
Acropolis
AegeanSea
Agora
Architecture
Aristocrat
Assembly
Athens
Barracks
CityState
Colony
Democracy
Economy
Flourish
Helots
Logic
Merchants
Myth
NaturalResources
Oligarchy
Oracle
Parthenon
Peloponnesus
Peninsula
Perioikoi
Philosophy
Socrates
Sparta
Tyranny
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3. The medieval knight’s code of ideal behavior, including bravery, loyalty, and respect for women.
5. A journey to a holy site.
8. the name for the Eastern Roman Empire, located at the crossroads of Europe and Asia; it lasted from about 500 to 1453 CE
10. A government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person.
12. The political leader of a territory containing several countries or groups of people
14. a 200-year period of peace and stability established and maintained
17. A community devoted to prayer and service to fellow Christians.
18. The economic and political system of medieval Europe in which people exchanged loyalty and labor for a lord’s protection.
19. One of two chief leaders in Rome
22. A military action in which a place is surrounded and cut off to force those inside to surrender.
24. "fast food" places that served prepared food
25. Land granted by a lord to a vassal in exchange for loyalty and service.
26. To refuse to approve proposals of government
30. A pipe or raised channel built to carry water over a long distance.
31. A large arena in Rome where gladiator contests and other games and sporting events were held.
33. payment made by one ruler or country to another for protection or as a sign of submission
35. To trade goods or services without the exchange of money.
37. The body of people, such as priests, who perform the sacred functions of a church.
38. Roman public square
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1. A picture made up of small pieces of tile, glass, or colored stone.
2. a young man who served a knight and learned to fight in his training to become a knight
3. The city on the eastern edge of Europe, which Constantine made the capital of the Roman Empire in 330 C.E.
4. A group of 300 men elected to govern Rome
6. the period of time during which a king or other monarch rules
7. In the Roman Republic, a member of the upper, ruling class
9. A person who owes loyalty in exchange for receiving something valuable, such as land.
11. A type of government in which leaders are elected
13. a young boy who learned manners and received education as part of his training to learn to become a knight
14. In the Roman Republic, one of the common people
15. The leader of the Franks from 768 to 814 C.E., who unified most of the Christian lands of Europe into a single empire.
16. to have the greatest influence or control over, or to be the most noticeable or important person or thing
20. a mural painted with water-based paint on damp plaster
21. passed on from parent to child; inherited
23. a Christian religion that developed out of early Christianity in the Byzantine Empire
27. A series of religious wars launched by European Christians to reclaim Jerusalem and other holy sites from the Muslims.
28. A person trained to fight for public entertainment
29. A peasant who could not leave the lord’s land on which he or she was born and worked.
31. The buying and selling of goods; business.
32. a long underground water trench
34. A large Roman stadium primarily used for chariot races.
36. To make change in order to bring about improvement (Caesar’s reforms)
41 of 41 words were placed into the puzzle.
Word Bank (No Spaces)
Aqueduct.
Barter
Byzantine Empire
Charlemagne
Chivalry
Circus Maximus
Clergy
Colosseum
Commerce
Constantinople
Consul
Crusades
Cuniculus
Dominate
Eastern Orthodox
Emperor
Feudalism
Fief
Forum
Fresco
Gladiator
Hereditary
Monarchy
Monastery
Mosaic
Page
Patricians
Pax Romana
Pilgrimage
Plebeians
Reform
Reign
Republic
Senate
Serf
Siege
Squire
Thermopolia
Tribute
Vassal
Veto