Greece and Rome Crossword Puzzle
QUESTIONS LIST: polis: greek city-state, oligarchy: a government ruled by a few powerful people, democracy: government rules by the people, direct democracy: a form of government in which citizens rule directly and not through representatives, republic: a form of government in which citizens choose their leaders by voting, hellenism: greek culture blended with egyptian, persian and indian ideas, as a result of alexander the great's empire, pax romana: roman peace, athens: a democratic greek polis who accomplished many cultural achievements, and who were constantly at war with sparta, sparta: greek city-state that was ruled by an oligarchy, focused on military, used slaves for agriculture, discouraged the arts, aqueducts: structures built by the romans to transport water, justinian code: the body of roman civil law collected and organized by order of the byzantine emperor justinian around a.d. 534, great schism: the separation of the roman catholic church and the eastern orthodox church (1054 ce), byzantine empire: eastern half of the roman empire that survived the fall of the western half, julius ceasar: roman general who became the republic's dictator in 45 b.c.