Greece Crossword

on March 2, 2014

Using the clues and the words in the list below, fill in the crossword puzzle.

Vocabulary Words

  • Hellenistic
  • Hanukkah
  • Archimedes
  • Foreign
  • Ptolemy
  • Circumference
  • Buoyancy
  • Library
  • Maccabean
  • Colossal
  • Fulcrum
  • Translate
  • Geometry
  • Euclid

Crossword Puzzle

  • The family name for the rulers in Egypt and surrounding areas.
  • Having to do with Greek culture.
  • Word from a Latin root meaning "really, really big".
  • The study of squares and angles, discovered in Greece.
  • The point of balance in a lever, discovered in Greece.
  • The man who discovered Geometry.
  • The feast for the miraculous oil in the temple.
  • Where you check out books from.
  • A different culture, custom, or country is called __________.
  • Why steel boats float.
  • The Jewish revolt against the Syrians.
  • The measurement of the distance around the earth.
  • An Egyptian ruler wanted Jewish scholars to __________ the scriptures.
  • The man who discovered buoyancy.
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