World History Roundup

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 1. An ancient Greek city famous for military prowess (6)
  2. 3. General who commanded the Carthaginian army in the second Punic War (8)
  3. 6. The supreme god of ancient Greek mythology (4)
  4. 7. The Italian region on the island of ___ (6)
  5. 9. Capital and largest city of Italy (4)
  6. 10. Conqueror of Gaul and master of Italy (12)
  7. 12. The land between the Tigris and Euphrates (11)
  8. 14. European country known for the Parthenon and ancient myths (6)
  9. 15. A unit of surface area equal to 100 square meters (plural) (4)

Down

  1. 2. A massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides (plural) (8)
  2. 4. The chief port of Egypt (10)
  3. 5. A member of an ancient Semitic people who dominated trade in the first millennium B.C (plural) (11)
  4. 8. Emperor of Rome who stopped the persecution of Christians and in 324 made Christianity the official (11)
  5. 11. Goddess of love and beauty and daughter of Zeus in ancient mythology (9)
  6. 12. Any long and arduous undertaking (8)
  7. 13. Continent with the Sahara desert (6)