| A | B |
|---|
| Polis | City-state |
| acropolis | a large hill where city residents could get shelter and safety during war times |
| agora | clearing where farmers traded |
| citizen | leaders of the polis |
| oligarchy | government where richest most powerful people make decisions |
| monarchy | government ruled by one ruler, or king |
| democracy | government ruled by the people |
| colony | where people lived apart from the Greeks but kept ties with them |
| Homer | famous poet, wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey |
| Athens | governed by oligarchy |
| Sparta | Largest city-state |
| Mount Olympus | Greeks believed gods and goddesses ruled the world and lived here. |
