| A | B |
|---|
| Minoan | Lived on the island of Crete |
| Mycenaean | Mainland civilization, learned from Minoans, disappeared |
| Dark Age | 1100 BCE-800 BCE No trade, written language, art |
| city-state | independent, self-governing unit, the city and its surrounding farmland |
| democracy | decision making is in the hands of the people |
| monarchy | king rules over the people |
| oligarchy | system where a few people hold power over all others |
| tyrant | leader who seizes power by force and rules alone |
| Herodotus | Greek historian, called the father of history |
| barter | system where people exchange one product for another |
| sanctuary | sacred places built by the Greeks to honor the gods |
| oracle | predictions, Greek gods & goddesses revealed hidden knowledge through these |
| helot | state slaves, farmed land assigned to them by the state |
| acropolis | flat-topped, fortified hill in Athens |
| agora | marketplace |
| metic | noncitizens living in Athens |
| alliance | an agreenment between city-states |
| Socrates | philosopher and teacher, method was to ask questions instead of lecturing |
| philosopher | person who seeks truth and meaningof life |
| Plato | Greek philosopher, student of Socrates |
| Alexander | Macedonian king who conquered Persia, Egypt and Greece |
| conquest | victory over others using force |
| Aristotle | Greek philosopher, teacher of Alexander |
| Hellenistic | "Greek-like", Greek ideas on art and culture mixed with Eastern cultures |
| Odyssey | epic poem by Homer, retells the adventures of Odysseus |
| Pythagorus | Greek mathmatician, specialized in geometry |
| Hippocrates | doctor, looked for natural causes of disease |
