| A | B |
|---|
| Confucius | a great wise man from China |
| The Golden Rule | "Do not do to others what you would not want others to do to you. |
| Draco | wrote a strict code of rules for Athenians |
| Pisistratus | Made himself ruler |
| Solon | A greek who had "fairer" laws than Draco |
| Clisthenes | Started "ostracism" |
| Ostracism | a way to send someone away for ten years by vote |
| patrician | wealthy citizens |
| plebeians | poorer, uneducated citizens |
| Tarquin | last Roman king |
| Cincinnatus | a poor Roman farmer who put together an army and beat the enemy in 24 hours |
| Darius | king of Persia who wanted to conquer Greece |
| Plain of Marathon | where the Persians landed when first attacking Greece |
| Pheidippides | a runner who carried the news of the Persian defeat to Athens |
| Xerxes | the son of Darius |
| Hellespont | a strip of water the Persians crossed by building a bring of boats |
| Thermopylae | meaning "Hot Gateway", a mountain pass |
| Leonidus | a Spartan leader |
| Bay of Salamis | where the boats of the Athenians were anchored |
| Themistocles | he tricked the Persian ships into a narrow strait and defeated them |
