| A | B |
|---|
| helots | slaves owned by Sparta |
| plague | a widespread disease |
| blockade | surrounding an enemy to cut off their supplies |
| spartan | without comfort or luxury |
| barbarian | wild, uncivilized person |
| alliance | agreement between groups or countries |
| assassinate | murder for political reasons |
| culture | language, customs, and beliefs of a group of people |
| Hellas | Ancient Greek name for Greece |
| Hellenistic | Greek history and culture after Alexander the Great |
| Persian War | War between Persian Empire and Greek city-states. Won by Greeks |
| Delian League | alliance of city-states led by Athens |
| Peloponnesian League | alliance of city-states led by Sparta |
| Peloponnesian War | War between Athens and its allies and Sparta and it allies for supremacy in Greece. Won by Sparta |
| Macedonia | country that borders Greece to the north |
