| A | B |
| Heroic | Being brave and bold |
| Polis | The Greek name for a city-state |
| Aristocrats | A member of the powerful ruling class |
| Tyrant | A leader who rules by force and not by law |
| Democracy | The rule by the people |
| Direct Democracy | A type of government in which each citizen votes on everything |
| Assembly | A meeting |
| Lottery | A system of picking names from a container so that each person has an equal chance of being chosen |
| Juries | A group who listens to court cases and decides the outcome |
| Enslaved | To force people to become slaves |
| Helots | A slave in Sparta |
| Patriotic | Being loyal toward one's country |
| Architecture | The art of building |
| Fleet | A group of ships |
| Maneuver | To move around easily |
| Independence | Being free; being able to govern one's self |
| Goddess | A female god |
| Columns | A tall post used to support a building |
| Philosopher | A person who tries to find truth by asking questions |
| Astronomy | The study of the stars |
| Biology | The study of living things |
| Ethics | The study of what is right and wrong |
| Logic | The science of thinking |
| Physics | The science of matter and energy |
| Politics | The wrok of government |
| Hellenism | The blend of Western and Eastern cultrues made possible by Alexander the Great |
| Hellenistic age | The time between 323B.C and 31B.C, when Greek culture influenced the world |
| Geometry | The study of the measurement of flat and round things |
| Acroplis | A hill on which the people in a Greek city built their main temple |