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 |