| A | B |
|---|
aristocracy,  | government by land-holding elite |
monarchy,  | king and/or queen exercise power |
oligarchy,  | power by small group of business class |
| polis | Greek city-state |
| acropolis | city high on a hill |
| phalanx | massive army of foot soldiers |
| legislature | law-making body |
| democracy | government by the people |
| tyrant | one who gains power by force |
| Homer | wrote illiad and Odyssey |
| Sophocles | wrote Oedipus Rex |
| Hippocrates | Father of medicine |
| Aeschylus | Argued that gods ultimately provide justice |
| Socrates | philosopher who used persistant questioning |
| Plato | wrote The Republic |
| Aristotle | tutor of Alexander the Great |
| Pythagorus | discovered important mathematical principle |
| Delian League | City -state alliance dominated by Athens |
| Peloponnesian League | City-state alliance dominated by Sparta |
| Persian War | Athens and Sparta united to win this |
| Peloponnesian War | Saprta and Athens fought each other |
| Pericles | Leader during golden age of Athens |
