| A | B |
| Polis | city state (center of Greek life) |
| Acropolis | fortified hill temple to god (Polis centered around it) |
| Agora | open marketplace area at the foot of the hill |
| Aristocrats | only aristocrats could be Spartan Citizens |
| Oligarchy | government where few people have ruling power |
| half their crop to the Aristocrats | the Helot farmers had to turn over |
| Assembly | where every male citizen in Sparta over 20 was a member & aristocrats |
| Ephors | 5 mangers chosen by the assembly |
| Ephors jobs | in charge of public affairs, guided young Spratans education |
| Council of Elders | assisted Ephors, men over 60, served high court, suggested laws to the assembly |
| Spartan government's kings | had two kings,little power, led the army, conducted religious services |
| Helots | Enslaved people, worked the farms |
| Spartans trained for war | Helots worked the fields while the |
| Spartan children Way of Life | unhealth babies left to die, at 7 boys went to military camp, little food, barfooted, slept outdoors |
| Spratan Men way of Life | married at 20, lived in military barracks, retired at 60 |
| Spartan Women | more freedom, wrestled and raced |
| Spartan Women said | come home with your shield or on your shield |
| Dead Spartans | came home on their shields |
| to be military strong | sole goal of the Spartans was |
| Why did Sparta remain poor | No trade or business, depended on slaves for farming, new ideas would weaken them |
| mountains and seas | Greece was separated by |
| rocky, hilly, mountainous | Greece geography was |
| Peleporneseus | In South Central Greece, great Military power in Greece |
| decided by the Assembly | matters of war and peace were |
| Perioceci | Merchants or artisans, not enslaved, worked while Spartans trained for war |
| by the Aristocrats | Periocei were kept under strict control |
| the Aristocrats by 20X | Perioceici and Helots outnumbered |