| A | B |
|---|
| acropolis | fortress on a hill |
| democracy | government in which people rule through free elections and rep. |
| slavery | ownership of people |
| barracks | military housing |
| citizen | Legal member of a country, city or state |
| phalanx | Greek military formation |
| oligarchy | government in which a small group of people rule |
| politics | art and practice of goverment |
| ephor | a man responsible for the day to day operation of government in Sparta |
| helot | Messenian forced to work a lowly farmer in Sparta |
| tyranny | unjust of power or in ancient a government run by a strong ruler |
| military state | society organized for the purpose of war |
| tenant farmer | person who pays rent with money or crops |
| aristoeracy | hereditary class of rulers |
| citizenship | membership in a state or community which gives you civil rights |
| metic | foreigner in a greek city often a merchant of artisan |
| polis | greek city of state |
| direct democracy | government in which citizens take part directly |
| representative democracy | democracy in which people elect representatives |
