| A | B |
|---|
| settlement | a small community or village |
| shelter | a place that provides protection from weather |
| colonist | a person who lives in a colony |
| merchant | a person who makes money by selling goods |
| colony | a settlement in a distant place |
| oracle | a holy person who was believed to communicate with the gods |
| trireme | sailing vessel powered by three banks of oarsmen |
| peninsula | land surrounded by water on three sides |
| polis | city-state |
| monarchy | government ruled by one (usually a knig of queen) |
| tyranny | ruled by one, usually a military leader |
| oligarchy | ruled by a few people, usually rich and powerful families |
| democracy | "power of the people," government run by the people in which citizens make their own laws |
