| A | B |
| city-states | polis |
| monarch | the ruler who holds all the power in a monarchy |
| aristocrat | a member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society |
| oligarch | one of the rulers in the oligarchy |
| tyrant | a person who seizes power illegally |
| citizen | a member of a democracy, who has certain rights and responsibilities |
| assembly | a group of citizens in an ancient Greek democracy with the power to pass laws |
| democracy | a form of government in which the ruling power is shared by all citizens |
| tyranny | a form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person who is not a lawful king |
| oligarchy | a form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of a few people |
| monarchy | a form of government in which the ruling power is in the hands of one person |