| A | B |
|---|
| Polis | Greek word for a city-state |
| Peloponnesian-War | war between Athens and Sparta that threatened to tear all of Greece apart |
| Acropolis | fortress of a Greek city up on a high hill |
| Colony | land ruled by another country |
| Fables | short stories that teach lessons |
| Peloponnesian League | the banding together of the Southern Greek city-states |
| Hellenistic | Greek-like |
| Alliance | an agreement to work together |
| Citizen | a person who has the right to participate in government |
| Cavalry | a unit of soldiers who ride horses |
| Delian-League | money city-states gave as an alliance, to protect trade on the Aegean Sea |
| “Battle of Marathon”- | Greeks won over Persia because their weapons were better. |
| Oligarchy | government ruled by a few people |
| Salamis | narrow straits where Athenians steered Persian ships & defeated them in battle. |
| Phalanx | Greek warriors who stood close together in a square formation |
| Aristotle | teacher and philosopher, who was a student of Socrates |
| Cyrus | Persian King known for “freeing” the Jews |
| Pericles | encouraged citizens to get involved in government |
