| A | B |
|---|
| direct democracy | a system in which all citizens make decisions about their government |
| veto | to reject |
| representative democracy | a system in which citizens elect other people to make decisions for them |
| Darius I | leader of the Persian Empire |
| Xerxes | son of Darius I |
| Pericles | believed citizens should take part and take an interest in the democratic process |
| circle graph | shows information on a circle divided into parts |
| tragedy | serious play in which the main characters come to an unhappy end |
| comedy | a humorous play |
| Socrates | famous teacher |
| Hippocrates | Greek doctor who changed the way people thought about medicine |
| Aristotle | a student of Socrates who collected, organized, and classified information |
| demagogues | weak leaders who were popular because they told people what they wanted to hear even though it wasn't true |
| dictatorship | a government with absolute power |
| mercenary | a soldier willing to fight for anyone who pays them in the end |
| conflicts | disagreements |
| Hellenistic Age | a time of great cultural achievements |
| multicultural | a city with many cultures - Egyptian, Greek, Arab, and Jews |
| Archimedes | used mathematics to invent many machines, including water pumps |
| time zones | are regions of Earth within which the same time is used |
| international dateline | the meridian where the eastern and western time zones meet |
