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| Democracy | A government in which the citizens make political decisions by voting. |
| Oligarchy | A government ruled by a few powerful individuals. |
| Tyrant | Leader who held power through use of force. |
| Alexander the Great | A leader in Greece. He is known for conquering land and spreading Greek culture to all land. |
| Peloponnesian Wars | A war between Athens and Sparta that threatened to tear all of Greece apart. |
| Persian wars | A series of wars between Persia and Greece. |
| Phalanx | A group of warriors who fought together in square. Very effective way of fighting. |
| Aristocrats | Rich landowners. |
| Hellenistic | Greek history after the death of Alexander the Great. |
| Persia | The historical name for the region in and around present day Iran. |
| City-state | A city with its own traditions, government, and laws. Both a city and a separate independent state. |
| Polis | Greek word for “city-state”. |
| Acropolis | The high (hill) fortified area of an ancient Greek City. Temples and other public buildings were found here. |
| Mount Olympus | A mountain peak in northeast Greece near the Aegean coast; believed by ancient Greeks to be the dwelling place of the gods. |
| Athens | A city-state within Greece; known for education, philosophy, and the arts. |
| Sparta | A city-state within Greece; known for its military and military ways. |
| Philsopher | A person who offers views or theories on profound questions in ethics. |
| Plato | A Greek philosopher; student of Socrates and teacher of Aristotle; wrote The Republic. |
| Socrates | A Greek philosopher who practiced doubt and questioning to find the truth. |
| Aristotle | A Greek philosopher; student of Plato; teacher of Alexander the Great. |
