| A | B |
| Spartans | focused on military service |
| agora | open area used for a meeting place and a market |
| Pericles | Made Athens more democratic |
| philosophers | thinkers who ponder questions about life |
| oligarchy | form of government used by the Spartans |
| helots | Greek slaves |
| polis | A Greek city-state |
| Athens | focused on government and education |
| tyrant | rules with total authority |
| peninsula | a body of land with ocean on three sides |