| A | B |
|---|
| polis | unique version of city state |
| monarchy | central rule/king or queen |
| acropolis | high city |
| aristocracy | rule by landholding elite |
| phalanx | formation of foot soldiers |
| helots | state-owned slaves |
| Spartans | Were actually Dorians |
| Spartan Government | 2 kings, a council, assembly |
| 7yrs. old | time when boys went to military |
| Darius | Leader of the Persians |
| Marathon | Battle-small Athenian force won |
| 26.2 miles | marathon |
| Xerxes | son of Daruis |
| Who won the Persian Wars | Greece |
| Most powerful city-state in Greece | Athens |
| Pericles | Goden Age for Athens |
| Direct Democracy | many took part in government |
| Peloponnesian War | Between Athens & Sparta |
