| A | B |
|---|
| city-state | had own laws, army, and money |
| monarchy | ruling power in hands of one person, usu a king |
| monarch | ruler who holds all power in monarchy |
| aristocrat | member of most powerful class i ancient Greek society |
| oligarch | one of rulers in an oligarchy |
| oligarchy | ruling power in hands of a few people |
| tyrant | person who seizes power illegally |
| assembly | group of citzens in ancient Greek democracy with power to pass laws |
| citizen | member of a democracy, who has certain rights and responsibilities |
| Athens | tried democracy as form of government |
| Sparta | remained oligarchy |
| direct democracy | every citizen can vote on every issue |
| representative democracy | elected persons who decide issues for constituents |
| first level of Greek government | monarchy |
| second step of Greek government | oligarchy |
| third step of Greek government | tyranny |
| fourth step in Greek government | democracy |
| rich became richer, poor became poorer | life under oligarchy |
| usu overthrew monarchs | aristocrats |
| usu overthrown by army | oligarchs |
| usu forced to leave by people | tyrant |
| rule of the people | democracy |
| problem of democracy | decisions and laws reversed easily |
| ideal of democracy | Greece's greatest gift to modern world |
| council of aristocrats | advised monarchs |
| boar hunting & chariot racing | favorite pastimes of ancient Greek aristocrats |
| 2000-800 BCE | era of Greek monarchs |
| 800-650 BCE | era of Greek oligarchs |
| 650-500 BCE | era of Greek tyrants |
| after 500 BCE | era of Greek democracy |
| Agesilaus II | king of Sparta |
| Hipparchus | Greek tyrant |
| Greek | common language in every Greek city-state |
| steep mountains | led to isolated Greek settlements |
