| A | B |
|---|
| nobles | wealthy landowners |
| heritage | things passed down from one generation to the next |
| acropolis | a Greek fort built high on a hill |
| polis | city-state |
| oligarchy | a government in which the ruling power is held by a small group |
| tyrant | a person who took power by force |
| democracy | a government in which citizens rule and share power |
| philosopher | a person who is a lover of wisdom, and who seeks knowledge |
| Hellenistic | time in which people blended Greek culture with their own way of life |
| Darius | Persian king who attacked Greece |
| Homer | blind poet who wrote the Iliad and Odysses |
| Pericles | ruled Athens during the Golden Age |
| Socrates | famous Greek philosopher |
| Zeus | most important Greek god |
| Hera | Goddess of Marriage |
| Ares | God of War |
| Poseidon | God of the Sea |
| Apollo | God of the Sun |
| Athena | Goddess of Wisdom |
| Aphrodite | Goddess of Love |
| Mediterranean | sea Greece is located on |
| Olympic games | held every four years |
| Alexander | conquered Greece and united city-states |
| Plato | Socrate's student |
| Athens, Sparta | 2 Greek city-states |
| slaves, women, foreigners | could not vote in the democracy of Athens |
