peninsula - land surrounded by water on 3 sides, settlement - a small community or village, shelter - a place that provides protection, colonist - person who lives in a colony, isolated communities - communites that are separated from one another due to a geographic feature, merchant - a person who makes money by selling goods, monarch - single ruler, such as a king, queen, emperor, who holds power in a country or empire, aristocrat - a member of the most powerful class in ancient Greek society, oligarch - one of several people who rule a country or empire together, sharing the power, tyrant - a person who seizes power illegally, citizen - a member of a democracy, who has certain rights and responsibilities, assembly - a group of citizens in an ancient Greek democracy with the power to pass laws, democracy - a government where all citizens share power., direct democracy (Athens) - every citizen votes on every issue, representative democracy (USA) - People vote for representatives to decide issues on their behalf, Athens - city-state of ancient Greece that was the first to have a democracy, Sparta - city-state known for its military oligarchy, Peloponnesus - peninsula forming the southern part of the mainland of Greece, Council of 500 - in Athens a group of 500 citizens responsible for running the day to day business in Athens, agora - marketplace in Greece, Council of Elders - small group of Spartans who made all the governing decisions, Pericles - leader of Athens , Parthenon - Greek temple located on the acropolis, built for goddess Athena, acropolis - hill above the city, drama - the art of theater, Golden Age - time period of peace and wealth, Socrates - philosopher in Ancient Greece, Macedonia - an ancient Kingdom north of Greece, Alexandria - a city in Egypt, founded in 332 B.C.E. by Alexander the Great, that became an ancient center of learning, Aristotle - a great Greek philosopher; a tutor of Alexander the Great; and the author of works on logic, science, and politics,

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