The document defines key terms related to ancient Greek city-states such as polis, acropolis, monarchy, aristocracy, oligarchy, tyrant, democracy, and helot. It also defines military terms like phalanx that describe the side-by-side fighting formation of Greek foot soldiers. Additionally, it mentions the Persian Wars that occurred in the 5th century BC where Greek city-states battled the Persian Empire.

1. CHAPTER 5 LESSON 2 Warring City-States

2. Vocabulary POLIS.- A Greek city-state of ancient Greece after about 750 B.C.

3. ACROPOLIS Fortified hilltop in an ancient Greek city.

4. MONARCHY Government ruled by a king or queen.

5. ARISTOCRACY Government ruled by a small group of noble families.

6. OLIGARCHY Government ruled by a few powerful people.

7. TYRANT Powerful ruler who gained control of a city-state government by asking the poor people for support.

8. DEMOCRACY Govenment ruled by the citizens and their representatives.

9. HELOT Peasant forced to stay on the land.

10. PHALANX Side-byside fighting formation of Greek foot soldiers.

11. PHALANX

12. PERSIAN WAR Wars in the fifth century B.C. that Greeks and city-states battled the Persian Empire.