1. Democracy and Greece’s Golden Age Chapter 5 Section 3 Vocabulary

2. The Delian League The Delian League, founded in 478 BC, was an association of Greek city-states, under the leadership of Athens, whose purpose was to continue fighting the Persian Empire after the end of the Second Persian invasion of Greece.

3. Phalanx A group of heavily armed infantry formed in ranks and files close and deep, with shields joined and long spears overlapping.

4. Direct Democracy Direct democracy is a form of democracy in which people decide on policies directly, as opposed to a representative democracy in which people vote for representatives who then decide on policy. Basically every person gets to vote on every law.

5. Pericles Athenian leader whose leadership contributed to Athens' political and cultural supremacy in Greece; he ordered the construction of the Parthenon, and strengthened Athens navy and government.

6. Peloponnesian War A series of conflicts fought between Sparta and Athens. Sparta eventually emerged victorious but both sides were negatively impacted by the fighting.