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chapter 31
the legacy of ancient greece
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS TO MODERN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE | english grammer,punctuation,and paragraphing are all based on greek writing and literature. they also invented drama and comedy for plays |
| GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS TO MODERN GOVERNMENT | in greek, thier government was when all citizens voted on every issue.today, we elect representitives to speak and make laws for us |
| GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS TO MODERN MEDICINE | The earliest greeks thought that illnesses were punishments from the god.a greek man named hippocrates changed the way people thought about health and medicine |
| GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MODERN UNDERSTANDING OF THE BODY | Greeks thought that cutting people open would offend the gods. they discovered that the heart was a pump that sent blodd flowing and that the brain was the center of the nervous system |
| GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS TO MODERN MATHEMATICS | Geometry comes from a greek word that means to measure land.one famous greek mathematition is pythagoras and the other is euclid |
| GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS TO MODERN ASTRONOMY | astronomy comes from the greek word star.the greatest astronomer is hipparchus.he studied and names more than 850 stars |
| GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS TO MODERN GEOGRAPHY | geography comes from the greek words meaning whriting about the earth.a great geographer named ptolemy, he wrote a book called goegraphy that had over 8000 places |
| GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MODERN UNDERSTANDING OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS | Aristotle was fasinated with living things.he put the plants and animals he studied into groups separate from eachother |
| GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS TO MODERN ARCHITECTURE | the word architecture comes from a greek word that means master builder.greek buildings are used today like schools, churches,libraries, and museums. |
| GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE MODERN THEATER | The greek word theater means a viewing place.greek actors wore masks that showed the charactors they played |
| GREEK CONTRIBUTIONS TO MODERN SPORTS | the first olypics were held in 776 bce to honor the god zeus.pentathlon is a greek word that means five contests |
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