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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Mount Olympus | highest mountain in Greece and home to the 12 most important gods and goddesses |
| Delphi | ancient Greek town and site of the Temple of Apollo |
| Homer | Greek poet who wrote The Iliad and The Odyssey |
| Aesop | a Greek slave who wrote many famous fables |
| Sophocles | wrote famous Greek tragedies; the two that are most well-known are Antigone and Oedipus Rex |
| Euripides | well-known Greek playwright |
| myth | traditional story describing gods and heroes or explaining natural events |
| oracle | sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess |
| epic | long poem that tells about legendary or heroic deeds |
| fable | short tale that teaches a lesson |
| drama | story told by actors who pretend to be characters in the story |
| tragedy | form of drama in which a person struggles to overcome difficulties but meets an unhappy end |
| comedy | form of drama in which the story has a happy ending |
| Pythagoras | Greek philosopher who believed that all relationships in the world could be expressed in numbers; developed many new ideas about math |
| Socrates | Greek philosopher who invented the Socratic Method |
| Plato | student of Socrates: wrote The Republic which described his ideal government |
| Aristotole | Plato's best student; wrote more than 200 blocks of topic ranging from government to the planets and stars |
| Thucydides | considered by many to be the greatest historian of the ancient world |
| philosophy | study of the nature and meaning of life; comes from the Greek word for "love of wisdom" |
| philosopher | thinker who seeks wisdom and ponders questions about life |
| Sophist | professional teacher in ancient Greece; believed that people should use knowledge to improve themselves and developed the art of public speaking and debate |
| Socratic Method | way of teaching developed by Socrates that used a question-and-answer format to force students to use their reason to see things for themselves |
| Zeus | King of the gods; god of the sky; rain and lightning |
| Hera | Goddess of marriage |
| Hades | God of the under world |
| Poseidon | God of the sea |
| Hestia | Goddess of the home |
| Artemis | Goddess of the hunt and wild animals; twin sister of Apollo |
| Apollo | God of Light |
| Hermes | messenger of the gods;god of market |
| Aphrodite | Goddess of love and beauty |
| Athena | Goddess of wisdom; protector of cities |
| Ares | God of war |
| philosophy | The word ________ comes from the Greek word for “love of wisdom” |
| philosophers | Greek thinkers, called _________ , believed the human mind could understand everything |
| Pythagoras | ______ was a Greek philosophers who taught the universe followed the same laws that governed music and numbers |
| mathematics | Pythagoras also developed many ideas about ___________ |
| Sophists | _______ were professional teachers who traveled from city to city, teaching others. |
| public speaking | Sophists also developed the art of ______ ______ and debate |
| influenced | Sophists also did not believe that gods and goddesses _______ people |
| absolute | Sophists also did not believe in ____ right or wrong |
| Socrates | _______ was a philosopher who believed that an absolute truth existed and that all real knowledge was within each person |
| rebel | Leaders did not trust Socrates, and accused him of teaching young Athenians to _________ |
| death | Socrates was tried and sentenced to ___ |
| Socratic Method | The ____ ____ is a form of teaching that uses questions to lead students to discover things for themselves |
| Plato | _____ was one of Socrates' best students |
| government | Plato's book, the Republic he described the ideal ________ |
| philosophers | At the top were rulers and _____ , in the middle were warriors, and at the bottom were all others. |
| Aristotle | ______ was one of Plato's students |
| Lyceum | Aristotle opened his own school called the ________ |
| science | Aristotle helped advance ______ and government |
| government | many of Aristotle ideas shaped the way European and American founders thought about _____ |
| "golden means" | The ______ , one of Aristotle's ideas, states that a person should do nothing to excess |
| What did Aristotle think about democracy? | Aristotle noticed that most democracies were run by the poor, and those run by a few people were run by the rich. |
| Herodotus | Many historians consider _____ the "father of history" because he wrote the history of the Persian Wars |
| Thucydides | _____ is considered the greatest historian of the ancient world. He wrote History of the Peloponnese War |
| Why is Herodotus important? | He was the first person to try to explain the past by studying events |
| Who were the Sophists and what were their beliefs? | They were traveling teachers. They rejected the idea of absolute right and wrong. They also thought people should use knowledge to improve themselves |
| Before Herodotus, how did Greeks explain the past? | Through legends and myths. |
| How are Aristotle's teachings related to the scientific method used by scientists today? | both use senses to make observations |
| What is different about works of Herodotus and Thucydides? | Herodotus included gods and goddesses to describe some events. Thucydides examined history as the activities of humans, not gods. |
| Describe Aristotle's contributions to government. | Aristotle examined different forms of governement. he noticed that governments run by a few people were usually run by the rich and hat most democracies were run by the poor. He thought the best government was a mixture of the two. |
| Aristotle's contributions | Atistotle's ideas shaped the way Europeans and Americans thought about government. The founders of the U.S. Constitution tried to create a mixed government that balanced the different types Aristotle had identified. |
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