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Social Studies Unit5
Social Studies Unit 5 Test
Question | Answer |
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Taught that absolute right and wrong did exist. | Socrates |
What was one of the seven wonders of the ancient world? | The lighthouse of Alexandria |
He was the chief god of the Greeks. | Zeus |
Taught that happiness, the goal of life, came from spending time with friends. | Epicurus |
He wrote plays that poked fun at politicians and encouraged the audience to think. | Aristophenes |
He tried to warn the Athenians that Philip II was a threat to them. | Demosthenes |
Who built one of the greatest cities of the ancient world and named it after himself. | Alexander the Great |
Who is "the father of history"? | Herodotus |
Studied how points, lines, angles, and planes relate to one another. | Euclid |
Was a dramatist who questioned traditional thinking about war. | Euripides |
Who wrote the Odyssey? | Homer |
What did Aristotle teach his students to follow? | The golden mean |
Movies and plays would be modern examples of... | Drama |
Philip II defeated the Greeks at the Battle of... | Chaeronea |
What are some examples that the Hellenistic Era produced. | New Greek cities, military settlements, and added government officials |
Who was sentenced to death for his teachings? | Socrates |
Where is the library that attracted scholars from all over the world? | Alexandria |
What did the astronomer Aristarchus teach about the sun? | The sun was the center of the universe |
Whose armies conquered the land as far east as modern Pakistan? | Alexander the Great |
Believed that the human mind could understand everything. | Philosophers |
Alexander's empire extended to which river in the east? | The Indus River |
Which body of water bordered Alexandria's empire on the west? | Mediterranean Sea |
Which city of Alexander's empire was in Egypt? | Alexandria |