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Chp.5 Section 3-4
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Who was Phillip II? | Known for wanting to defeat the Persian Empire, father of Alexander the Great. |
| What was the Hellenistic Era? | An era marked by Alexander's conquests. |
| What was plane and solid geometry? | Plane was invented by Euclid and solid was invented by Archimedes. |
| What is Epicureanism? | A philosophy that taught students that happiness was the goal of life. |
| Who was Alexander the Great? | The son of Phillip II and was a great military leader. His conquests marked the beginning of the Hellenistic Era, |
| What was Alexandria? | A city created by Alexander the Great, was a center of business and trade. One of the most important cities in the ancient world. |
| What was Alexandria's library? | It had museums, and it attracted scholars with its 500,000 scrolls full of information. |
| What was Stoicism? | It told you that happiness following reason, not emotions, and doing your duty. |
| Who was Hippocrates? | The father of medicine, first to write a medical code of good behavior. |
| What is a legacy? | What a person leaves behind when he or she dies. |
| Who is Demosthenes? | A lawyer and one of Athens' great public speakers. |
| Who was Eratosthenes? | Figured out that the Earth is round. |