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Grade 6
The Legacy of Ancient Greece
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which word in English comes from the Greek letters alpha and beta? | alphabet |
| What is one important idea that Greeks gave to the English language? | Greek roots, grammar, punctuation, paragraphs |
| What are the two types of drama that Greeks invented? | comedy and tragedy |
| What idea about government came from the Athenians, and is the foundation for the United States' government? | democracy |
| What expectation is part of our legal system because it was started in Greece? | people serve on a jury |
| Hippocrates believed that diseases had natural causes, what did the people of Greece believe? | Diseases were punishment from gods or godesses |
| Doctors make a promise to be honest, preserve life, and respect privacy. What is this oath called? | Hippocratic Oath, after the "Father of Medicine," Hippocrates |
| What did the Greeks discover about the human heart? | heart pumps blood through the body |
| They also discovered the function of the brain in what system? | center of the nervous system |
| Which Greek word means "to measure land"? | geometry |
| Why was geometry important? | farming, how to lay out a city |
| The word astronomy comes from the Greek word for ____________________? | star |
| Who first suggested that the Earth moves around the sun? | Aristarchus, a great astronomer |
| Which Greek word means "writing about the Earth? | geography |
| Who was able to locate places on Earth relative to the stars? | Mapmakers, also called cartographers |
| The Greeks developed a system to locate exact places, what did they create? | the use of latitude and longitude |
| What was found to cause the reproduction of plants? | seeds |
| How were some plants used? | medicine |
| Aristotle organized animals into groups with and without backbones, what are these groups called? | vertebrates, invertebrates |
| The word for "master builder" is from a Greek word, what is it? | architecture |
| Many styles of Greek architecture can be found in public buildings today, which structures might reflect this style? | government buildings, schools, churches, libraries, museums |
| What is the Greek word that means "viewing place"? | theater |
| Theaters were built in what shape? | semi-circles |
| The Olympic games that began in Greece were originally to honor which god? | Zeus |
| What is the word that means "five contests"? | pentathlon |
| What is one reason that the Aegean sea helped the Greek economy? | ability to travel and trade along coastline and Aegean islands |
| What physical feature makes up about 80% of Greece? | mountains |
| Which is the tallest and most famous mountain? | Mt. Olympus |
| About how many of the Greek islands were in the Aegean Sea? | over 1000 |
| What is the climate of ancient Greece like? | hot summers, mild winters |
| Which chapter would you find this information in about the legacy of ancient Greece? | History Alive, Chapter 31 |
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