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CH8 Exam Review
| Why did Greeks visit oracles? | To find out about the future |
| Whose writing had an effect on U.S. constitution | Aristotle |
| What is Homer's epic, the Iliad about? | The trojan war |
| Aesop's Fables- | were a part of Greek Oral tradition |
| Who thought the government should be ruled by philosopher kings? | Socrates |
| Who taught students that the universe followed the same laws that governed music and umbers? | Pythagoras |
| Who did Greeks worship as their chief god? | Zues |
| What Greek scientist is known as "father of medicine" | Hippocrates |
| Why did Socrates disagree with the sophists? | The sophists earned their living by teaching. they believed there was no absolute good or evil. for instance, they believed that one way of life for one person might be wrong for another person. |
| Sophocles- | A great Athenian writer who stressed courage and understanding. |
| Hellenistic era- | a time when Greek culture spread through the known world |
| What did Aristotle teach | taught the "golden mean" |
| Who was sentenced to death for his teaching? | Socrates |
| Sophists- | Rejected the idea of absolute right or wrong. |
| Alexander- | A commander in the army at age 16, and a ruler at 20. |
| Stoics- | believed that happiness resulted from using reason |
| which Greek scientist concluded the earth was round? | Eratosthenes |
| How do the gods in Greek myths look and act? | They have great power but look and act like human beings |
| The Parthenon- | A Greek temple dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena |