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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Literature and History | Thucydides-He wrote History of the Peloponnesian War. He is remembered today as one of the founders of historical writing. Rules of english grammar and punctuation is based on Greek writing The English alphabet grew out of the ancient Greek alphabet Ma |
| Government | Only Native-born men could be be citizens in Athens The community was proud that they could control their own destiny. They were helped by pericles because he advanced their foundations of democracy Pericles also made the Construction of the Parthenon |
| Medicine | Learned to name and describe the organs Learned that the heart is a pump to send blood through the body Learned that the brain is the center of the nervous system Learned how the body moved from athletics A Greek man named Hippocrates brought scient |
| Mathematics | Definition of Geometry: The branch of math involving points, lines, planes and figures Geometry in Greek means “to measure land” Geometry began as a system to measure acres of land Euclid textbook was used for 2000 years Pythagoras believed number |
| Astronomy | The knowledge to know the distance between the earth, moon, and sun They found the earth revolves around the sun Studied and named more than 850 stars Astronomy comes from the greek word star Aristarchus found out that the Earth revolves around th |
| Geography | Geography originated in ancient Greece and comes from the greek words “Writing about the Earth”. In about 450 B.C.E. Greek historian Herodotus created the first map of the known world. Herodotus gathered the information for his map by traveling and spe |
| Biology | Medicine was a big contribution because learning about the body helped them learn how to make medicine. Plants also had a role in medicine because they learned what plants heal the body, and hurt the body. Aristotle is are important person and his major |
| Architecture | Used columns to build temples Triangular shaped roofs Made by craftsman, larboreers, slaves Greek building styles still exist today Pediment - The triangular upper part of the front of a building Frieze - a broad horizontal band of sculpted or painte |
| Theater | Drama: the art of the theater. Theatre: A place for showing or performing Greeks excelled in drama They could fit 5000 people inside of the Odeon of Herodes Atticus Had an award given to the best show. Dionysus was a very important part of theatre, |
| Philosophy | Socrates influenced people to ask deep questions that were tough to answer Socrates was brought to trial when the people of Athens didn't like how he was disrespecting the gods and instead of running away, he drank hemlock, a poison from a plant Philoso |
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