A Greek thinker who discovered volume.

An historical writer who is called the "father of history".

He wrote about the wars between Athens and Sparta and is considered one of the greatest historians of the ancient world.

A Greek man who believed that diseases had natural causes. Called the "father of modern medicine".

A Greek scientist who believed that numbers were the key to understanding nature.

A Greek mathematician who wrote a geometry textbook and was the basis for teaching geometry for 2000 years.

She was a highly respected mathematician and philosopher.

A Greek philosopher who was fascinated by living things. He classified them as "those with and those without backbones."

A measure of how far a place on Earth is from the equator.

A measure of how far a place on Earth is from an imaginary line (Prime Meridian)that runs between the North and South Poles on the globe.

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Legacy of Greece

Discovery Middle School Chapter 31 The Legacy of Ancient Greece

Question	Answer
Archimedes	A Greek thinker who discovered volume.
Herodotus	An historical writer who is called the "father of history".
Thucydides	He wrote about the wars between Athens and Sparta and is considered one of the greatest historians of the ancient world.
Hippocrates	A Greek man who believed that diseases had natural causes. Called the "father of modern medicine".
Pythagoras	A Greek scientist who believed that numbers were the key to understanding nature.
Euclid	A Greek mathematician who wrote a geometry textbook and was the basis for teaching geometry for 2000 years.
Hypatia	She was a highly respected mathematician and philosopher.
Aristotle	A Greek philosopher who was fascinated by living things. He classified them as "those with and those without backbones."
Latitude	A measure of how far a place on Earth is from the equator.
Longitude	A measure of how far a place on Earth is from an imaginary line (Prime Meridian)that runs between the North and South Poles on the globe.

Created by: randy hogue

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