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World History Chapter 8 Study Guide on Greek Civilization

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religious   show
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show This Greek poet wrote several epic poems about heroic deeds, including the Iliad.  
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comedy and tragedy   show
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Sophocles   show
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Ionic   show
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show a long poem about heroic deeds  
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show a short tale that teaches a lesson  
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oracle   show
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myth   show
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oral tradition   show
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show This philosopher taught that the universe was governed by the same laws as music and numbers.  
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philosophy   show
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Aristotle   show
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show Who is considered to be the “father of history”?  
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Plato   show
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show thinkers who created new bodies of knowledge through teaching subjects such as history, political science, biology, and logic  
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show considered to be the greatest historian of the ancient world  
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show a traveling professional teacher  
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show a way of teaching by asking questions that is still used today  
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show Which public speaker said that the Macedonian king Philip II was considered a threat to Greek freedom?  
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show Alexander and his army of 40,000 Greek and Macedonian soldiers, including cavalry units, defeated an army of Persians in modern-day northwestern Turkey in the Battle of  
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show Alexander’s main enemy, the king of the Persians, was  
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fought   show
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show In Hellenistic kingdoms, government business was conducted in which language?  
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show a time when Greek ideas spread to non-Greek people  
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show became king of Macedonia at age 20  
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Phillip II   show
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Alexandria   show
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show what a person leaves behind when he or she dies  
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library   show
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show Hellenistic kings wanted which city to serve as a cultural model for all other cities?  
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show Who is known as “the father of medicine”?  
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show The Greek scientist who concluded that the sun is the center of the solar system, and that the Earth revolves around the Sun, was  
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pi   show
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Eratosthenes   show
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Stoicism   show
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show a type of mathematics that relates points, lines, surfaces, and angles to one another  
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solid geometry   show
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show Happiness through moderate pleasure and freedom from fear and pain is the goal of life.  
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