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Wooden frame with moveable beads used to teach math
What is an abacus?
Rule by a king
What is monarchy?
Father of medicine
Who was Hippocrates?
Hill overlooking Athens
What is the Acropolis?
Greek slave who wrote fables
Who was Aesop?
A busy outdoor market place in the center of Athens
What is the agora?
Government ruled by the people
What is a democracy?
Teacher and philosopher. Taught by asking questions.
Who was Socrates?
Highest mountain in Greece
What is Mount Olympus?
Group of goddesses who preside over the arts
Who are the Muses?
Ancient Greek outdoor theatre
What is an amphitheatre?
A powerful man who has absolute authority
What is a tyrant?
Wrote the Illiad and Odysee
Who was Homer?
Two famous city-states
What is Athens and Sparta?
The statement at the end of a fable is called a _____
What is a moral?
A traditional story that explains a part of nature often about gods or goddesses
What is a myth?
Rule by a few
What is oligarchy?
Introduced the scientific method
Who was Aristotle?
Ancient Olympic games played in this city
What is Olympia?
The emotions of characters in Greek plays were shown on ......
What is a mask?
Carefully tested data
What is a theorem?
Group of citizens who met together to make laws
What is the Assembly?
Mathematician advanced lever and pulley
Who was Archimedes?
Ancient temple dedicated to the godess Athena
What is the Parthenon?
The spread of Greek culture brought what to the Western world?
What is "common language"?