Philosophers/Philosophy
Scientists
Mathematicians
Writers
Hellenistic World/Greece and Rome
100
The 2 major philosophers at the time and the 2 philosophies they started.
Who were Epicurus and Zeno, and what were Epicureanism and Stoicism?
100
The invention that Archimedes made for the king of Syracuse and it would throw rocks, arrows, and spears over long distances.
What is the catapult and how was it used?
100
He advanced the field of mathematics and his best known work, Elements, describes plane geometry.
Who was Euclid?
100
The epic that Appolonius wrote.
What is Argonautica?
100
The main city that during the Hellenistic Era, philosophers, scientists, poets, and writers would go to.
What is Alexandria?
200
The group of thinkers the Stoics would later influence.
Who were Roman thinkers?
200
The 2 things Eratosthenes concluded.
What was concluding the Earth was round and that the sun was much larger than the Earth and moon?
200
Plane Geometry and Solid Geometry explain what.
What is showing how points, lines, angles, and surfaces relate to one another, and describing measurement and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids in three-dimensional space?
200
The person who wrote short poems about the beauty of nature.
Who was Theocritus?
200
One of the city-states that regained their independence while Macedonia held power over Greece.
What was Sparta?
300
The meaning of the words epicurean and stoic today.
What is the love of physical pleasure and someone who does not seem to be affected by emotions respectively?
300
He claimed that sun was at the center of the universe and he also said that the Earth circled the sun.
Who was Aristarchus?
300
The kind of geometry Archimedes did.
What was solid geometry?
300
The temple that had an inscription that read “Know thyself”.
What is The Temple of Apollo?
300
The city-state in the 200s B.C. that conquered the Italian Peninsula and eventually conquered Greece.
What was Rome?
400
3 of the practices/beliefs of the followers of Stoicism.
What were the beliefs that people who are guided by their emotions live unhappy lives, Happiness resulted in using reason, Sound thinking should guide decisions, thought people had a duty to serve their communities?
400
The way that Eratosthenes found out the circumference of the Earth.
What was putting two sticks far apart from each other, and when the sun was directly above one stick, he measured the shadow and multiplied it by another number?
400
The ideas Hypatia supported.
What was the use of reason over superstition?
400
Name the poet who was considered the most important poet of Greek new comedy.
Who was Menander?
400
The kind of style in which Hellenistic sculptors would sculpt sculptures.
What is showing people in a more realistic style?
500
4 of the practices/beliefs of the followers of Epicureanism.
What were the beliefs that finding Happiness is the goal of life; To be happy, you should avoid pain; Pleasure is found in spending time with friends; Don’t be upset about problems in life/Avoid worry; Live simply; Limit wants?
500
The sentence Archimedes once boasted according to a story.
What was "Give me a lever and a place to stand on... and I will move the world"?
500
The distance off Eratosthenes was in his estimate on the circumference of the world.
What was 185 miles
500
Ideas Menander has influenced.
What is the development of European comedy during the Renaissance and even comedy today?
500
2 things that contributed to Alexandria's economic growth.
What is the reputation of learning and location on the Mediterranean Sea?
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