Modern Geography
A word that, in greek, means "writing about the Earth".
What is Geography?
A word that comes from the first two greek letters: Alpha and Beta.
The branch of mathematics that involves points, lines, planes, and figures.
What is geometry?
The words that comes from the Greek word that means "master builder"
What is architecture?
A ceremony that was first held to honor a greek god. .
What are the Olympics?
People who record the position of stars.
What are astronomers?
The greek word for "far off"
What is tel?
A greek man who believed that numbers were the key to understanding nature. He also started a school in which students developed mathematical theories.
Who was Pythagoras?
A type of buliding the Greeks used to make their temples balanced and stately?
What are columns?
Before the olympics, when an athlete lights the Olympic flame.
What is the olympic opening ceremony?
People who, in ancient greece, locacted places on earth relative to the stars.
What are mapmakers?
The greek word for "voice"
What is phone?
A famous Greek mathematician, whose geometry textbook became the basis for teaching geometry for 2,000 years
The triangular shapes where roof lines come together.
What are pendiments?
An event in which an athlete competes in five sports.
What is a Penthalon?
A measurement of how far a place on earth is from an imaginary line that runs between the north and south poles on the globe.
What is longitude?
A man known as "the father of history"
Who was Herodoctus?
The first woman to be famous as a mathematician. She was born in Egypt and taught Greek philosphy and mathematics in the city of Alexandria.
Who was Hypatia?
Decorated bands
What are friezes?
The year in which the first Olympics was held?
What is 776 B.C.E?
A measurement of how far a place on earth is from the equator
A language that influenced the grammar of the English language.
What is Greek?
The Greek words where Geometry comes from.
What is "to meaure land"?
A type of invention that comes from the Greek stoa.
What is a porch?
The Greek god in which the Olympics was originally meant to honor
Who was Zeus?