Sports/Theater
What is the Greek translation of the word theater?
A viewing place
Who is called the Father of Medicine?
Bonus +100: Why is he considered the father of medicine?
Hippocrates
- diseases had natural causes
- principles of medicine
- Hippocratic oath
Astronomy is:
the study of outer space
Ancient Greek poem written by Homer about a man who goes to war in Ithaca and gets stranded for 20 years
The Odyssey
Which Mathematics study did Greeks excel in?
Geometry
Which Greek God did the Olympics originally worship?
Zeus
Why did Greeks use columns?
To make their temples appear balanced
Explain the difference between longitude and latitude:
Longitude: measures how far east and west a place on Earth is from the imaginary lines running through the North & South Pole
Latitude: measures how far south and north a place on Earth is from the equator
What type of ruling government are the Greeks responsible for?
Bonus +50: What does __________ mean?
Democracy - rule by the people
The first woman that earned fame by teaching philosophy and mathematics
Hypatia
In what shape did the Greeks build theaters and why?
semi-circle, so everyone in the audience can see
What type of buildings do we see that are influenced by Ancient Greece?
capitol buildings, libraries, churches, museums, schools
Which historian created the first-known map?
Bonus+50: How did he gather his information?
Herodotus- He asked travelers on his trips
A Greek historian who wrote of the conflict between Sparta and Athens using facts instead of opinion
Thucydides
What types of beings did Aristotle classify?
Bonus: 100+How did he classify them?
Animals and plants
vertebrae/non-vertebrae, herbs, shrubs, tree
What are the two contributions to theater that make performances more engaging?
Special effects and scenery changes
What did the "father of medicine" discover about the brain?
It was the center of the nervous system
What did Hipparchus' theories help scientists predict?
eclipses of the moon
List at least TWO examples of literature that were influenced by the Ancient Greeks
drama, tragedy, comedy
How did Euclid contribute to the study of Geometry?
He wrote a textbook that we still use
List at least 3 performances of the Pentathlon:
discus throw, long jump, javelin throw, wrestling, footrace
What explanation did the Ancient Greeks have for illness before Hippocrates?
The gods and goddesses controlled health
Who wrote Geographia and why was the book significant?
Ptolemy - listed 8,000 locations globally & contained maps that showed the Earth's curve
- citizens elects representatives vs. all citizens debate
- only native born people could be citizens vs. immigration in the U.S
According to the Ancient Greeks, how do plants reproduce?
Spreading seeds