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100
This is the literal translation of the word “geometry.”
What is “to measure the Earth?”
100
These geographic concepts were created by Ptolemy (give two).
What is latitude and longitude?
100
This person made medicine a scientific study for the Greeks.
Who was Hippocrates?
100
This city-state was the birthplace of democracy.
What is Athens?
100
This is who the Ancient Greed honored with the Olympics?
Who is Zeus?
200
This is specifically where we get the name “alphabet.”
What are the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and beta.
200
This was the first person to make a map of the known world? A. Ptolemy B. Pericles C. Hippocrates D. Herodotus
Who was Herodotus?
200
This person studied many types of animals and sorted them into groups.
Who was Aristotle?
200
These were the requirements for citizenship in Athens.
What are being male, native-born (and being 18 years old or older).
200
This is an Olympiad.
What is a four year period between Olympics?
300
This is the direct translation of the word “theater.”
What is “a viewing place?”
300
Some Greeks were upset when Aristarchus said the Earth revolved around the sun for this reason.
What is they believed the Earth was the center of the universe?
300
This person invented the first math textbook.
Who was Pythagoras?
300
The Greeks thought these features made buildings look balanced and stately.
What are columns?
300
In addition to the alphabet, the Greeks provided this for the English language.
What is grammar and/or punctuation?
400
This is the Greek word for “five contests.”
What is the pentathlon?
400
This astronomer figured out the distance between the Earth and the moon and sun. A. Hipparchus B. Hippocrates C. Ptolemy D. Archimedes
Who was Hipparchus?
400
His textbook is still used for teaching geometry, more than 2000 years after it was written.
Who was Euclid?
400
This is a pediment.
What is the triangular part of a building created by the angles of the roof.
400
These are three of the sports involved in the ancient pentathlon.
What is foot racing, discus throw, long jump, javelin throw, and wrestling?
500
This Greek word means star.
What is Aster?
500
Hipparchus’ theories allowed later scientists to accurately predict this celestial phenomenon.
What are eclipses?
500
These are two ways that Geometry appears in our every day lives.
What are engineering, video games, and carpentry?
500
This ancient Greek design is basically a covered porch with columns.
What is a stoa?
500
This historian wrote the “History of the Peloponnesian War.”
Who was Thucydides?
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