~Greece Teaching & Learning~
- “This mathematician created the theorem that describes how the lengths of the three sides in a right triangle are related.”
“Pythagoras”
-“This style of plays are serious and usually have unhappy endings. This genre was also written by Sophocles.”
“Tragedy”
- “The Peloponnesian War began due to the leaders of Athens wanting even more of this.”
“Power”
- “A Roman soldier’s heavy sandals were studded with these.”
“Nails”
-“This person was Rome’s first emperor, they managed to restore peace to Rome.”
“Augustus Caesar”
- “This method was used by the famous philosopher, Socrates, to teach his students about right and wrong.”
“Socratic method”
- “This person was the author of both the Iliad and the Odyssey.”
“Homer”
- “After the Spartans won the Peloponnesian War, they replaced Athens’s democracy with this form of government.”
“Dictatorship”
-“When Roman soldiers weren’t fighting they were usually busy building these.”
“Forts and bridges”
-“Marc Antony served in this position under Caesar.”
“General”
- “This historian of Greece wrote books about the Persian Wars that included both facts and opinions on why they happened.”
“Herodotus”
- “The Parthenon, or the temple dedicated to the goddess Athena, was completed in this year.”
“438 BCE”
- “Pericles used a lot of the money to strengthen the city’s defense walls, known as this.”
“The Long Walls”
-“The Romans called a variation of the slingshot this.”
“Ballista”
- “Augustus’s reign marked the beginning of the Pax Romana, meaning this.”
“Roman Peace”
- “This private school was started by the well-known philosopher, Plato.”
“The Academy”
- “The word theater means this.”
“A place to see”
- “This League was turned into a section of the Athenian Empire by the leaders of Athens.”
“Delian League”
-“This person created retirement programs and regular pay for Roman soldiers.”
“Augustus Caesar”
- “Caligula, a Roman ruler, played this instrument while Rome burned.”
“The fiddle”
-“Hippocrates was a doctor who believed in this instead of the god’s actions.”
“Natural causes”
- “Located in the Parthenon, the statue of Athena is made out of these materials.”
“Ivory & Gold”
“The Peloponnesian War went on for 27 years, with a truce in the middle lasting this many years.”
“Six years”
-“The twenty-eight military units that Augustus formed were called this.”
“Legions”
- “After Octavian took the name Augustus Caesar, he also took the title “princeps”, meaning this”
“First One”