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The word "telephone" is made of the greek words "tel" and "phone". What do each of those Greek words mean?
tel = far off or far away phone = voice
100
How did Greeks and those before them believe diseases were caused before the Greeks started to explore natural causes for diseases?
The thought that diseases and illness were caused by the gods.
100
The Greeks thought that mathematical patterns were one way to understand ______________.
nature
100
What does the word "geography" mean using its Greek root words?
geo = earth or land, graph = to draw or write, so geography = "writing (or drawing) about the Earth"
100

Greek doctors used ________ as medicines and pain treatments. 

plants

100

Name at least three Greek contributions to the modern English.

grammar, punctuation, the use of an alphabet

100
Who was the Greek who first led the way to scientific methods for studying diseases and human anatomy?
Hippocrates
100

Name a contribution of Pythagoras.

The relationship between the sides of a right triangle (the Pythagorean Theorem) where a squared plus b squared equals c squared. He also pioneered the study of geometry. In addition, he established a school for math students. 

100

The Greek historian Herodotus created what?

The first map of the known world. 

100

Name an architectural structure made popular by the Greeks.

columns, covered porches called "stoa", friezes, pediments

100

Name a Greek HISTORICAL writers that are mentioned in our text book. Hint: One is known as the "father of history".

Herodotus or Thucydides

100

The __________ requires doctors to be honest, preserve life, and keep information about patients private.  

Hippocratic Oath

100
What mathematical term means "to measure land"?
geo = earth or land, meter = to measure, "GEOMETRY"
100
As Greek astronomers began identifying and mapping celestial objects in the sky, Greek geographers began locating places on the surface of the Earth based relative to the _____________.
stars
100

What famous sporting event was started by the Greeks and what god did it honor? 

Olympic Games was started to honor Zeus. 

100
Name two theatrical genres pioneered by the Greeks.
comedy and tragedy
100
Name two discoveries the Greeks made about organs of the human body.
the heart pumps blood to all parts of the body; the brain is the center of the nervous system
100

List an achievement of Hipparchus 

He identified and named over 850 stars. His knowledge later led to formulas that allowed eclipses to be predicted. 

100

Ptolemy's comprehensive geography text that listed over 8,000 places is titled what?

Geographia
100

The US is a representative democracy while Ancient Greece had a ________. Explain the difference between the two forms of governments. 

Direct democracy. The US elects representatives to vote on their behalf while in Greece, every citizen could vote on every issue. 

100

Thucydides, who wrote History of the Peloponnesian War, is one of the founders of this writing genre

historical writing

100
Why were the early Greeks reluctant to look inside the human body to learn about its parts and their functions?
The thought that cutting open a body would offend the gods.
100

The first female mathematician to be famous was 

Hypatia

100

This geographer designed the latitude and longitude system that recorded specific locations on maps. 

Ptolemy

100
What Greek philosopher classified animals according to whether they had backbones or not?
Aristotle