A Greek doctor who taught that disease causes illness; known as "the father of modern medicine".
Who is Hippocrates?
100
The Greek astronomer who said that the earth moves around the sun.
Who is Aristarchus?
100
The Greeks invented this system of letters that we still use to write today.
What is the alphabet?
100
The Greeks invented this sports event that still takes place today.
What are the Olympic Games?
100
Before Hippocrates, most people thought that diseases were caused by this.
What is punishment by the gods?
200
This renowned Greek thinker discovered the principle of displacement of water. (hint: the bathtub guy!)
Who is Archimedes?
200
A great Greek historian and writer. (hint= he wrote down the story of the "300" at Thermopylae!)
Who is Thucydides?
200
A form of entertainment held outside in a theater invented by the Greeks.
What is drama? (Both comedies and tragedies.)
200
The Greek style of this is still used in buildings today.
(hint = Athena was the goddess of this!)
What is architecture?
200
This word means the study of stars and outer space; Aristarchus and Hipparchus were two famous pioneers in this field.
What is astronomy?
300
This Greek scientist pioneered geometry and new ways of mathematical measurement.
Who is Pythagoras?
300
The greatest ancient Greek astronomer; he figured out the distance from the earth to the moon and from the earth to the sun.
Who is Hipparchus?
300
The Greeks invented democracy the idea of having citizens serve on these.
What are juries?
300
Greek theaters were outside and built in a semicircle so that everyone in the audience could do this.
What is hear better?
300
The Greeks were pioneers in this, the study of the body structure of people and animals.
What is anatomy?
400
This Greek philosopher developed a classification system for plants and animals that is reflected in our modern classification system. (hint= legendary student of Plato!)
Who is Aristotle?
400
A Greek mathematician whose geometry textbook became the basis of geometry instruction for the next 2000 years.
Who is Euclid?
400
The Greeks were the first ones to realize that the heart did this.
What is pump blood through your body?
400
The system of government devloped by the Greeks and still used in the U.S. today.
What is democracy?
400
Euclid and Pythagoras invented this form of mathematics.
What is geometry?
500
A great Greek historian and writer. (hint= a lot of what we know about Ancient Egypt is because of this guy!)
Who is Herodotus?
500
The Greek scientist who was the greatest geographer and mapmaker of ancient times.
Who is Ptolemy?
500
The Greeks developed this system to show where you are on the earth. (hint = it helps you read maps)
What is latitude and longitude?
500
The writing down of important past events; Herodotus and Thucydides were the first famous writers of this.
What is history?
500
This Olympic event included: a footrace, discus throw, long, javelin toss, and wrestling.