Vocabulary
What is the definition of "Geometry"?
" the branch of mathematics involving points, lines, planes, and figures"
What is the most famous example of Greeces modern sports?
Olympic Games
What did the Greeks look for?
Logical answers to natures mysteries.
What lead the greeks to study plants and animals?
Their Curiosity
When did the greeks learn about the human body?
When studying anatomy of animals
What is the definition of " longitude"?
" a measure of how far a place on Earth is from and imaginary line that runs between the north and south poles on the globe"
When where the first Olympic's held?
776 B.C.E.
Where did the Greek scientists often find their logical answers?
Mathematics
What did the greeks identify?
Many types of plants and their parts
What did greeks believe for centuries?
That Gods and Goddesses controlled natural events including health/sickness
What is the definition of "latitude"?
" a measure of how far a place on Earth is from the equator"
Who do the first Olympics honor?
Greek god Zuez
What scientist believed that numbers were the key to understanding nature?
Pythagoras
What did the greeks learn?
How plants reproduce by spreading seeds
What greek man changed the way people thought about health and medicine?
Hippocrates
What is the definition of "Modern"?
" relating to the present or recent times as opposed to the remote past"
What did the pentathlon include?
footrace, dicus throw, long jump, javelin throw, wrestling
What was Pythagoras fascinated by?
Geometry
What did doctors discover while studying plants?
Some plants can be useful as medicines
What was Hippocrates often called?
" Father of modern medicine "
What is the definition of " Contributions"?
" the part played by a person or thing in bringing about a result or helping something to advance"
What did the first olympics athlete do on the altar of Zeus?
Lit a fire
Who's geometry textbook became the basis for teaching geometry for more than 2,000 years?
Eiclid
What philosopher collected information about types of animals and plants?
Aristotle
Why couldn't greeks cut people open to figure out how the body works?
Because they believed that it would offend the gods.