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Who calculated the circumference of the Earth?
Eratosthenes
Carl Sauer
Plotemy
Aristotle
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Who founded Stoicism?
Xena
Pythagoras
Aristotle
Zeno
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Who did Socrates teach?
Aristotle
Plato
Alexander The Great
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Who was Pythagoras
Created the Pythagorean Theorem
Father of Geometry
Father of Medicine
Credited for the Pythagorean Theorem
5
a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess
oracle
construct
sophist
rhetoric
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Who was the king of the Greek gods?
Apollo
Hera
Hades
Zeus
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What are sophists
The art of public speaking and debate
A philosophical method of asking questions
Greek teachers of philosophy, reasoning, and public speaking
A philosopher that also studies astronomy and animals
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Hippocrates is often called what?
No one knows who he is
Father of medicine
Hippocrate
Father of science
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Macedonia gained power in the ancient world during the reign of the King Phillip II
True
False
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pursue
to jump on top of
to run away from
to follow in order to defeat
to eat quickly
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What did Epicureanism teach?
taught his students that joy was the goal of life
taught his students that stress was the goal of life
taught his students that happiness was the goal of life
taught his students that hope is the goal of life
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words or actions that are part of a religious ceremony
ritual
stoicism
myth
oracle
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What is the Hellenistic Era?
Time period in which Helen of Troy reigned.
Time period in which Persia dominated
Time period in which Greek trade and culture spread.
Time period from the death of Alexander to the rise of Rome
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a play or film that tells a humorous story
tragedy
comedy
fable
drama
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What is the Hippocratic Oath?
a set of promises made by artists to make origial pieces
a set of promises about medical care that nurses make when they start
a set of promises about patient care that new doctors make when they start
a set of promises that philosophers make when they teach their students
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Euclid was famous for what?
Geometry
Statistics
Trigonometry
Algebra
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What is Hippocrates' Nickname?
Daddy Health
The One and Only Doctor
The Father of Medicine
The Greek Freak
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The Greek Gods lived at...
Nestos River.
Areopagus Hills.
Mount Olympus.
Mount Ossa.
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Who was Alexander the Great's father?
King Phillip II
King Phillip I
Homer
Aristotle
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What is a cavalry?
a branch of military mounted on horseback
the horses
a group of soldiers traveling on foot
a group of soldiers traveling over water
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Who was Plato?
Who stood a long with MLK
A philosopher
A singer
A writer
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Story or play written to be performed or read is called....
drama
autobiography
biography
nonfiction
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a traditional story that explains the practices or beliefs of a people, or something in the natural world
ritual
fable
myths
rhetoric
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Define rhetoric.
When you use questions that don't need answers.
The art of choosing Rhet or Rick
The art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing
It's Dr. Evil's nemesis.
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Who wrote "The Republic"
Pitagora
Hipocrates
Plato
Homer
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Who was Hippocrates?
The “Fun king of Medicine”
The “Father of Medicine”
The “Funding of Medicine”
The “Flounder of Medicine”
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The Iliad
and
The Odyssey
were written by...
Eric Cartman
Homer
Homer Simpson
Peter Griffin
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Who Discovered Pi
Archimedes
Darth Vader
Aristophanes
Donald Trump
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the outer border of a circle; the meausrement of that border
method
circumference
geometry
plane
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Oral Tradition is...
sleeping at the dentist
talking about stuff
the passing down info through songs and story telling
what REALLY happened in life
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A short story meant to teach a lesson, usually with talking animals
Fable
Historical Fiction
Legend
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What is the Socratic Method?
Pretending to be dumb
Asking questions to find truth
Spend a lot of time thinking
Observing, hypothesis, experimentation, theory
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Who was Herodotus?
He was one of the first historians, know as the father of history
He was a Pharaoh in ancient Greece.
He was a hero, that is why his name is HEROdotus
He was a craftsman in Athens.
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Who was sentenced to death for his teachings?
Aristotle
Plato
Archimedes
Socrates
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Aesop's fables were part of Greek
temples
oral tradition
architecture
politics
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Alexandria was the Greek capital of Egypt and was most famous among scholars for its
famous theaters
vast library.
exciting architecture
grand art museums
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a play or film in which characters fail to overcome serious problems
tragedy
fable
ritual
comedy
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Who created the Hippocratic Oath?
Apollo
Zeus
Hippocrates
Alexander the Great
