The Legacy of Greece Chapter 31

Question 1

____ a measure of how far north or south a place on Earth is measured from the Equator.

Accepted Answer

latitude

Question 2

Diseases have natural causes, observe patients, write notes, ethical behavior are ideas from

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father of medicine, Hippocrates

Question 3

The word __ comes from Greek words that mean "writing about the earth."

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geography

Question 4

They identified organs,heart sends blood throughout the body,brain center of nervous system

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centuries after Hippocrates, Greek medical students

Question 5

How do we know history of Peloponnesian War, an account of conflict between Athens and Sparta?

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Thucydides, greatest historian of Greece

Question 6

Archimedes (ar-kuh-MEE-deez) discovered __by measuring the amount of water that left the tub?

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volume

Question 7

Hypathia was a highly respected ___ and mathematician in Alexandria, Egypt.

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philosopher

Question 8

Democracy means rule by the?

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people

Question 9

The Greeks also developed historal writing; and modern historians follow the footsteps of

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Herodotus (huh-ROD-uh-tuhs)

Question 10

Pythagoras (pih-THAG-er-uhs) believed that numbers were the key to understanding __?

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nature

Question 11

Ptolemy (TAH-luh-mee) also designed a system of lines drawn on a map called_?

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both lines

Question 12

American democracy has roots in Greece, but in Greece only ____ could be citizens in Athens?

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native-born males

Question 13

Greeks solve problems like how much seed to buy for planting a field or how to law out a city

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geometry

Question 14

a measure of how far east or west a place on Earth is from an imaginary line between the poles

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longitude

Question 15

Euclid (YOO-klid), a famous mathematician, his textbook for teaching math used for 2000 years.

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geometry

Question 16

Astronomy comes from the Greek word for ___?

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star

Question 17

Greek ___ is the study of living things; their structure, growth, and function.

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biology

Question 18

The Greeks believed that the ___ was the center of the universe.

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Earth

Question 19

The English rules of grammar, punctuation, and paragraphing are all from Greek writing, so is

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literature

Question 20

The early Greeks believed that cutting open a human body offended the __?

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gods

Question 21

Ptolemy (TAH-luh-mee), wrote a book called "Geographia" about 8000 places around the

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world

Question 22

Greek contributions to our lives in the areas of ____________________?

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All of the Above

Question 23

The Greeks believed that ____ controlled natural events, including health and sickness.

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gods and goddesses

Question 24

Greek architecture influenced the columns of the ?

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U.S. Capitol

Question 25

Their interest in athletics or ___ gave them some knowledge about how the body moves.

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Sports

Question 26

Doctors promise to be honest, preserve life, and keep information about their patients private

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Hippocratic Oath

Question 27

The Greek historian Herodotus created the first ___ of the known world, in about 450 B.C.E.

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map

The Legacy of Greece Chapter 31

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The Legacy of Greece Chapter 31

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