Duplicate of The Legacy of Greece Chapter 31

Question 1

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

Accepted Answer

geography

Question 2

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

Accepted Answer

both lines

Question 3

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

Accepted Answer

map

Question 4

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

Accepted Answer

gods

Question 5

Greek architecture influenced the columns of the ?

Accepted Answer

U.S. Capitol

Question 6

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

Accepted Answer

Earth

Question 7

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

Accepted Answer

nature

Question 8

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

Accepted Answer

geometry

Question 9

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

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literature

Question 10

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

Accepted Answer

latitude

Question 11

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

Accepted Answer

native-born males

Question 12

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

Accepted Answer

longitude

Question 13

Greeks made contributions to our lives in the areas of ____________________?

Accepted Answer

All of the Above

Question 14

Democracy means rule by the?

Accepted Answer

people

Question 15

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

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gods and goddesses

Question 16

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

Accepted Answer

world

Question 17

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

Accepted Answer

Herodotus (huh-ROD-uh-tuhs)

Question 18

Greeks solved problems like how much seed to buy for planting a field or how to lay out a city using

Accepted Answer

geometry

Question 19

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

Accepted Answer

Thucydides, greatest historian of Greece

Question 20

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

Accepted Answer

volume

Question 21

Astronomy comes from the Greek word for ___?

Accepted Answer

star

Question 22

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

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Sports

Question 23

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

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biology

Question 24

Ideas that diseases have natural causes, we need to observe patients, write notes, and have ethical behavior come from

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father of medicine, Hippocrates

Question 25

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

Accepted Answer

philosopher

Question 26

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

Accepted Answer

Hippocratic Oath

Duplicate of The Legacy of Greece Chapter 31

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Duplicate of The Legacy of Greece Chapter 31

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