WH1: Greek People ( U7, D7)

Question 1

Spread Hellenistic culture from Egypt to border of India. Created largest empire of its time.

Accepted Answer

Alexander

Question 2

Who was the "Father of Physics?" He studied levers and pulleys; he calculated "pi".

Accepted Answer

Archimedes

Question 3

Philosopher. Started the Academy, wrote The Republic, student of Socrates.

Accepted Answer

Plato

Question 4

Athenian statesman during Golden Age. supported direct democracy; rebuilt the Parthenon.

Accepted Answer

Pericles

Question 5

Wrote some of the first Athenian laws. I was a tyrant. Very harsh punishments.

Accepted Answer

Draco

Question 6

I am known as the Father of Medicine. Today, doctors must take an oath that bears my name.

Accepted Answer

Hippocrates

Question 7

Taught Alexander, scientific method, most famous student of Plato. Philosopher.

Accepted Answer

Aristotle

Question 8

Father of Alexander. Conquered Greece. Macedonian king.

Accepted Answer

Philip

Question 9

Tyrant who ended debt slavery for poor Athenians.

Accepted Answer

Solon

Question 10

I was a mathematician who came up with "theorem" for solving equations with right triangles.

Accepted Answer

Pythagoras

Question 11

Playwright. Wrote tragic play Oedipus the King who kills his father and sleeps with mother.

Accepted Answer

Sophocles

Question 12

Mathematician. Wrote first geometry book called The Elements. Known as Father of Geometry.

Accepted Answer

Euclid

Question 13

Sculptor hired by Pericles of Athens to make statue of Athena and rebuild Parthenon.

Accepted Answer

Phidias

Question 14

Historian known for my objectivity. I wrote about the Peloponnesian Wars.

Accepted Answer

Thucydides

Question 15

Wrote epic (long) poems The Iliad and The Odyssey, about Trojan War and its heroes. Blind.

Accepted Answer

Homer

Question 16

Playwright of tragedies about religion/relationships between gods and people. NOT Sophocles.

Accepted Answer

Aeschylus

Question 17

First & most famous philosopher of Athenian Greece. Used questioning method of teaching.

Accepted Answer

Socrates

Question 18

Father of History. Wrote about the Persian Wars. Answer is NOT Thucydides

Accepted Answer

Herodotus

Questions 18