Chapter 8 Hellenistic era

Question 1

Alexandria was the Greek capital of Egypt and was most famous among scholars for its?

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exciting architecture

Question 2

a short tale that teaches a lesson

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fable

Question 3

Who is known as the "father of medicine"?

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Hippocrates

Question 4

student of Socrates who wrote the Republic

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Plato

Question 5

a traditional story about gods and goddesses

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myth

Question 6

A time when Greek culture spread through the known world?

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Hellenistic

Question 7

mathematics that deals with points, lines, and angles

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plane geometry

Question 8

a traveling professional teacher

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Sophist

Question 9

Who was a commander in the army at age 16?

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Alexander

Question 10

the custom of passing along stories by speech

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oral tradition

Question 11

a priest or priestess who could tell the future

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oracle

Question 12

In Hellenistic kingdoms, government business was conducted in what language?

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Greek

Question 13

a time when Greek ideas spread to non-Greek people

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Hellenistic Era

Question 14

Became king of Macedonia at age 20

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Alexander

Question 15

This Greek poet wrote several epic poems about heroic deeds, including the Iliad?

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Homer

Question 16

the word philosophy means

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love of wisdom

Question 17

A long poem about heroic deeds?

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epic

Question 18

the distance around the Earth

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circumference

Question 19

Through mythology, the Greek people expressed their

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religious beliefs

Question 20

What a person leaves when they die

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legacy

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