Gifted Greeks - Scientists, Historians, Philosophers, and More

Question 1

The "father" of modern medicine, famous Greek physician during the Classical Period, and author of "Hippocratic Corpus"

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Hippocrates

Question 2

Herodotus completed his "Histories" ca. 430 BC, just after the beginning of which conflict?

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Peloponnesian War

Question 3

What were the opportunities that women in Sparta were allowed to have, but Greek women in other poleis did not?

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All of the above (* = if they died in childbirth)

Question 4

Someone who studies the planets, the sun, the stars, and space

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Astronomer

Question 5

One of the greatest Greek historians, he gave us the most accurate account of "The History of the Peloponnesian War"

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Thucydides

Question 6

A group pf stars that form the outline of a particular shape, such an animal, person, or object

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Constellation

Question 7

The founder of the Academy of Medicine in Alexandria

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Erasistratus

Question 8

The "father" of mathematics, author of "The Method"

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Archimedes

Question 9

The second-most famous Greek historian, the author of "The History of the Peloponnesian War"

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Thucydides

Question 10

Archimedes lived ca. 287-212 BC, during which period in Greek history?

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Hellenistic Period

Question 11

Greek philosopher who thought the main purpose of being human was to understand what it meant to lead a virtuous life

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Socrates

Question 12

Greek historian, "father of history", changed the study of history by writing it accurately, author of "The Histories".

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Herodotus

Question 13

The area of mathematics that includes the study of measurements, lines, angles and solids

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Geometry

Question 14

What important question did the Greek philosophers try to answer?

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All of the above

Question 15

Gifted Greek, the author of "The Elements"

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Euclid

Question 16

Clever Greek inventor, the founding father of mechanics

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Heron of Alexandria

Question 17

Plato founded the Academy in Athens ca. 387 BC, during which period in Greek history?

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Classical Period

Question 18

What were the girls and women in Ancient Greece (including Sparta) allowed or expected to do?

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All of the above

Question 19

Why was Socrates sentenced to death?

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All of the above

Question 20

The Greek philosopher who believed that all human beings have souls, known as the founder of the Academy in Athens

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Plato

Question 21

Geographer and astronomer who determined how to measure the world's circumference - and almost did it!

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Eratosthenes

Question 22

Greek physician remembered as being the first to practice medicine in a scientific way,known as "the father of medicine"

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Hippocrates

Question 23

The study of general questions about life, knowledge, wisdom, thought, and other similar concepts

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Philosophy

Question 24

What were the girls and women in Ancient Greece ( Sparta included) expected to do on a daily basis?

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All of the above

Question 25

The way of learning in which people ask questions and then reach the correct answers by having discussions and dialogues

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Socratic method

Question 26

What is one reason why the works of Herodotus and Thucydides have such great value for us today?

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All of the above

Question 27

The Greek philosopher who tutored Alexander the Great, was a student Plato, and founded the Lyceum school in Athens

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Aristotle

Question 28

Greek mathematician & astronomer,first to figure that the earth is round, proved the Pythagorean Theorem about triangles

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Pythagoras

Question 29

This famous Greek wrote "The Histories"

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Herodotus

Question 30

Pythagoras lived ca. 570-490 BC, during which period in Greek history?

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Archaic Period

Question 31

Famous Greek philosopher, was a student of Socrates and wrote "The Laws" and "The Republic"

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Plato

Question 32

Aristotle founded the Lyceum in Athens ca. 335 BC, during the reign of which important ruler?

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Alexander the Great

Question 33

Greek mathematician who discovered many important principles of geometry, known as "the father of geometry"

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Euclid

Question 34

Conducting research, gathering facts, observing the results of experiments is what studying method at Aristotle's Lyceum

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Scientific Method

Question 35

The expert Greek mathematician who discovered a way to measure volume (the amount of space an object takes up)

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Archimedes

Question 36

Hippocrates thought that illnesses were caused by:

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All of the above

Question 37

The inventor of "The Scientific Method" of thinking, studying and learning

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Herophilus

Question 38

A person who studies the planets, the sun, the stars, and other parts os space

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Astronomer

Gifted Greeks - Scientists, Historians, Philosophers, and More

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