Greek Contributions/Shopping at the Agora

Which was not a famous Greek playwright?

What was the purpose of the first Olympic games?

He is most well-known for developing the first two steps of the scientific method.

Which was NOT a sport in the Greek Olympics?

Which of the following is NOT true of Hippocrates?

Who was known as the Father of Medicine?

Which was not a style of column created by Greek architects?

God of sun, light, music and dance.

Which of the following is NOT a Greek root word?

What does the root word -Dem mean?

Which is NOT a similarity between the ancient and modern Olympics?

Goddess of love and beauty

A student of Socrates, he formed The Academy.

She was considered one of the greatest lyric poets.

What does the Greek root word -Auto mean?

The Athenians believed his form of questioning was a threat to Athens.

This philosopher developed syllogism, the science of reasoning.

God of the sky, thunder and lightening.

Who wrote the epic poems The Iliad and The Odyssey?

Which mathematician developed a2 + b2 = c2?

Goddess of fertility, agriculture/harvest.

In the excerpt from The Odyssey, you learned about a monster with six heads and snake-like feet. What was her name?

God of metalworking

Greek sculpture was meant to represent what Greeks thought of as the ideal human form.

Athenians accused him of denying the gods, corrupting the youth and trying to overthrow the government.

What do Socrates, Plato and Aristotle have in common?

He wrote The Republic, the first book ever written about political science.

Used to located the positions of the sun, moons, planets and stars.

This invention was used for transferring water for irrigation.

Goddess of the home and hearth

This scientist was the first to predict a solar eclipse.

Goddess of marriage, family and childbirth

Which epic poem takes place after the Trojan War has ended?

Why do you think the US modeled their government buildings off of the Greeks' buildings?

Invented in 515 BCE, it made construction of buildings more efficient by allowing workers to lift heavier materials