ch 7 (quiz 2) Flashcards

1
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What were the Greeks?

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humanistic

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2
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“Classical Greece”

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Hellenistic Age

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3
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said “Man is the measure of all things”

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Protagoras

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4
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well-educated slave hired as a teacher of morals and manners

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Pedagogue

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5
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temple dedicated to the goddess Athena

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Parthenon

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6
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Father of History

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Herodotus

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7
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wrote Fables (brief stories used to teach a moral lesson)

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Aesop

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8
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brief stories used to teach a moral lesson

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Fables

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9
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wrote 2 of the greatest tragedies

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Sophocles

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10
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discovered math concepts still used today (like pythagorean theorem)

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Pythagoras

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11
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Formulated a theory of atoms

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Democritus

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12
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Father of medicine; known for Hippocratic Oath

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Hippocrates

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13
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lover of wisdom

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philosopher

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14
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Name given to early philosophers

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Sophist

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15
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believed there is no absolute truth

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Relativist

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16
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ultimate foundational truths

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absolutes

17
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believed education should be based on absolutes

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Socrates (470-399 B.C)

18
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student of Socrates; wrote The Republic

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Plato

19
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student of Plato at 18; “order in the universe must come from God”

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Aristotle

20
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Order of philosophers

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S ocrates
P lato (SPA)
A ristotle

(alexander came after aristotle)

21
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A time when Alexander spread Greek culture throughout his empire

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Hellenistic Age

22
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founded the school of philosophy known as Stoicism

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Zeno

23
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not much emotion; serious

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stoic

24
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remain indifferent to the pains and pleasures of life

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stoicism

25
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highest good of man was to live a life of calm pleasure

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Epicurus

26
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emphasized indulgence of bodily appetites and physical pleasure

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Epicurus

27
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proposed the earth revolves around the sun

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Aristarchus of Samos

28
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Plane geometry

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Euclid

29
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principles of geometry

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Hipparchus

30
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book that plato wrote

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the republic

31
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said “order in the universe must come from God”

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Aristotle

32
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school of philosophy

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stoicism (founded by zeno)

33
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oath by hippocrates

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Hippocratic Oath

34
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mathematics, engineering, and physics

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Archimedes

35
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calculated the circumference of the earth

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Eratosthenes

36
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wrote Geography

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Strabo

37
Q

The commonly spoken greek language used during the time of Christ

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koine