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Ch8 Vocab (test - 1/26/17) Flashcards

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A traditional story that explains the practices or beliefs of a people, or something in the natural world

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Myth

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Words or actions that are part of a religious ceremony

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Ritual

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A sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess

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Oracle

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A story meant to teach a lesson

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Fable

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The custom of passing along stories by speech

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Oral tradition

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A story written in the form of a play

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Drama

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A play or film that tells in which characters fail to overcome serious problems

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Tragedy

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A play or film that tells a humorous story

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Comedy

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The art of public speaking and debate

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Rhetoric

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Greek teachers of philosophy, reasoning, and public speaking

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Sophists

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Philosophical method of questioning to gain truth

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Sacratic method

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A set of promises about patient care that new doctors make when they start practicing medicine

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Hippocratic Oath

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Part of an army in which the soldiers ride horses

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Cavalry

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The time period following the death of Alexander during which Greek culture spread through the known world

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Hellenistic Era

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The philosophy of Epicurus, stating that the purpose of life is to look for happiness and peace

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Epicureanism

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The philosophy of the Stoics who believed that people should not try to feel joy or sadness

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Stoicism

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The outer border of a circle; the measurement of that border

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Circumference

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A branch of mathematics centered around measurement and relationships of points, lines, and surfaces of figures on a plane

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Plane geometry

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A branch of mathematics about measurement and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids in three dimensional space

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Solid geometry

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