history test ch 3

Question 1

what does acropolis mean

Answer 1

high city

Question 2

polis

Answer 2

city

Question 3

what books did Homer write

Answer 3

Iliad and Odyssey

Question 4

what are the 4 forms of government

Answer 4

monarchy, oligarchy, tyranny, democracy

Question 5

what age was Pericles in

Answer 5

golden age (Periclean age)

Question 6

what was the significant thing Alexander the Great did

Answer 6

he spread Greek culture and language which made us have english and democracy

Question 7

what does history mean

Answer 7

inquiry

Question 8

what were the 2 favorite forms of drama during this time

Answer 8

tragedy and comedy

Question 9

what were the 4 questions philosophers had

Answer 9

where did we come from
why are we here
where are we going
what is the highest good in life

Question 10

who were some of the main philosophers and what did they do (Thales, Socrates, PLato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Zeno)

Answer 10

Thales- father of philosophy, first to explain the universe and concluded that water was the original substance of all things

Socrates- didn’t write, developed Socratic Method, helped other seek truth and knowledge, put to death with hemlock poison bc they believed that he poisoned the minds of the youth

Plato- writes for Socrates, established the Academy, wrote the Republic, believed too much freedom leads to anarchy

Aristotle- tutor to Alex the Great, instilled to him a love for Greek culture, main theme “reality was in the physical world”, most known for logic which he made syllogism

Epicurus- happiness and pleasure is archived through avoiding pain/fear, argued that when a person dies then there’s nothing to fear

Zeno- the leader of the stoics, affairs of man and universe are ordered by fixed laws, happiness is achieved by duty and self-control

Question 11

who were the people mainly in math and science (Pythagoras, Hippocrates, Euclid, Eratosthenes, Archimedes)

Answer 11

Pythagoras- concluded that the universe could be explained in mathematical terms, made Pythagorean Theorem

Hippocrates- father of medicine, taught every illness has a natural causes

Euclid- father of geometry, found a school in Alexandria, Egypt

Eratosthenes- father of geography

Archimedes- known for his many discoveries and developed the principle of levers