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Question 1

This is why people having free time was so important for science.

Answer 1

They started to ask questions about why things happened and how it works.

Question 2

These were the 4 components needed for science.

Answer 2

Free time, record keeping, standardized measurement system, mathematics.

Question 3

This is the main reason the Greeks succeeded in science. (religion)

Answer 3

Separation of the divine from natural phenomena

Question 4

In this city, everything came together at the right moment. (Science started)

Answer 4

Miletus in Ionia

Question 5

This is the first philosopher that we know of. He rejected divine intervention and was famous for geometry.

Answer 5

Thales of Miletus

Question 6

This person was the first to make a world map. He also proposed an idea that humans evolved directly from fish.

Answer 6

Anaximander of Miletus

Question 7

This person proposed that fundamental reality can be understood and studied/expressed only by mathematics and is a universal language. He also predicted a universal system with the fire in the middle of the universe and a counter-earth protecting earth from heating too much.

Answer 7

Pythagoras

Question 8

This person believed that all senses were illusions. Everything stays the same.

Answer 8

Parmenides of Elea

Question 9

This person used the paradox of a runner never reaching it’s goal. He believed that no change = no motion.

Answer 9

Zeno of Elea

Question 10

This person said that true knowledge cannot be gained through senses alone. He used the allegory of the cave. He also believed that spheres are of perfect form and has no impurities. He also created the first school, mainly for orgies.

Answer 10

Plato

Question 11

This person was the first volcanologist. (Experimental Approach)

Answer 11

Empedocles

Question 12

This person broke down components until they could not be broken down anymore, and came up with the theory of atom. (Experimental Approach)

Answer 12

Democritus

Question 13

This person was arguably the most influential scientist. He proved that earth was a sphere, and came up with the saying “logic without logic”.

Answer 13

Aristotle

Question 14

Created by Aristotle, this was used to create the perfect future citizens.

Answer 14

Lyceum

Question 15

This is what women were only allowed to be during the Greek world,

Answer 15

Doctors

Question 16

This person is the greatest inventor of all time. He fought the Romans with science.

Answer 16

Archimedes

Question 17

This is the Roman military leader that attacked Archimedes.

Answer 17

Marcus Claudius Marcellus

Question 18

This is the oldest mechanical computer.

Answer 18

Antikythera

Question 19

This contraption was used to throw gigantic trees and rocks at the enemy, and was invented by Archimedes.

Answer 19

The Catapult