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Chapter 11 Vocabulary
Greek Cultural Contributions
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7th Grade
02/01/2018
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Hippocrates
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Father of Scientific Medicine
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Aristotle
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Classified plants & animals
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Zeus
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God of weather; king of the gods
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Euclid
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developed geometry
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tragedies
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stories about suffering
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philosophia
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studying nature; loving nature
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intellect
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ability to learn & reason
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Aeschylus
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created the play; wrote tragedies
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oracles
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people who could speak to the gods
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Plato
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opened the Academy, a school for government
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Socrates
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Athenian philosopher interested in the thinking process
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Mount Olympus
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home of the gods
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Soliloquy
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Talk in which personal feelings are discussed
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Political Science
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study of government
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Hypothesis
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possible explanation
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Pancratium
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combination of boxing and wrestling
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Herodotus
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Father of History
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Pentathlon
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Determined the best all-around athlete
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Hera
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wife of Zeus
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Comedy
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play with a happy ending
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Hippodrome
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oval track used for chariot racing
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Prophecy
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statement of what might happen in the future
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Aristophanes
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Comedy writer
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syllogism
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method of reasoning using 3 related statements
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Heraia
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Women's version of the Olympics
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