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Greek Quiz #2
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Social Studies
9th Grade
01/10/2013

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Delian League
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Greek league that included Athens
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Golden Age
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Period of artistic growth and beautification in Athens,led by Pericles
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Peloponnesian League
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Greek league that included Sparta, on peloponnesian Peninsula
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Tragedy
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Type of Greek play focused on tragic events,things that disrupt the natural order of the world and affect the emotions of the characters
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Comedy
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Type of Greek play focused on satire, making fun of society
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Epic Poem
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Long poem that focuses on a central theme, The Iliad,The Odyssey (written by Homer)
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Pythagoras
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Greek mathematician who invented the Pythagorean Theorem,a2+b2=c2
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Euclid
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Father of Geometry,Greek mathematician,wrote The Elements
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Sopholces
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Greek playwright,wrote Oedipus Rex
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Aeschylus
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Greek playwright famous for tragedies,wrote Orestia
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Plato
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Greek philosopher who wrote The Republic,believed in the perfect government /society ruled by a philosopher
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Aristotle
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Philosopher who created scientific method
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Herodotus
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"Father of History",wrote about the the Persian Wars
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Thucydides
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Historian who wrote about Peloponnesian War
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Hippocrates
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"Father of Medicine",credited with Hippocratic Oath
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Phidias
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Sculptor and architect who created Statue of Athena
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Pericles
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Athens'politician who ruled during Golden Age
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Socrates
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Philosopher who created Socratic method of teaching
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