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Ancient Greece
Chapter Review
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History
7th Grade
12/01/2008

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Religion in Ancient Greece
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Greeks honored Gods by trying to do things well
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Aeschylus
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created a play with 2 characters
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Sophocles and Euripedes
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writers of tragedies
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Plato
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wrote The Republic about political science
wrote down Socrate's speeches
Socrate's pupil
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Aristophenes
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writer of comic plays
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Greek comedies
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Plays poked fun at political figures
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Zeus
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Olympic Games were played in honor of this God.
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Socrates
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Interested in the thinking process
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Dionysus
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God whose festivals honored dance and drama
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Aristotle
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First to classify plants and animals
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Hippocrates
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Father of Scientific Medicine
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Thales
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scientist who encouraged observation
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Herodotus
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wrote histories
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Scientific Method
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process used to study something. 1)Collect data 2) create hypothesis 3) test
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hypothesis
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a possible explanation
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Philosophia
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studying the laws of nature
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oracles
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People who spoke to the Gods and gave advice
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prophecy
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A statement of what might happen in the future.
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Pancrantium
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Ancient Olympic event combining boxing and wrestling
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Socratic Method
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Form of questioning using a step by step process to draw a conclusion.
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