Set: Greek Acheivements

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Thales 1st Greek philosopher; Searched for explanation that the world rested on water, and the occurrences of earthqukes
Socrates Questions for everything; questions criticized government which led to execution
Plato student of Socrates-wrote two books; Republic (book on the best way to govern; The Analogy (book as a response to Socrates)
Aristotle Student of Plato/Teacher of Alexander the Great; 1st to promote Scientific Method of observation and theory
Hippocrates father of medicine -looked for natural causes; Hippocratic Oath. requires all doctors to act ethically and morally.
Anaxagoras Solar eclipse explanation
Archimedes Laws of physics; body weight in water
Democracy Democracy with an assembly, council, and court; A. Direct Democracy-every citizen (only men) votes. It was like this in ancient greece; B. Representative Democracy-Vote on Representatives to vote on issues
Theatre Originally songs/dances in marketplaces (agoras)-Then open air theaters. By the 5th century BC two types of plays; A. Tragedy-serious, tragic, end; B. Comedy-lighthearted/joke, humor
Literature A. greek myths-myths about gods & heroes; Epic Poems-celebrating heroic deeds-Illiad & Odyssey (Homer); C. Lyric poems-concerned with feelings
History Herodotus -A. wrote abouth the Persian Wars; Father of History; First to gather facts and write them down; Word history comes from his name; B. Thycydus-worte about the Pelponnesian war; tried to Understand events based on actions-like a reporter
Olympics Sports to honor gods; A. Every four years-Athletic Competiton; 1. Only Greek men in Olympia; 2. Prize was originally olive wreat; 3. Started with just a foot race; Pentathlon-revealed besta all around athlete; B. Heraia- Women had own Olympics in non-Olympic Years
Parthenon Temple to Athena-Parts still stand
Agoras Open air theaters
Columns Doric-simple; Ionic; Cornithian
Alphabet Ours is similar today; adapted from the Phonecian Alphabet between 1100 BC- 700 BC; The Greek alphabet has 24 characters
Math Pythagoras-Geometry Theorem; B. Elucid-the father of geometry; Abacus-counting tool
Art A. Sculptors-human, lifelike; B. Paintings

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Creator jmstrnthl
Created April 2, 2008
Group PCMS2014
Tags greece, flax, cards, 6thgrade
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Skenda : Changed Theartre → Originally songs/dances in marketplaces (agoras)-Then open air theaters. By the 5th century BC two types of plays; A. Tragedy-serious, tragic, end; B. Comedy-lighthearted/joke, humor to Theatre → Originally songs/dances in marketplaces (agoras)-Then open air theaters. By the 5th century BC two types of plays; A. Tragedy-serious, tragic, end; B. Comedy-lighthearted/joke, humor
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  6. Math → Pythagoras-Geometry Theorem; B. Elucid-the father of geometry; Abacus-counting tool - 2 misses
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