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  • Aristotle taught his students what?
    The “golden mean.”
  • What group of people rejected the idea of absolute right or wrong?
    Sophists
  • Who was a great Athenian writer who stressed courage and understanding?
    Sophocles
  • Whom did the Greeks worship as their chief god?
    Zeus
  • What Greek scientist is known as the “father of medicine”?
    Hippocrates
  • What was the time when Greek culture spread through the known world called?
    The Hellenistic Era
  • True or False: The gods in Greek myths have great powers but look and act like human beings.
    True
  • Who was a commander in the army at 16 and a ruler at 20?
    Alexander the Great
  • Which Greek scientist concluded that Earth was round?
    Eratosthenes
  • Who believed that happiness resulted from using reason?
    Stoics
  • True or False: Macedonia gained power in the ancient world during the reign of King Philip II.
    True
  • Who was sentenced to death for his teachings?
    Socrates
  • True or False: The Parthenon is an example of a Greek theater.
    False
  • True or False: Aristotle’s writing had no effect on the writing of the U.S. Constitution.
    False
  • Homer’s epic, the Iliad, is about what?
    The Trojan War
  • Which city of Alexander’s empire was in Egypt?
    Alexandria
  • Aesop’s fables were a part of Greek what?
    Oral Tradition
  • Who taught students that the universe followed the same laws that governed music and numbers?
    Pythagoras
  • Who thought that governments should be headed by philosopher-kings?
    Plato
  • True or False: Many Greeks visited an oracle to find out about the future.
    True