Ch. 8 Lesson 2: The Greek Mind

Which was a student of Socrates who wrote The Republic?

• Sophist

• Plato

• Thucydides

• Homer

They were thinkers who created new bodies of knowledge such as history, political science, biology and logic.

• Socrates

• philosophers

• Sophists

• Thucydides

He was an ancient historian who believed in accurate, eyewitness reporting of events and wrote about the Peloponnesian War.

• Plato

• Socrates

• Homer

• Thucydides

This was a traveling professional teacher.

• philosopher

• Sophist

• Aristotle

• Socrates

This is a way of teaching by asking questions.

• Questionnaire Method

• Socratic Method

• Aristocratic Method

• Sophisticated Method

This philosopher taught that the universe was governed by the same laws as music and numbers.

• Plato

• Pythagoras

• Aristotle

• Herodotus

The word philosophy means

• "love of history."

• "love of wisdom."

• "love of science."

• "love of mathematics."

Socrates was an Athenian sculptor whose true love was

• writing.

• giving lectures.

• philosophy.

• drama.

In addition to being the tutor of Alexander the Great, he compared 158 governments to find the best one and then wrote the book Politics.

• Plato

• Aristotle

• Thucydides

• Herodotus

Who is considered to be the "father of history" and wrote about the Persian Wars?

• Herodotus

• Thucydides

• Aristotle

• Plato