Topic 6 Lesson 7: Ancient Greek Learning

The most important long-term impact of Socrates was

• his training of the philosopher Plato.

• the criminal activity that led to his death sentence.

• his encouragement of good citizenship.

• his promotion of critical thinking and reason.

Greek historians changed the way history was written by

• recording not just events but the reasons for those events.

• checking multiple sources to record events accurately.

• writing about recent events such as the Peloponnesian War.

• drawing on the philosophical ideas of Plato and Aristotle.

For ancient Greek scientists, the main purpose of forming a hypothesis was to

• make medicine.

• explain observations.

• generate steam power.

• create better weapons.

What is the main promise of the Hippocratic oath?

• to work for less fortunate people

• to rely on scientific principles

• to do no harm

• to treat people regardless of their status

What most shows Aristotle's Athenian background?

• his careful classification of government and politics in ancient Greece

• his argument that citizens need to participate in politics to be happy

• his careful attention to natural science

• his establishment of a school called the Lyceum

What is the Socratic method?

• form of teaching in which the teacher asks students question after question to force them to think more clearly

• school of philosophy founded by Plato

• logical guess

• oath taken by medical students swearing to practice medicine in an ethical way

What is the Academy?

• school of philosophy founded by Plato

• logical guess

• oath taken by medical students swearing to practice medicine in an ethical way

• the power to think clearly

What is a hypothesis?

• logical guess

• oath taken by medical students swearing to practice medicine in an ethical way

• the power to think clearly

• idea

What is the Hippocratic Oath?

• oath taken by medical students swearing to practice medicine in an ethical way

• the power to think clearly

• idea

• form of teaching in which the teacher asks students question after question to force them to think more clearly

What does it mean if someone can reason?

• the power to think clearly

• idea

• form of teaching in which the teacher asks students question after question to force them to think more clearly

• school of philosophy founded by Plato