8th Grade Chapter 8 Test

The original Olympic games were held for what god

• Poseidon
• Zeus
• Apollo
• Hades

Why was Socrates sentenced to death

• Teaching false philosophy
• Engaging in illegal activities
• Committing treason against the state
• Because some people thought his teachings were dangerous

Who taught the idea of the Golden Mean

• Aristotle
• Plato
• Socrates
• Homer

Why didn't Alexander's plan to unite a great empire not last

• Lack of support from the people
• Fragmentation of the empire, difficulties in governance, cultural and language barriers, wars and conflicts
• Lack of resources and funding
• Lack of military power

Sculptors in the Hellenistic Era carved figures that

• more abstract and detached.
• less detailed and expressive.
• focused on geometric shapes and patterns.
• more realistic and emotional

Who was the first scientist to calculate the value of pi

• Isaac Newton
• Albert Einstein
• Galileo Galilei
• Archimedes

the art of public speaking and debate

• Rhetoric

• The study of nonverbal communication
• Methods and strategies for writing persuasive essays
• The principles of effective storytelling

Sophists

• Greek teachers of Philosophy

• They were followers of Socrates.
• They were known for their skepticism.
• They were ancient Greek philosophers.

a story written in the form of a play

• drama
• novel
• essay
• poem

a story meant to teach a lesson

• novel
• myth
• parable
• fable