Topic 6: Ancient Greek Learning

This philosopher was a student of Socrates

• Plato

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Herodotus

This word means "love of wisdom" in ancient Greek

• Sophist

• Socrates

• Philosophy

• Peninsula

Known as the father of Western philosophy

• Plato

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Herodotus

This philosopher used questioning to teach

• Plato

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Herodotus

The Socratic Method is based upon

• Observing

• Traveling

• Staying Silent

• Asking Questions

This philosopher taught Alexander the Great

• Plato

• Socrates

• Aristotle

• Herodotus

This Greek historian wrote about the Persian Wars

• Plato

• Herodotus

• Thucydides

• Sophists

What was Plato's book called The Republic about?

• his ideas on the ideal government

• how to run a government

• what a government should not do

• who should run a government

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.

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.