The Legacy of Ancient Greece

Who would be the most likely to use lines of latitude and longitude?

• a painter

• an architect

• a mapmaker

• an astronomer

What influence from ancient Greece is visible in this picture of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C.?

• the use of columns

• the use of arches

• the use of domes

• the use of mosaics

Greek drama included tragedy and

• comedy

• melodrama

• farce

• opera

The word alphabet comes from

• the first two letters of the Greek alphabet.

• the first two letters of the Latin alphabet.

• the first two letters of the Arabic alphabet.

• the first two letters of the Cyrillic alphabet.

Why is Herodotus called the “father of history”?

• He wrote about the past.

• He was the first to use the term 'history'.

• He documented the lives of famous kings.

• He invented the concept of time.

What vocabulary term has this definition: A proposed explanation for something

• hypothesis

• theory

• assumption

• conjecture

How did the philosopher Aristotle affect the modern study of plants and animals?

• He created a system to divide them into groups.

• He invented the microscope for studying them.

• He proposed that all plants and animals are the same species.

• He discovered the process of photosynthesis.

Which one of these lists of items would Pythagoras and Euclid most likely have written about?

• rocks, stones, and dirt

• skin, blood, and bones

• lines, circles, and squares

• actors, costumes, and stages

Which Greek root word means city?

• urbis

• civitas

• polis, -polis

• metropolis

In what way are many theaters today like the ones in ancient Greece?

• The rows rise so people can see and hear.

• They are all made of stone.

• They only show plays written by ancient playwrights.

• They have no seating arrangements.