WorksheetsOur Greek Heritage
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 35mins
Scientist who applied principles of physics to make practical inventions such as a system levers and pulleys and displacement
Archimedes
Eratosthenes
Athena
Aristotle
a philosopher who studied under Plato and believed reason should guide the pursuit of knowledge
Archimedes
Eratosthenes
Athena
Aristotle
Ancient Greek artwork includes...
sculptures and weaving
painting and weaving
jewelry making and weaving
sculptures and paintings
What architectural design did we get from the ancient Greeks? (The White House and the Lincoln Memorial has these in their building design)
columns
arches
roads
paintings
The ancient Greeks built this building to honor the goddess Athena.
Parthenon
Peninsula
Architecture
Columns
Euclid and Pythagoras
math
history
poetry
philosophy
Archimedes and Hippocrates
drama
science
philosophy
poetry
Socrates, Plato, Aristotle
drama
science
math
Philosophy
Sophocles and Aeschylus
drama
poetry
mathematics
philosophy
A part of a culture that is passed down from one generation to the next. This may consist of traditions, a way of life, art, music, literature, paintings, etc.
heritage
mythology
philosophy
sculpture
A scientist that calculated the circumference of the earth
Hippocrates
Euclid
Eratosthenes
Archimedes
Greek mathematician developed geometry
Eratosthenes
Hippocrates
Euclid
Archimedes
Medical practitioner who is regarded as the father of medicine; author of the Hippocratic Oath
Athena
Hippocrates
Euclid
Eratosthenes
Which philosopher was a student of Socrates?
Plato
Aristotle
Alexander
Euclid
Which is not a main philosopher from Ancient Greece?
Socrates
Plato
Laozi
Aristotle
He wrote set of rules that doctors still promise to follow today.
Sophocles
Hippocrates
Pythagoras
Euclid
For what Greek goddess was the temple of the Parthenon built?
Athena, goddess of wisdom
Samothrace, goddess of victory
Aphrodite, goddess of beauty
Parthenia, goddess of architecture
The famous Greek plays held in outdoor amphitheaters were either
comedies or myths
funny or disaters
comedies or tragedies
fairy tales or tragedies
Whose most famous work is called the "Republic" that describes his idea for an ideal government?
Aristotle
Plato
Socrates
Eratosthenes
A play intended for a performance by actors on a stage.
drama
disaster
myth
oracle
a sacred shrine where a god or goddess was said to reveal the future through a priest or priestess
parthenon
oracle
Athena
sculpture
Ancient Greeks used their admiration of the human body to create this three-dimensional work of art
sculpture
architecture
columns
paintings
