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Ch. 8 Lesson 2: The Greek Mind

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which was a student of Socrates who wrote The Republic?

a)

Sophist

b)

Plato

c)

Thucydides

d)

Homer

2.

They were thinkers who created new bodies of knowledge such as history, political science, biology and logic.

a)

Socrates

b)

philosophers

c)

Sophists

d)

Thucydides

3.

He was an ancient historian who believed in accurate, eyewitness reporting of events and wrote about the Peloponnesian War.

a)

Plato

b)

Socrates

c)

Homer

d)

Thucydides

4.

This was a traveling professional teacher.

a)

philosopher

b)

Sophist

c)

Aristotle

d)

Socrates

5.

This is a way of teaching by asking questions.

a)

Questionnaire Method

b)

Socratic Method

c)

Aristocratic Method

d)

Sophisticated Method

6.

This philosopher taught that the universe was governed by the same laws as music and numbers.

a)

Plato

b)

Pythagoras

c)

Aristotle

d)

Herodotus

7.

The word philosophy means

a)

"love of history."

b)

"love of wisdom."

c)

"love of science."

d)

"love of mathematics."

8.

Socrates was an Athenian sculptor whose true love was

a)

writing.

b)

giving lectures.

c)

philosophy.

d)

drama.

9.

In addition to being the tutor of Alexander the Great, he compared 158 governments to find the best one and then wrote the book Politics.

a)

Plato

b)

Aristotle

c)

Thucydides

d)

Herodotus

10.

Who is considered to be the "father of history" and wrote about the Persian Wars?

a)

Herodotus

b)

Thucydides

c)

Aristotle

d)

Plato