World History/Ch. 8 Who am I – Important People

Directions:Read the sentences carefully and completely as this information might be on the test. The words missing are highlighted in yellow using the online book or highlighted in yellow or in bold using the textbook. Your sentences must be original and you must use the vocabulary word. Pictures are mandatory and must depict the word without using words.

  1. I taught my pupils that the universe followed the same laws that governed music and numbers. There is also a theorem named after me. Who am I?

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  1. I wrote a story called Argonautica about Jason and the Argonauts and the Golden Fleece? Who am I?

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  1. I am the king of the Olympian gods and I shoot lightening. Who am I?

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  1. I founded a philosophy known as Epicureanism & I taught that finding happiness was the goal of life. Who am I?

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  1. I was a general in the Peloponnesian War and I wrote The History of the Peloponnesian War. Who am I?

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  1. I am the goddess of wisdom and crafts. Who am I?

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  1. I created a list of rules about how doctors should use their skills to help patients and there is an oath named after me. Who am I?

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  1. I am the god of the sun and poetry. Who am I?

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  1. I developed the catapult, solid geometry, and figured out the value of pi. Who am I?

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  1. I was a philosopher who wrote the Republic, opened a school called the Academy, and I organized society into 3 groups. Who am I?

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  1. I am the god of war and I am feared by all. Who am I?

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  1. I am the father of history and I wrote about the Persian Wars. Who am I?

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  1. I am a Macedonian king who conquered the Persian Empire. I was considered great and I died at 32. Who am I?

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  1. I was a female philosopher and mathematician. I championed reason over superstition. Who am I?

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  1. I am the goddess of love. Who am I?

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  1. I am a philosopher & am the teacher of both Plato and Aristotle. I developed a teaching method that is still used today. Who am I?

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  1. I am the god of the seas and earthquakes. Who am I?

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  1. I was the chief librarian at Alexandria and I used my knowledge to measure the Earth’s circumference. Who am I?

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  1. I wrote the Odyssey and the Iliad. Who am I?

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  1. My name is used to describe a long, exciting journey and I am the Greek hero of the Trojan War. Who am I?

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  1. My stories have morals or useful truths to them. Who am I?

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  1. I advanced the field of mathematics, wrote the book Elements, and developed plane geometry. Who am I?

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  1. I am a philosopher who started a school called the Lyceum and taught my students the “golden mean”. Who am I?

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  1. I claimed that the sun was at the center of the universe and that the Earth circled the sun. Who am I?

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  1. I wrote a set of three plays called the Oresteia which is a drama about revenge and murder. Who am I?

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  1. I am an Athenian writer and in my play, Antigone, I question whether it is better to obey orders or to do what one believes to be right. Who am I?

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  1. I wrote about ordinary human beings in realistic situations & my plays often showed the suffering caused by war. Who am I?

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  1. I studied astronomy and math & I made discoveries and developed theories by observing and thinking. Who am I?

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  1. I am the most famous writer of Greek comedies and many of my comedies included jokes. Who am I?

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  1. I a Phoenician thinker who developed a philosophy known as Stoicism that says that if you are guided by your emotions you will live an unhappy life. Who am I?

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