Key
Pink = Good information, great for studying
Red = Critical Information, will probably be on quizzes
Vocabulary
Autocracy- Ruled by one person
Autograph- Someone’s signature
Chronic- Lasting over a long period of time
Chronology- Study of the order in time
Geology- Study of the structure of earth
Geothermal- Relating to earth’s heat
Thermograph- An instrument that records temperature
Thermometer- An instrument that measures temperature
Literature and History
- The Greeks created the alphabet
- Their Greek words also had meanings behind them
- Wrote of history and maps
- Many pieces of writing
Government
- They started a democratic government
- Ruled by the peoples choices, it let people vote and had the choice to control their destiny
- Practices of citizens on juries
Medicine
- Greeks believed that sickness was a curse by the gods. A man named Hippocrates was a doctor, and he taught people how to diagnose an illness
- They also learned how the body functioned
Mathematics
- Found numbers were the answer to nature
- They loved Geometry
- Measured the lands
Astronomy
- They studied the stars, moon, and sun, they also named them
- Aristarchus found the earth spun on its axis
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