Vocabulary Builder Activity



A. Content VocabularyDirections:?Select a vocabulary term from the box that best answers each question below. More than one term may answer a question. Write a term(s) in the blank. Some terms may be used more than once.cavalryHippocratic OathritualcircumferencemythSocratic methodcomedyoraclesolid geometrydramaoral traditionSophistsEpicureanismplane geometryStoicismfablerhetorictragedyHellenistic Era1. A type of questioning that encourages students to think for themselves is the ______________.2. A philosophy that emphasized happiness and pleasure was ______________. 3. The period of time in which Greek culture spread to all of the lands conquered by Alexander the Great is known as the ______________. 4. A traditional story that explains the practices or beliefs of a people is a(n) ___________. A story about animals that teaches a lesson is a(n) ______________. 5. A priest or priestess who told what would happen in the future was a(n) __________.6. To honor the god or goddess who protected their city, the Greeks would hold a ceremony called a(n) ___________. 7. A story told through the actions and spoken words of actors is a(n) ______________. A story told this way that had a happy ending was a(n) ______________. A story told this way that had an unhappy ending was a(n) ______________. 8. A group of philosophers who charged money for their teaching and did not believe in absolute right or wrong were the ______________. They taught the art of public speaking and debate known as ______________. 9. The stories that are told out loud and passed on from one generation to the next are part of a people’s ___________. 10. The set of promises a new medical doctor makes about how he or she will treat patients is known as the ___________.11. The soldiers in Alexander the Great’s army who rode horses into battle were the _________.12. A philosophy that taught that using reason and sound thinking for decisions was better than using emotions was ____________.13. The measurement of the outside of a circle is its ______________.14. The branch of mathematics that deals with the measurement, properties, and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids in three-dimensional space is ______________. The branch of mathematics that deals with those same properties, except on a flat or level plane, rather than in three-dimensional space, ? is ______________.B.?Academic Vocabulary:?Sentence CompletionDirections:?Select a vocabulary term from the box to complete the sentences below. Write the term in the blank.accuratedespiterejectcommunityindividualrevealconflictinvestigateseekconstructmethodstylecreatepursuevoluntary1. A word that means the opposite of hide is ______________. 2. A word that means fight or disagreement is ______________. 3. A word that means the opposite of unwilling is ______________. 4. If you wanted to study something very carefully and examine it closely, you would ______________ it. 5. A word that means the opposite of incorrect is ______________. 6. A word that means to search for is ______________. 7. A word that means the opposite of destroy is ______________. 8. The marble columns in Greek temples are designed in a distinctive form that is known as the classical ______________. 9. If you walk home in the dark even when you are afraid, you walk home ______________ your fears. 10. A procedure or a way of doing something is a(n) ______________.11. A neighborhood where people know each other is a kind of ______________.12. A word that means the opposite of run away from is ______________.Chapter 8 Document-Based QuestionsDIRECTIONS: Short Answer. Answer each of the following questions. 1. What do Epicureanism and Stoicism have in common? 2. What are the goals of Epicureanism and Stoicism?3. What does Socrates say he will never stop doing? 4. Why does Socrates think citizens of Athens should be ashamed?5. In the passage on the previous page, whom does Socrates say he will obey instead of?men? 6. Refer to the passage on the previous page. What does Socrates think about the city of?Athens?7. Why were the ideas of Socrates considered dangerous by Athenian leaders? ................
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