Chp 31 The Legacy of Ancient Greece

3. A mathematician whose geometry textbook has been used for more than 2,000 years.
5. Known as the "father of history," he created the first map of the known world.
12. A city in Egypt that was a center of Greek learning, home to Hypatia and Ptolemy.
13. The city-state that fought against Athens in the Peloponnesian War.
15. A system of lines drawn on a map to measure distance east and west of the prime meridian.
17. A philosopher who fascinated by living things and was the first to classify animals into groups like "those with backbones."
18. The first person to suggest that the Earth revolves around the sun.
21. A system of lines drawn on a map to measure distance north and south of the equator.

1. A branch of mathematics that comes from a Greek word meaning "to measure land."
2. Known as the "father of medicine," he established ethical principles for doctors (the Hippocratic Oath).
4. A Greek philosopher and scientist who discovered how to measure volume by observing water displacement in a bathtub.
6. The first woman to earn fame as a mathematician; she taught in Alexandria, Egypt.
7. The Greek city-state where the concept of democracy ("rule by the people") began.
8. A scientist who named more than 850 stars and estimated distances from Earth to the sun and moon.
9. A word derived from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, alpha and beta.
10. A geographer who wrote Geographia and designed the system of latitude and longitude.
11. An Olympic event meaning "five contests," designed to test all-around athletic skill.
14. A feature of Greek architecture consisting of a covered line of columns.
16. A great historian who wrote an eyewitness account of the Peloponnesian War based on facts.
19. The scientific study of living things, including plants and animals.
20. A scientist who believed numbers were the key to understanding nature and developed mathematical theories.