Chapter 4

Question 0

• words or actions that are part of a religious ceremony

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• ritual

Question 1

• a traditional story that explains the practices or beliefs of a people, or something in the natural world

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• myth

Question 2

• a sacred shrine where a priest or priestess spoke for a god or goddess

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• oracle

Question 3

• to build

Answer 3

• construct

Question 4

• a story meant to teach a lesson

Answer 4

• fable

Question 5

• the custom of passing down stories by speech

Answer 5

• oral tradition

Question 6

• a story written in the form of a play

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• drama

Question 7

• a play or film in which characters fail to overcome serious problems

Answer 7

• tragedy

Question 8

• a play or film that tells a humorous story

Answer 8

• comedy

Question 9

• a fight or disagreement

Answer 9

• conflict

Question 10

• a distinctive form or type of something

Answer 10

• style

Question 11

• Greek teachers of philosophy, reasoning, and public speaking

Answer 11

• Sophists

Question 12

• the art of public speaking and debate

Answer 12

• rhetoric

Question 13

• to refuse to accept or consider

Answer 13

• reject

Question 14

• to make information public; to tell a secret

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• reveal

Question 15

• philosophical method of questioning to gain the truth

Answer 15

• Socratic Method

Question 16

• in spite of; regardless of

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• despite

Question 17

• human beings; people

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• individuals

Question 18

• to observe or study by examining closely and question systematically

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• investigate

Question 19

• a set of promises about patient care that new doctors make when they start practicing medicine

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• Hippocratic Oath

Question 20

• to search for

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• seek

Question 21

• the philosophy of Epicurus, stating that the purpose of life is to look for peace and happiness

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• Epicureanism

Question 22

• the philosophy of the Stoics who believed that people should not try to feel joy or sadness

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• Stoicism

Question 23

• a group of various kinds of people living in a particular area or a common location

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• community

Question 24

- the outer border of a circle; the measurement of that border

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- circumference

Question 25

- a procedure or progress; a way of doing something

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- methods

Question 26

- free from error; in agreement with truth

Answer 26

- accurate

Question 27

- a branch of mathematics centered around measurement and relationships of points, lines, angles, and surface of figures on a plane

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- plane geometry

Question 28

- a branch of mathematics about measurement and relationships of points, lines, angles, surfaces, and solids in three-dimensional space

Answer 28

- solid geometry