Which fields were advanced by preserved Greek and Roman knowledge according to the material?

• A. Medicine and agriculture
• B. Law and politics
• C. Science, math, astronomy
• D. Music and theater

Answer: (C)

Preserving Greek and Roman writings gave later scholars a ready-made foundation of ideas about the natural world, quantity, and the heavens. Science, mathematics, and astronomy benefited most because these disciplines rely on orderly reasoning, measurements, and models that come from those classical works. When texts were translated and studied in medieval centers and later in Europe, scholars could refine mathematical proofs, develop empirical approaches to nature, and build astronomical theories atop earlier Greek and Roman foundations. This transmission allowed a sustained tradition of inquiry that enabled later breakthroughs, whereas the material emphasizes these three fields as the primary areas advanced by that preserved knowledge.