Chapter 15 Lesson 4 Quiz Flashcards
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The philosophy of Epicurus, stating the purpose of life is to look for happiness in peace
Epicureanism
Stoicism
The philosophy of the stoics, who believed that people should not try to feel joy or sadness
Community
A group of various kind of people living in a particular area or a common location
A branch of mathematics about measurement and relationships of points, lines, angles surfaces, and solids in three dimensional space
Solid geometry
Circumference
The outer border of a circle; the measurement of that border
A procedure or process; a way of doing something
Method
Free from error; in agreement with truth
Accurate
A branch of mathematics centered around measurements and relationships of points, lines, angles and surfaces of figures on a plane
Plain geometry
Who was the important writer of Greek new comedy?
Menander
Argonautica is often called what in today’s world?
Jason and the Argonauts
Who figured out the value of pi?
Archimedes
Who established the science of physics and explained the lever and compound pulley
Archimedes
Which group eventually gained control of mainland, Greece ending the Hellenistic era
Rome
Roughly, how many scrolls did the library at Alexandria have at this time?
500,000
Menanders work was adopted by which group of people
Romans
Who established the sun was the center of the universe and that the Earth revolves around the sun
Aristarchus
Where was Euclid from
Alexandria
The two most important Hellenistic philosophers were
Epicurus and Zeno
Where was Zeno from?
Phoenicia
On what body of water was/is Alexandria located?
Mediterranean sea
What was the name of Euclid’s book that talked about plain geometry?
Elements
Who created a system to explain how planets and stars moved?
Hipparchus
Who wrote a book that organized information about geometry?
Euclid
